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Burton: Level: Lake Burton will be drawn down to 12 feet below full pool starting on Nov. 1. This is the normal winter pool. Access is limited to Murray’s Cove boat ramp. Temp: 64 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The spotted bass have been showing up in huge schools over the main-lake…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: 69-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “The crappie have been on fire here lately. I have been fortunate enough to limit out four or five times in the past three weeks. A couple weeks ago, they were being caught mostly in shallower water, but recently they have moved…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Dennis Hudson reports that bass fishing is improving some, but it is still not very good. “The cooler water temperature has helped some, but we’re still several weeks away from it getting good. We are starting to see some square-billed crankbait…
Allatoona: Level: 5.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “November on Allatoona is great. Most are in the woods chasing deer. The cranking bite is fired up. A wide variety of baits and depth are needed to catch bass this month. At the end of October,…
According to Larry Parris, of Acworth, it was divine intervention that a local fisherman was rescued from the chilly Lake Allatoona waters on Oct. 20. Larry, (Crappiepappy on the GON web forum), his wife, Carol, and Stewart Wright (Crappieking), of Euharlee, were fishing for crappie below Little River at about 1:30 p.m. Larry and his…
Some of my fondest hunting memories have come when pursing deer and hogs a mile or more from the truck. My most recent memory is from Altamaha WMA, where I spent several days hunting hogs a few Octobers ago. Between six of us, we hauled 15 hogs out of the woods, with the longest pull…
As expected, this annual dove shoot had plenty of shooting and a number of limits, but it was a visit from an American hero that made the day so special for the roughly 100 in attendance. Three Star Marine Corps General E.R. “Buck” Bedard with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) made the trip from…
October is one of the best periods of the year for redfish along the Georgia coast. According to Spud Woodward, the director of the Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia DNR, the life cycle of the red drum provides three varied angling opportunities during the fall. “There are three distinct populations of redfish in the…
It is often said that a hunter’s first time in a particular area yields the best odds of taking a mature buck, or any deer for that matter. The reason for this is simple: The hunter alerts deer to his presence, and the deer adjust accordingly. I am a firm believer that it only takes…
The weather for Georgia’s 2009 deer season was predicted to be perfect not only for hunting but for camping. And when I say camping, I mean in a tent with no running water and no electricity for the weekend. So as opening day approached, we spent many hours getting camping gear together, as well as…
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