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Eufaula: Level: 0.4 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Moderate stain and clearing. Bass: Guide Billy Darby reports, “The bass are scattered. We’re catching bass in brush up to 14 feet deep. Some of the brushpiles at the creek mouths are loaded, but the bass can be finicky. Slow down, size down,…
Clarks Hill: Level: 9.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 50 to 60 degrees. Clarity: Slightly stained. Linesides: Guide William Sasser reports, “Water temperatures are rising quickly due to the mild winter, and the lake level is maintaining around the 320 mark. For the most part, the water is very clear except for the layers…
Carters: Level: 6.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: Good visibility; 6 to 8 feet. Spotted Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “March is one of my favorite months of the year on Carters, Lanier and Allatoona. As the full moon approaches on March 12, look for the first group of herring to start…
Burton: Level: 2.4 feet below full pool. Temp: degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The bass bite has been excellent the last few days with a lot of fish up shallow. The Alabama rig is working great! We have been catching some bigger spotted bass and largemouth on hard plastic swimbaits in the…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 58-59 degrees. Clarity: The main lake is clear, and the creeks have a light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Dennis Hudson reports, “The bass are starting to move into the prespawn areas. They are already staging on the boat docks near the mouths of cuts. Black-and-blue jigs…
Allatoona: Level: 9.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 56-58 degrees. Clarity: The south is clear; stained up north. Bass: Tournament angler and radio host Matt Driver reports, “Fishing on Allatoona has been great and will continue to be great for the month of March. Bass are a few weeks ahead of schedule and are in…
A U.S. Forest Service review board released details of its investigation into a grizzly bear attack that killed Brad Treat on June 29, 2016. Mr. Treat, a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer, was off duty and riding the Green Gate Trails in the Flathead National Forest in Montana with a friend when the attack…
Today, March 3, is Crossover Day at the Georgia state capitol. This is the last day for a piece of legislation to pass the chamber in which it was introduced for it to be considered by the other chamber. Any legislation that doesn’t get voted on and approved by either the state House or state Senate is dead…
This past deer season, Greg Boatright, of Patterson, harvested the No. 2 buck of all-time for coastal Georgia’s Charlton County. Greg killed the buck on Oct. 22, 2016, and it has now been officially scored at 149 2/8 inches. “My girlfriend and I went hunting on opening morning and got in the tree stand before daylight,” said Greg.…
While you enjoy your springtime pursuit for a gobbler, you may be joined by a small critter that will try and hang around for a while. The lone star tick is the most common tick in the Southeast, and it’s the only tick in the United States to carry the tick-bite-induced red meat allergy. All…
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