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Fishing Reports
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Main-lake temps are 54 to 56 degrees with the pockets 56 to 58. Clarity: Pretty much muddy over the entire lake. Tournament angler Tony Couch said the lake would still be muddy in a month, even if it stopped raining today. Bass: Tournament angler Karl Pingry reports, “I went fishing…
Seminole: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: 62 degrees. Clarity: Stained up the Flint and Chattahoochee; lightly stained in Spring Creek. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Baty reports, “Slow. The recent rains, water fluctuations and unpredictable weather really have the fish confused. There are very few big prespawn schools staged up like there normally are…
Russell: Level: 3 feet above full. Temp: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: Most of the lake is stained. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The bass fishing has been pretty consistent considering the weather has been all over the place here lately. We having been catching most of our fish in main-lake pockets and ditches toward the…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 2 feet below full pool. Temp: 58 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Dennis Hudson reports, “The lake is running due to the recent rainfall. Bass fishing has been up and down with the weather. Red squarebill crankbaits have been producing in the mouths of the coves and points. ChatterBaits…
Southeast Georgia has many iconic blackwater fisheries, such as the trophy bass in Banks Lake, crappie in Lake Mayers, fliers in the Okefenokee and redbreast sunfish in the Satilla River. But, the quality bass that roam the grassbeds of Lake Lindsay Grace near Odum have flown mostly under the radar, except to local anglers who…
The state budget, and specifically how Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed 4% budget cuts will affect the state, has dominated the Georgia legislative session thus far. We expected a quiet legislative session in terms of proposed bills that could impact hunting and fishing in Georgia. So far it’s been quiet on all fronts, and not just…
Prespawn bass hitting your baits in grass and around wood cove—that simple pattern will catch largemouth this month at Lake Oconee. The bass at Oconee will move to the spawning flats and feed heavily before bedding. Lake Oconee is 19,000 acres of water near Eatonton. The Oconee River and Richland Creek make up its two…
The second of two scoring events for GON’s Truck-Buck Contest and the GON Youth Big-Buck Contest was held in Madison on Saturday, Feb. 15. From among the more than 700 entries during the 2019-20 deer season, we now have the numbers crunched and know which hunters are in line to make the prestigious trip to the Outdoor Blast for…
Week 8 (Nov. 2-8) 1. Danny Robinson, Monroe County, *187 6/8 2. Cody Dennard, Houston County, 158 1/8 3. Cedric Newberry, Bibb County, 154 5/8 4. Brent Owens, Dooly County, 152 1/8 5. Juli McCaskill (l), Turner County, 146 6/8 6. Nolan Floyd, Pulaski County, *165 4/8 7. James Biggers, Ben Hill County, 139…
Week 7 (Oct. 26-Nov. 1) 1. Sonny Abercrombie, Crawford County, *171 2/8 2. Caleb Gray, Baldwin County, 149 1/8 3. Brandon Thomas, Barrow County, 145 4/8 4. Jake Revell, Sumter County, 145 1/8 5. Kyle Hooks (b), Thomas County, 144 7/8 6. Bill Calder, Newton County, 142 1/8 7. Randy Robison, Spalding County, 141…
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