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After 54 years, the black crappie record has been broken on Lake Allatoona. The angler was Ralph Evans, of Marietta, who caught the 3-lb., 2-oz. fish on April 6. Below he shares the story of the catch as he pays tribute to a close fishing partner who passed away recently from COVID. By Ralph Evans…
The National Wild Turkey Federation’s Wild Turkey Records Program began in the fall of 1982 and has since been the authority on wild turkey records for anywhere wild turkeys are legally harvested, accumulating more than 27,000 registered birds. And with recent upgrades to the NWTF’s website, the program will now allow harvests to be submitted…
Lake Eufaula, Alabama Water Level 189.92 Water Temp 70s Water clarity Heavy stain to muddy Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawk’s Fishing Guide Service, reports: We had 4 inches of rain last weekend and it had muddied up the river in a big way. They are pulling water fairly steady and it is helping to clear…
Losing access to private hunting land can be devastating. Finding another private tract and getting access to hunt is like finding a needle in a haystack. What’s a hunter to do? For Kevin Penn, of Metter, it was time to consider public land if he wanted venison in the freezer last season. “Me and my…
For the second time in about a month the largemouth record on the Chattahoochee River between Buford Dam and Bull Sluice has been broken. The latest largemouth record was broken by Joshua Little on March 30, and the bass weighed exactly 8 pounds. Joshua, of Cartersville, was fishing in a Hobie Pro Angler kayak with…
An eight-bearded gobbler was recently killed in Marion County that should become the new No. 3 atypical Georgia gobbler of all time. The bird scores 186.22 and is currently going through the certification process by the National Wildlife Turkey Federation in Edgefield, S.C. The NWTF is the gate keeper for turkey records. Nick Mandese, of…
GON April 2021 Volume 35, No. 4 In 35+ years GON has never had a trout on the cover. It’s about time! And what better image than this beautiful shot of guide Kory Chastain. Cover Photo by David Cannon April 2021 Feature Articles Lanier’s April Spawning Spots The spotted bass are in all stages…
Michael Waddell and Georgia gobblers go back a long way. His love of turkey hunting and the skills he developed as a master caller and hunter when he was a teenager opened the door to an extraordinary outdoor career that has been going strong for over 20 years. And even though his love of turkey…
“Now that Democrats have taken over all three branches of government, they are going to pass gun-ban laws and confiscate all your guns.” “Now that Democrats have taken over all three branches of government, they are going to pass reasonable gun laws that prevent gun crime.” Listen to either side on gun control, and you…
“Lookee here, all you gots to do is take this yer pencil-looking stick—what does they call them thangs? Anyways, rub it kindly scrapin’-like ‘crost the shaller bowl of that there…” “Nawww, he ain’t never gonna learn to work a outfit that complicated! What you need to do is put this here chunk’a plaskit in yer…
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