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A mother and her two young children were killed after their car hit a large alligator that was crossing Interstate 95. The family was traveling north on I-95 when the accident happened around 12:50 a.m. Monday, May 7. The crash occurred near mile marker 86, which is 86 miles north of the Georgia line near…
Jack Tibbs never tires of promoting Lake Eufaula. The mayor of the city of Eufaula, Ala., a lure company owner and a tournament angler, Jack works tirelessly in all of his pursuits. But he still likes nothing better than slipping away from the routine for a few hours of bass fishing on the lake. For…
The Georgia State Duck Calling Contest returns to the Outdoor Blast this year. Top competition duck callers will compete for a ticket to the famous World’s Championship in Stuttgart, Arkansas. The duck-calling competition will be held Friday, July 27, and calling will begin soon after the show opens at 1 p.m. For information on the…
If you see Jordan Rousey, of Byron, strutting around town in the next few weeks, you’ll know why. His wife, Alicia, 23, recently caught the largemouth of a lifetime in a 5-acre private pond in Perry. “A family friend owns a house on this pond and allows us to fish there whenever we want,” said…
Many middle Georgia anglers drive to big reservoirs that are at least an hour’s driving time away and pass right by some of the best fishing that is available almost out the back door. In Houston County, two large lakes are connected by Mossy Creek, and they are Houston Lake and Lake Joy. Both are…
As of May 1, the DNR began allowing nighttime fishing on Public Fishing Areas across the state. This allows more opportunities for fishermen to get a few more hours on the lake after the sun goes down and to dodge the sweltering late summer heat that plagues our state. The PFAs will be open to…
Anglers wishing to fish Macon’s Lucas Lake need to be aware that an earlier closing time will begin on Friday, May 4. Anglers will need to be off the water by 3 p.m. The previous closing time was 7 p.m. Lucas Lake is a 589-acre drinking-water supply reservoir owned by the Macon Water Authority (MWA)…
Ideas for many of my GON articles start in some interesting places. They’ve started in weigh-in lines at tournaments, in the halls at church and by listening to tales of fish being caught at local tackle shops. The bottom line is that if there is a story to be had, I’m on it. After a…
Frogs, jigs and Spooks will all catch bass at Lake Jackson in May. Postspawn bass will be feeding on bluegill and shad in shallow pockets, and when the shad are spawning and the bluegill bed, the bass bite gets even better. No hindsight ip unit displayed. Seawalls, docks and wood are the kinds of cover…
For many kayak anglers, the tournament season kicks off with the nation’s largest kayak fishing event—the Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship (KBFNC). This tournament is hosted annually on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley on the Tennessee/Kentucky border. Similar to the B.A.S.S. format, anglers across the country compete a year in advance for a spot at…
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