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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 3.1 feet below 1686. Temp: 64-67 degrees. Clarity: Clear to stained. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley, of Lake And Stream Guide Service, reports, “The bass are thick but mostly of the spotted variety on the main lake. The only pattern I’ve been fishing for the bass is a topwater bite at dawn on main-lake points or…
Blackshear: Level: Full at 237. Temp: 73-78 degrees. Clarity: A good stain for Blackshear, not muddy at all. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “Fishing is great. Most bass on the lake have already spawned, and some are still guarding fry. Early in the morning look for a shad spawn on seawalls and rip-rap. Look for…
Many old-time turkey hunters say that patience kills a longbeard. I’d add that perseverance, combined with patience, kills a turkey. This season, I had the opportunity to turkey hunt with two of my sons. On both occasions, we either saw or heard some birds but could not close the deal. My son Jackson is based…
It’s save the date time! The 2024 Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast will take place July 26-28 at the LakePoint Sports Complex in Emerson just north of Atlanta. Plans are for this year’s GON event to be the biggest and best in the 19 years since we held the very first Outdoor Blast so we could…
Whether you hunt, fish, bird watch, hike or just like to go camping, there is currently an issue facing all Georgia outdoor users. We are all under attack by an enemy few users even know about. You may scoff when told that the enemy is the size of a grain of rice, but it has…
Eufaula: Level: 0.2 feet above 188. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawks Fishing Guide Service, reports, “The bass are biting good now. Flukes around the rip-rap worked slowly are producing well. Frogs, flukes, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits worked around shoreline vegetation is also a good bet. Texas-rigged worms and creature…
The turkeys on a Wheeler County tract are in need of someone from the nail salon to come do some pedicures. TJ Fountain, of Glenwood, made it happen on a bird he’d been after this season, but it was what he saw when he got to the gobbler that raised this experienced turkey hunter’s eyebrows.…
In May, hungry postspawn female bass—both spots and largemouth—feed heavily in shallow water at Bartletts Ferry, and anglers can have a lot of fun catching them. Head to Bartletts this month and go to the mouths of spawning pockets to land numbers of bass, as well as quality fish. Bartletts Ferry is an old Georgia…
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