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There are two keys to successful “dock shooting” — the crappie-fishing technique that involves using your fishing pole like a catapult to fire a crappie jig into shady crevices under docks. One key is shooting accuracy, the other is hook-setting skill. You can practice the first without even going to the lake — shooting jigs…
Big spotted bass are going to hit topwater at Lake Lanier in May. It’s really just a matter of whether they want it fast or slow, on the surface or a foot or two underneath. Figure that out, and you’re on your way to a healthy sack of fish. To learn more about this dynamite…
If you’ve struggled with trying to bring off a field of sunflowers, corn or millet in the last couple of years, you are not alone. The drought has made it difficult to prepare for dove season by withering a lot of would-be dove fields. Maybe this time around you would like a little professional guidance,…
The Georgia General Assembly finally went home on April 12, 2002, ending the most-active legislative session in memory in terms of potential impacts on hunters. We asked sportsmen through last month’s VOTES card to tell us how they felt about four bills that were being debated. The results of what the legislators voted on can be…
Major changes to deer-hunting regulations enacted by the General Assembly will take effect for the coming deer season. Significant was the change that allows deer hunting to begin one week earlier in September. The upshot is that firearms season will be one week longer than normal. Statewide, archery season will open on September 14, P/W…
If current proposals are carried out by the National Park Service (NPS), hunters who decide to continue traveling to Cumberland Island National Seashore in the future will be in for some big changes. Cumberland Island’s management practices are going through a review by the NPS. In particular, they are looking at how activities relate to the…
A jewel of a lake is nestled in the rolling hills near Eastman. Covering 104 acres, the lake is the main focal point of Dodge County Public Fishing Area (DCPFA) and could appropriately be dubbed “The Fish Factory.” Although the lake receives most of its notoriety from the world-class largemouth bass it produces (a 15-lb.,…
There’s good news if you like the taste of fried trout and hush puppies. You can fill your plate and don’t need a $200 set of neoprene waders and a box of fancy fly-fishing equipment to do it. In fact, it doesn’t take much more than the price of a fishing license and a trout…
For the past 10 years anyone wanting a big spotted bass in Georgia headed to Carters Lake. Reports of 5-lb. plus spots from Carters were common. The hot fishing has cooled just a little, but the lake still produces a lot of quality spotted bass — and May is a great time to catch them. Carters…
A Glenwood turkey hunter received quite a surprise when he walked up to a gobbler he had just shot in Wheeler County this season. The bird had four distinct spurs, two on each leg! “He has two long spurs like a regular turkey, and underneath them, growing separate, is another spur on each leg,” said…
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