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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.…
When you think of a yellow perch setting a lake record in Georgia, a mountain lake probably comes to mind, or maybe one of the Savannah River reservoirs where these fish are more common. But Lake Sinclair? Lake Sinclair is middle Georgia epitomized—and not prime yellow perch waters. But Sinclair does have some yellow perch,…
When longtime GON subscriber Danny Bennett learned professional bass angler Aaron Martens was battling cancer, something stirred deep in his heart, and he knew he had to do something to help. Aaron has undergone two surgeries to remove brain tumors. Danny, who owns Huckleberry Apparel in Waycross, immediately picked up the phone and called friend…
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently completed the first phase of a major oyster bed restoration project in Glynn County. Marine biologists and technicians with DNR’s Coastal Resources Division (CRD) placed more than 3,700 bags of recycled shells on the east bank of the Back River near the F.J. Torras Causeway, completing the…
Even though an 8-year-old girl from Washington County is in the middle of a fight with cancer, she recently found time to show her 28-year-old brother how things are done when she rolled three turkeys with one shot. Not only has her older brother never checked this accomplishment off his bucket list, he’s never even…
Seminole: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Guide Paul Tyre, of Lake Seminole Fishing Adventure, reports, “The big bass continue to bite despite the dirty water from the recent rains the water temperature is in the low 70s and Lake Seminole is at full pool. We had an…
Hunters can now begin making plans for Georgia’s 2020-2021 waterfowl seasons as the migratory bird hunting dates and regulations were recently approved by the Board of Natural Resources. A big change for the upcoming season is the addition of two extra days of hunting for active duty and military veterans, who will be allowed to…
Have you even been riding, see a sign, and you just couldn’t not stop? Happened to me on Sunday. I was up outside the community of Long Creek, South Carolina. I just finished a 2.9 mile hike to Sid’s Falls in the Sumter National Forest and decided I’d head over to Long Creek Falls to…
As fishing season heats up, there’s been a flurry of interest from anglers looking to put their names on GON’s Georgia Lake and River Records list in the last week or so. As a result, GON recently initiated new benchmark systems so all anglers will know if they have a fish that can be considered…
By John Zebro It was Oct. 21, 2017. We’d been hunting for the last three days thanks to the Yuchi WMA check-in hunt. I managed to drag three guys from base to go hunting with me on this expedition. The four of us had seen plenty of does, but for a WMA that is known…
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