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Outdoor Dream Foundation Chases Georgia Gobblers Coastal landowners, guides and volunteers gathered over the youth turkey weekend to host eight kids with The Outdoor Dream Foundation (ODF) as they searched for longbeards. The ODF’s goal is to connect kids and families suffering from chronic or terminal illness with the outdoors. The entire hunt was funded…
Murray County: On Sunday, March 15, 2020 at about 11:30 a.m., Game Warden Ryan Thomas was patrolling Coosawattee WMA on Sexton Road when he noticed a black Chevy Trailblazer traveling southbound on Sexton Road driving in a reckless manner. “The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed through a curve causing the driver…
As biologists propose changes for the next several Georgia turkey seasons (see page 14), hunters have been hitting the woods for what could be their last mid-March turkey chasing for at least a couple of years. April is when hens go to nest, and that typically leaves love-struck gobblers in search mode—and callable. That’s the…
Big Lanier spotted bass are up shallow for the spawn in April, and now is the best time of the year to catch them shallow around rocks, docks and wood. Some bass will be postspawn in April, but many will still be moving in during prespawn and bedding in April. Lake Lanier is a 38,000-acre…
A trip down to Jesup each year for the Wayne County Hog Jam results in the local board of tourism hosting a large crowd of fine folks—plus a huge pile of peeved and formerly pugilistic pork! The 2021 Jam, for instance, held Feb. 19-21, resulted in more than 3 tons of wild hogs being hauled…
As it does in many states, trout fishing in Georgia goes hand-in-hand with fly-fishing. It’s fly-fishing that rises in the circles of talk heard in places like The Fish Hawk—Atlanta’s premier fly-fishing service shop in Buckhead, and at Cohutta Fishing Company—the hub of top-shelf fly-fishing services in Blue Ridge, the official Trout Capital of Georgia.…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: The lake is mud red above I-20 and headed down the lake. Sugar Creek is stained but will start to clear sooner than upriver. Richland Creek is also stained below Armor Bridge. The main lake is stained down past 44 bridge. Bass: Tournament angler Karl…
It felt and looked more like a scene from a Saskatchewan trout fishing excursion. A mist was hitting me in the face as I gazed through a fog that hung just above the water. With the wind at my back, I made a long cast with a gold-colored Johnson spoon. With numb left fingers, I…
Lanier: Level: 0.7 feet above full. Temp: High 50s to low 60s. Clarity: Water color is all over the place. The upper river arms are extremely stained (think peanut butter), the backs of the creeks are muddy, and the main lake even has some stain as the creeks are pumping. Bass: Guide and tournament angler…
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