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Chatuge: Level: 5.3 feet low. Temp: 66-68 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing is getting good. Fall and winter is the greatest time of the year to fish. With the lake dropping, the days getting shorter and cooler weather in the forecast, fishing on Lake Chatuge is fixing to bust wide open. When the…
Carters: Level: Full. Temp: 72 degrees. Clarity: 3 to 4 feet. Spots: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “As far as spots go, our best bite has been targeting deep fish near timber. The bigger fish seem to be in the 40- to 50-foot range and are targeting bait balls. A-rigs and jigs have been good options as of late. Camp Branch, Woodring…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bite has been decent the last few days. Most of the bass are up shallow now that the water temps have come down. They seem to be feeding longer than normal. We have had good success with Sebile swimbaits in the backs of creeks.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.5 feet low. Temp: 66 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “Fishing is starting to pick up. There is a little topwater action the first couple hours in the mornings. The baits I’ve been throwing is a KVD Splash, a Sexy Dawg Jr. and a Whopper Plooper. You can also catch fish swimming a 3.5-inch…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Mostly clear on the main lake and the backs of the creeks areas stained. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “The cooler weather has the fish starting to run the banks in small wolf packs chasing shad and bream. Fish small topwater baits…
Allatoona: Level: 5.9 feet low. Temp: 71 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “November is an amazing month on Lake Allatoona. Water temps are falling, and the lake has finished turning over, and the fish are feeding up. There has been a good bit of surface activity and a mixed bag of spots, largemouth…
Seth Daniels, 17, of Gray, is the talk of Jones County High School this week after killing a 182-inch non-typical buck off his family’s 300-acre farm. “There’s history behind this deer,” Keath Daniels, Seth’s dad, told us earlier today. “Seth actually shot this deer last year with a bow. When he shot the deer, it…
It’s now been a few weeks since Hurricane Michael slammed into southwest Georgia leaving a path of utter destruction in its path. Square in the middle of all that destruction was one of our state’s most popular reservoirs, Lake Seminole. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs Specialist Lance Davis said the lake took a…
Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Corporal Derrell Worth is the 2018 recipient of the National Wild Turkey Federation Officer of the Year Award, presented annually by the Georgia Chapter of the organization. Cpl. Worth’s dedication to the protection of Georgia’s wild turkeys, his aggressive but fair pursuit of violators, and his commitment to communicate the importance…
On the morning of Oct. 22, Jason Carter, of Glennville, killed an 18-point buck in Evans County that grosses in the mid 170s. The buck is a main-frame 10-pointer with more than 14 inches of abnormal sticker points. “I got in there about 4:30 and waited on daylight,” said Jason, 38, who began hunting when…
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