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Allatoona: Level: 15 feet low. Temp: 45 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “February on Allatoona is typically tough, but we have had a pretty mild January. February starts the beginning of the prespawn. Many fish are still deep, but warm days or in the evenings when the sun has been out,…
Oconee: Level: Full. Temp: 48-50 degrees. Clarity: The upper end is muddy, the middle third is stained and the lower end is clear. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “According to guide and tournament director Tony Couch, bass fishing is fair with crankbaits, flat crankbaits, shaky-head worms and jigs in 2 to 6 feet of…
Nottely: Level: 14 feet low. Temp: 46-48 degrees. Clarity: The lake is clear, and the creeks are slightly stand. Stripers: Guide Jeremy Seabolt reports, “We been catching some good fish. Most of our fish have been coming on herring and trout fished on downlines and planer boards. We have been starting out in 20 feet…
Blue Ridge: Level: 18 feet below full. Temp: 46-47 degrees. Clarity: Clear Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing has been good with the lake level stable at winter pool. We’ve been catching fish on deep, rocky banks and long points 25 to 40 feet deep on a drop shot with a 4.5-inch Roboworm and a Ned…
When it is late December and the forecast predicts decent weather, you take advantage of it. So when I saw temperatures were expected to be in the upper 40s on Dec. 29, I got up early and headed for South Cumberland State Park just outside of Monteagle, TN. The park is 30,845 acres that spans…
By Justin Kennedy Anyone who has had any relationship with me in my life knows of my love and passion for hunting ducks. I have been obsessed with the outdoors since I was old enough to understand what they were, but duck hunting held a special place in my heart. Names like Montana, Farve, Manning…
By Jan. 20, there were 624 people who participated in WRD’s public meetings, either through attendance at one of the eight venues around the state, through Facebook Live or by making a comment by email. At press time, there was still time to make comment, and results were still rolling in from WRD online surveys…
Everyone knew the amazing 18-point Worth County buck killed by Colby Johnson was going to score great, and when the inches were tallied it did not disappoint. Official Boone & Crockett measurer Bill Cooper scored the buck after the required 60-day drying period and came up with a net of 195 3/8 non-typical. The minimum…
An effort to create a National Park along the Ocmulgee River from Macon to Hawkinsville has taken the next step as the National Park Service (NPS) has opened public comment on the proposal. The comment period is part of a Special Resource Study of the Ocmulgee River Corridor being conducted by NPS. The purpose of…
In 1999, GON editor Brad Bailey joined legendary alligator man Jack Douglas on the Georgia coast as Jack went after some big nuisance gators spotted near a swimming beach and in a residential area where an alligator got after a family’s dog. The segment from GON-TV also included an interview with the late Jim Simmons,…
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