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Clarks Hill: Level: 3.6 feet low. Temp: 51 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: William Hooker said he’s been catching bass in the 20-foot depth range using Texas-rigged worms or Greenfish jigs. “I have heard of some big sacks being caught by some of the local bass gurus that are fishing the upper end of the lake,”…
Carters: Level: 1.1 feet below full. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: About 5 feet visibility.Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “Fishing remains consistent despite the dropping water temperatures and crazy weather. Recently our lake fluctuated from 3ft below pool, to 8ft over-full-pool, back to 5ft below pool, all in 4 days; crazy weather. Water temps are holding…
Burton: Level: 7.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 43 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The lake is now back to its normal winter pool level with the recent rainfall that Georgia has received. The bass bite has been good. Most of the fish we caught came off a 1/2-oz. white Super Spin…
Blue Ridge: Level: 12.6 feet low. Temp: 42-44 degrees. Clarity: Main lake is clear; river is a little stained. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s been a pretty good winter so far. We’ve really not had cold enough weather for any of the lake to freeze so far this year. I’m still catching fish in…
Allatoona: Level: 12.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 45 degrees. Clarity: Mostly stained except in the dam area and in Stamp Creek. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “February can be tough on Allatoona. Some of the coldest temps of the year happen at the end of January. At the first of February, bass are…
Justin Peacock, of Eatonton, hunts near his home on the Morgan/Putnam county line. Checking his trail camera in early November, he was hoping to find some images of a big buck since the rut was wide open. After scrolling through his photos, he came across one of a nice buck, but the rest of the…
Every February GON publishes its exclusive listing of Georgia Lake & River Records. Since last February’s printing of GON’s list, we’ve added 25 fish to the list, including new state records for bowfin, brown trout and spotted sunfish. You’ll also find new rivers where records are now being kept: the Etowah, Ohoopee, Ochlocknee and Suwanee…
Georgia’s Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) will have plenty of comments to consider before drafting possible changes in hunting seasons and bag limits later this year. During eight well-attended public meetings held across the state in January, hundreds of landowners and sportsmen shared opinions—and frustrations—about the state’s declining deer herd, the spread of feral hogs and…
Deer season had just ended in 2014. It was on a Saturday, and there was no football on television, so I grabbed my Obsession Sniper bow and fanny pack, grabbed some camouflage and my rubber boots, and headed to the swamp to stalk a hog in the Oconee river basin. I have been stalking hogs…
With the single largest donation that Moultrie Technical College (MTC) has received in the school’s 50-year history, benefactor Clarence Smith’s gift of 107 acres of beautiful wooded property on Perdue Road in Tift County in 2007 opened wide the field for the beginnings of MTC’s Fish and Wildlife Management program. The tract of land is…
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