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Fishing Reports

Lake Lanier Fishing Report – May 2020

Lanier: Level: 1 foot above full. Temp: Mid to upper 60s. Clarity: Clear except very close to the bank from the boat traffic. Bass: Tournament angler and guide Ryan Coleman reports, “Fishing is excellent right now all over the lake. Most of the largemouth have spawned or are in the middle of the spawn, and…

Georgia Saltwater Fishing Report – May 2020

Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “This year the shrimp have been plentiful all winter, and they seem to be plentiful now. That usually means we will have plenty of fat trout and redfish in the spring and summer. The redfish bite has been excellent the last few weeks and should continue the next couple…

Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Begins

Georgia’s 2020 nesting season for loggerhead sea turtles is on. The first clutch of loggerhead eggs was found this morning, April 27, buried in the sand on a Cumberland Island beach. The nest, made Saturday night, marked Georgia’s 32nd year of comprehensive marine turtle nest monitoring and the seventh straight year that Cumberland National Seashore…

Cook County Largemouth Just Misses GON’s Big Bass List

The last thing you expect to hear a proud daddy say after his 14-year-old stepson catches the largemouth of a lifetime is, “Bummer! Certified scales showed 12.86 pounds! Oh well, he was bummed but still a lifetime fish!” While Isaac Kennedy, 14, of Adel, and his stepdad Bubba Bailey, are obviously ecstatic with the accomplishment, a set of…

Bow-Buck Caught On Trail-Cam Before And After Shot

I am a longtime reader and subscriber of GON and love the magazine. I currently live in Atlanta, but I grew up in and have hunted my whole life in Dooly County where I grew up in Unadilla. I was hunting the week of Thanksgiving 2019, and I had a really exciting hunt—and accompanying trail-camera…

Frying Okefenokee Swamp Mudfish

It’s been said when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well the same can be said for mudfish. When the Swamp gives you mudfish, make mudfish nuggets. Despite what many say,  mudfish meat is very mild tasting and doesn’t require a bunch of exotic seasonings or cooking methods to make it edible. Try this, and…

Giving Back

John D. Rockefeller was one of the wealthiest men to ever live. He amassed a fortune worth billions in today’s money, so it’s easy to see why his name sticks out on the pages of history books still today.  What the history books don’t talk about very much though is the real legacy he left…

Ouch! Sinker Shoots Back, Lodges In Angler’s Eye

When Melinda Tanner, of Douglas, headed on an early April fishing trip, she was excited to get after some big bass in her pond  located on her Broxton farm in Coffee County. Little did she know this would be a fishing trip she would never forget, and for all the wrong reasons. “The bass had…

Crisp County Gobbler One For The Books

Jodi Manders, of Cordele, has done it again. For the third turkey season in a row, she’s killed a gobbler that’ll make the top-12 all-time Georgia turkeys killed by female hunters. “On Friday, April 17, I was debating on going fishing with my husband Randy or going turkey hunting the following Saturday morning,” said Jodi,…

2020 Blue Ridge Trout Fest Canceled

The uncertainties yet to be faced in the outbreak—and recovery—of COVID-19 across the country, the state and our region has led the organizing committee for Blue Ridge Mountain Trout Unlimited (BRMTU) to cancel the 2020 Blue Ridge Trout & Outdoor Adventures Festival, commonly known as simply the Trout Fest. “BRMTU believes we share a responsibility…

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