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Fishing
As fishermen, we love to discover wonderful new honey holes where the fishing is outstanding. Having said that, the 144-acre Lake Meriwether in west-central Georgia near Woodbury should be on your must visit list for 2016. Lake Meriwether is the drinking water impoundment for Woodbury, thus only electric trolling motors can be used, but you…
When I started hunting turkeys, I was under the impression that jake turkeys were a meek-and-mild bunch. I assumed they slipped along in the cool shadows of the spring woods not really wanting to be noticed, especially by a dominant gobbler. I was just two days into my second season of turkey hunting when I…
When someone thinks of President Jimmy Carter, the title of outdoor writer probably does not quickly come to mind, but he has always enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he has done a lot of outdoor writing. Raised in rural Georgia, near Plains, Carter served two terms as a Georgia state senator and one term as Georgia governor…
A day in the Alabama turkey woods can begin with a frosty morning and morph into a downright toasty afternoon. Not every camouflaged hunting shirt is up to such a challenge. The Cabela’s Supertech II 1/4-Zip Top Realtree camo shirt is loaded with features and technology and designed to increase your odds for success. Available…
Along its length, the Toccoa River and its tributaries contribute largely to technical, yet traditional, trout fishing in Georgia. For more than 10 miles, it tumbles around the high ridges of national forest land in Union and Fannin counties, where it collects its frosty breath that supports wild rainbow, brown and brook trout. Twenty miles…
Phillip Lanier, of Calhoun, broke the Oostanaula River striped bass record on April 3, 2016. Like many lake and river records that are set these days, Phillip weighed the fish alive on certified scales and released the fish. Phillip returned to the Oostanaula River, and the 36-lb., 3-oz. fish swam away with no problem. The…
Catfish grow big, and Georgia’s lakes sure seem to hold good numbers of these giants of the murky depths. Case in point, a recent outing on Lake Sinclair. On March 29, Chad Smith, a guide on lakes Sinclair and Oconee for almost nine years, took Rufus Brown and Brian Brown out fishing on Lake Sinclair to catch…
Roosterfish sunglasses from Costa will help anglers see way down into the water. These sunglasses have side-cupped frames, which will fight off the sun’s glare and let anglers focus on fighting fish. Features include a comfortable large fit, an integral hinge, a heavy-duty TR 90 nylon frame, 100 percent UV light blockage for max protection…
Crappie fishermen know they are headed to the right lake when they get near Weiss and start seeing signs proclaiming it is the “Crappie Fishing Capital of the World.” Those signs on the roads leading to Centre, Alabama give you an idea of the importance of crappie fishing in the area. Weiss is on the…
Editor’s Note: GON received the following letter and video from Eddie Munn, of Red Rock. Dear GON, I got a strange tale to tell. I’ve been hunting deer since 1967 and never seen or heard of this. Just shows you can’t trust ’em. Opening morning I dropped a 180-lb. 7-point 40 yards away. A couple…
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