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Back on March 27, 2020, most trails and trailhead access points in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests were closed in an attempt to keep the public safe from the COVID-19 virus. I was a bit dumbfounded by the move at the time. In fact I had just finished writing a blog with a list of some…
Realtree’s Phillip Culpepper reminds GON fans there is still time to post their turkey hunting pictures on social media to qualify for a chance to win a dream turkey hunting trip with Phillip and Sam Klement, of Colosseum Outdoors, during the spring of 2021. The idea behind this spring’s promotion was to let our readers…
There’s a new record redbreast for the Savannah River. Danny Vann, of Hephzibah, was fishing below the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam in Augusta on May 13 when he caught the redbreast, known locally as redbellies. It weighed 1-lb., 1-oz on WRD certified scales at the McDuffie Hatchery. Jay Payne, a WRD fisheries biologist…
FCA Outdoors will host their first-ever Virtual Bass Tournament May 26-28. All private and public waters will be eligible for competition, and competing anglers must enter all fish through their cell phones using the free HOOK’D App “We understand that not everyone will have access to the biggest fish; so every night there will be…
Allatoona: Level: 0.4 feet above full pool. Temp: 71-73 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain to clear. Stripers and Hybrids: Guide Robert Eidson, of First Bite Guide Service, reports, “The fish are starting to set up on a summer pattern. Big schools of hybrids can be found anywhere from the S-turns to as far south as Tanyard Creek. The down-rod bite…
On the afternoon of May 12, Chris McDaniel, of Morgan County, was busy setting up a brand new cell-phone, a direct result of catching a brand-new Lake Oconee flathead catfish record that weighed 51-lbs., 12-ozs. on certified scales. “I bent over to pick the fish up out of the water, and it went right out…
With last week’s release of GON’s Georgia Lake & River Records new benchmark fish weights, interest has been on the rise with several new record-class fish taken. The latest record to be caught and certified was an Oconee River blue catfish that was caught May 1 and weighed 33-lbs., 8-ozs. It was the first blue…
Round 1 of the 2020 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling in a big way as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with…
Mickey Peacock has been chasing crappie across Georgia for more than 50 years, and he finally got his giant slab—a black crappie that on certified scales weighed 3.09 pounds. The 71-year-old angler from Lizella caught the huge crappie on April 17 while fishing Bartletts Ferry. Bartletts Ferry, also known as Lake Harding, is a 5,850-acre…
Gene Schmitt, of LaGrange, probably has the coronavirus to thank for his name being placed in the West Point Lake records chart. He caught a 41-lb. flathead at 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, an hour when he’d normally be in bed resting for work. “I’ve been out of work for almost two months now.…
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