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In Georgia, Boating Under the Influence (BUI) of drugs or alcohol is a crime. The state has stiff penalties for a person operating a boat if his or her blood-alcohol content is 0.08 or higher—the same limit for driving on the state’s roadways. BUI is often the cause of serious boating accidents, and officers are…
Carters: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: 6 feet. Bass: Guide Bill Payne reports, “We have been catching quite a few fish on the Picasso Suijin tipped with a white Zoom Fluke up very shallow on points and other shallow flat areas. As we move into May, look for a strong topwater bite to…
Eufaula: Level: 0.9 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Sam Williams reports, “The bass are still trying to work the shallows. If you see bait or bird activity, work these areas out with different baits until you get a strike. Try to match the bait with similar lures and…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 63 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The largemouth bite has been really good over the last few days. We have been catching most of our fish on Zara Spooks and plastic frogs in pockets. These fish have just come off the bed and are hungry. The midday…
If you’re concerned about the impact of predators on wildlife, that alone should be incentive enough to do something about it. However, just to throw sportsmen a little added incentive to do some coyote control, GON’s 7th annual Coyote Cull is back. This year we are again offering a chance at three great prizes. The…
Before the coronavirus hit, students from the seventh grade science class at The Main Street Academy in College Park and volunteers from the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited released 140 very large and healthy rainbow trout into the Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Fulton County. This is the first year the school…
A giant blue catfish was caught with a rod and reel on Tuesday, April 28 by Seth Shoults, of Cartersville. It was released alive without an official weight on certified scales. “My hand-held scales max out at 60 pounds, and it bottomed it out,” said Seth. “I am guessing it was 63 to 65 pounds.…
It still feels like we’re waiting on the alarm to go off to end a nightmare. Or, depending on your perspective, maybe parts of this have been more like a dream. This virus is deadly serious, potentially from a health standpoint and for certain economically. But maybe for some folks this warped reality the past…
Deer ain’t got no sense. Don’t look so stunned; sure, it’s unusual to be slammed with such a profound statement right out of the gate. But we’ll get past it. Hang in there. And if you just flipped back to the magazine cover to check, yes, this is May and not October. Tough, ain’t it?…
Johanna Stapleton, of Griffin, was thrilled to recently learn that a Butts County buck she shot on Jan. 1 was aged at 10 1/2 years old. “I’m so proud of her,” said her husband, Brandon. “With her buck in the center of our collection, we get to spend some time every day appreciating him.” The…
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