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The future of bass fishing begins with showing tomorrow’s potential pros and stewards of our fishing resource the ropes. For the fifth year in a row, that’s precisely what went down during the Wiley X High School Fishing Camp Presented by Tackle Warehouse at Murray State University, near the shores of Kentucky Lake and the…
My mind races… It’s like, pick a tangent, any tangent… Guess it’s all this whirling; on the mower. Only ridden from Dublin to Waycross, in circles, this morning. My simple brain needs to get focused on a simple subject, get up on plane and head out in a single direction. Hmmm… What’s for dinner? Now…
Outdoor Blast Testimonials Dear GON, I volunteered for two days at the GON Outdoor Blast in Emerson. I worked Saturday and Sunday mornings. I found out when Mike Rhodes started letting everyone in and showed me the ropes and how I should direct the folks in, that the owners and readers of Georgia Outdoor News…
For many hunters, they can’t wait for the fall hunting season to begin. That sure includes me. Dove season kicks things off statewide this month on Sept. 2. Time to pick up some game loads for that ol’ 12 or 20 gauge and choose a field. Many dove opportunities have been posted in GON, and…
A host of Georgia 4-H shooting sports state championship teams took their skills to the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska in late June and posted impressive finishes. Georgia teams that qualified for the national event did so at their state championships at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton earlier in the…
Blue Ridge: Level: 3.2 feet below 1686. Temp: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports: “Fishing has been fair. It’s been hot the past month and we’ve not been getting much rain, so the water temps have been rising. I’ve been starting out on the main body, fishing deep points, banks with rock and…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 85-89 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been a little tougher the last few weeks as the water temperature is the hottest it has been all year. We have still been catching some decent spotted bass when there is some current from generation,…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.9 below 521. Temp: Low 80s up the river and mid 80s on the lake. Clarity: Clear to very clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan with Summerland Outdoors reports that in a tournament you had better catch some good largemouth the first two hours; fishing gets very tough after the sun gets…
Allatoona: Level: 1.5 feet below 840. Temp: 87 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The first part of September is very similar to fishing in August. Not much changes, but as the cooler mornings begin toward the middle of the month, we will see a change. September and October will produce a shallow buzzbait bite around cover.…
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