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Fishing
C.J. Rice caught the 5-lb., 12-oz. river-record spotted bass on the Ocmulgee River on March 9, 2014.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been slowly losing your ever-loving mind for the past few months. This winter’s bass-fishing action has been subpar at best, and Mother Nature has been throwing us one John Smoltz-esque curveball after another. We saw 80-degree temperatures the week before Christmas and just recently battled vicious statewide ice storms…
We know that quite a few of our loyal GON readers lease land and then get a group together to form a hunting club. Being in this business for 15 years, I’ve seen hunting clubs from one end of the scale to the other—from two guys who lease 1,000 acres to 25 guys who lease…
It’s been a quiet legislative session when it comes to sportsmen’s issues. State representatives and senators have gone about doing the public’s business in Atlanta, and there are hundreds of new laws being debated at the state capitol right now, just very few that have anything to do with hunting or fishing. Generally, that’s good…
West Point: Level: 4.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Heavily stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Hopefully, the really cold weather is about over for this winter, but with the way things have gone this year, who knows? The predicted warming trend will definitely help jump start the fishing. One good…
Weiss: Level: 3.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-50 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Bill Hamlin, of Little River Marina, says bass fishing is very slow compared to crappie fishing. “The bass just aren’t biting like the crappie are,” he said. “But this good weather has had everybody out trying. A few people say they are…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 48 to 54 degrees and rising quickly with warm weather. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Tournament angler Aaron Batson reports, “March is a month of big changes. Look for fish to push very shallow and get more aggressive. Flipping soft plastics like a Wackem Crazy Baits Big Tater Bug on a Texas…
Seminole: Level: 0.6 feet above full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Excellent. Tournament angler Matt Baty reports, “Bass fishing is tremendous right now. It has been taking phenomenal bags to win most tournaments. The record for a five-bass limit in a bass tournament was just broken over the weekend with a five-bass limit…
Saltwater: Inshore & Nearshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “Looks like we are going to have an early spring on the coast. Almost everything turned on the last few days. The sheepshead and black drum catches have been nothing short of terrific. I had a couple days with 200-lb. catches of sheepshead and good-eating-size black drum.…
Russell: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide Bill Speers reports, “Well, it sure has been a cold winter, but as of this writing, the lake water temperature is slowly rising. The problem is Lake Russell has had so much wind and rain, the water is dingy to dirty.…
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