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Editor’s Note: Below is the story of the catch—and release— of the new state-record shoal bass caught Dec. 23, 2021 on the Chattahoochee River near Columbus by angler Matt McWhorter. The shoalie weighed 8-lbs., 5-ozs. on certified scales in front of witnesses, including DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. Eric Isom. The below story is written by…
January’s cold temperatures reduce boat traffic, but that cold only increases spotted bass activity on Lake Allatoona. Fish rocks and brush in ditches and channel edges 25 to 30 feet deep for numbers of fish, or go deeper for bigger fish. Either way, it is a good time to be on Allatoona. With 12,000 acres…
In the fall of 1999 I had a bad case of the melancholy. My up-and-coming grouse dog had died and had left me feeling down in the dumps. Little Mac, our young Brittany spaniel, had died from what was evidently a brain tumor. Little Mac started having seizures in his second year which progressively became…
Educating customers to exactly what a business does is an important component of every business model. WRD Fisheries is no different. The truth be told, however, WRD Fisheries employees find educating youth on how it manages fish especially fun. Fisheries staff have made youth education an important responsibility in that education effort. That means taking the…
Beginning Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, the Clybel WMA Rifle and Pistol Range will be closed for maintenance and renovation work. As part of the environmental stewardship plan for the range, the lead in the berms must be periodically reclaimed and recycled. In addition to reclaiming the lead from the range, the berms will be renovated to…
When you think about fishing on Lake Lanier in December, visions of big striped bass on the end of your line likely come to mind—at least before a shellcracker flopping in the boat would. Michael Madryga, of Cumming, and his son Blair, 25, were fishing Lake Lanier Dec. 12 when they put a new lake-record…
The Georgia Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) was proud to host Georgia veterans and family members for its annual Veterans Deer Hunt on Dec. 5 in Cedartown. Some of the veterans had never hunted, and others had never experienced success on a deer hunt. After a warm welcome and introductions, veterans were treated to…
The annual one-day bear hunt on private lands in Houston, Twiggs, Bleckley and Bibb counties was held on Dec. 18, and this year six bears were brought to the Oaky Woods check station. New for 2021, Bleckley County was added to the list of bear hunting counties, so now bear hunting is allowed on the…
Last month when deer processors across Georgia were full and not taking deer, we showed how to skin and quarter a deer on the tailgate. Now, let’s show how to skin a buck properly, so the cape is in great shape for a taxidermist. Scott’s video blog Southern Reflections With Scott Hodges appears regularly at…
Back in my old way of life, putting others first when deer hunting on the same piece of land didn’t usually happen. Today, many years later, when I hear a story about a deer hunter taking the last available stand on an afternoon, and then dropping a buck that scores in the 160s, it confirms…
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