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Carters: Level: Full. Temp: 70. Clarity: Clear. Linesides: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “November is time to bundle up and hit the water. This mountain lake swings into winter with force. The fish that have been pinned to the bottom in deep water start to transition back to a more reasonable depth and will start actively…
Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: 65 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The fall bass bite has begun. These fish are feeding shallow in the mornings and are all over the backs of the creeks. Try using a topwater plug, like a Sammy in the herring color. We have had good success working…
Blue Ridge: Level: 5 feet below full pool. Temp: 69-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The lake has been dropping around a foot a week, and with the cool mornings we’ve been having, the water temp is also dropping. The fish are still scattered around. I’ve been starting on the main lake…
Blackshear: Level: Full. Temp: 77 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Stephen Birchfield reports, “The fishing is really starting to turn on this time of year. The early morning bite is really strong this time of year fishing soft plastics near the shoreline on the main lake. Candy bug and plum have been the two best…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Creeks still have some color; river is clear. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “In November, the bass will start moving into the creeks chasing shad. You’ll primarily be catching them off of docks in the creeks flipping a jig or soft plastics.…
Allatoona: Level: 4 feet low. Temp: 71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing Lake Allatoona in the month of November is a pretty awesome experience. Thirty to 40 fish days are not uncommon. This month fish are feeding, and we will see a good bit of schooling activity. As the water…
It took multiple shots with a muzzleloader and a well-trained tracking dog, but a very tough Wilkes County buck finally went down and was recovered on Oct. 20. The giant 32-pointer was taken by Kevin Marshall, of Bethlehem. “What most people will never believe is that this buck let me get four shots off at…
Leevi Alyea, of Lyons, shot a once-in-a-lifetime deer on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 on his stepdad’s private property in Macon County. His giant buck weighed 236 pounds and green-scored 153 1/8 inches. The bruiser was Leevi’s first buck ever with a bow. The week before Leevi killed his buck, his stepdad got…
There’s been a flurry of added excitement as Georgians wait on Saturday’s firearms opener. We’re hearing an above-average amount of discussion regarding rut activity, as in mature bucks chasing or tending does already. “I saw some crazy stuff today (Oct. 16), a big 12-point buck was chasing a doe,” Donnie Stanford left on the GON…
My granddaddy’s name was William Howard Jones, and he was an avid fisherman and hunter. He had several self-imposed nicknames, his favorite being “Wataski.” He frequently and playfully referred to himself as this distinguished nickname since the time he bagged a huge 10-point buck and then soon after caught a 10-lb. bass. He was a…
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