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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 16.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 41-43 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Guide Eric Welch reports, “It’s been tough out on the water with all the crazy weather we’ve been having. Part of the river has frozen along with a lot of the pockets up the river. There has also been a…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 44-47 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: “Fishing is better than you might think,” says Dennis Hudson. “Most of the bass are being caught on jigs around piers. Brown jigs with a blue trailer seem to be catching the most bass on the sunny side of docks around…
Allatoona: Level: 11.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Heavy stain. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “February is a month of change. Even with cold temps continuing, we still begin to see a bass migration. The water was stained for much of January and even into February, so the Float-n-Fly bite has…
Some of the best public turkey-hunting opportunity in the state occurs on WMA youth-only hunts. Trust me, I’ve been witness to some of these hunts. Think about it… you’ve got low numbers of youth/adult hunting teams on tons of land, and for the most part the turkeys haven’t been harassed by other hunters and are…
February is a great time to catch some big spots, but where should you go? Lanier, Carters and Allatoona probably come to mind as great spotted bass destinations, but there may be a better choice up on the North Carolina line. Lake Chatuge has a great population of big spots—and largemouth—and now is a good…
It’s amazing how seemingly minor events can evolve into memorable experiences. Such was the case when I joined Ronnie Kirk and his 88-year-old dad, Hoby, for a morning rabbit hunt on Dec. 11, 2013. Ronnie and I have been fishing friends for many years, and Ronnie had often talked about his dad’s beagles and his…
Where in the world was this cold weather during deer season? Instead of bundling up and sneaking through the woods with pounds of extra clothes this year, I was still swattin’ skeeters and sweating buckets come closing weekend—I even hunted in my bedroom shoes a few times. Weird, I know, but it was that warm.…
Let someone try to tell you sportsmen don’t care about the heritage and future of deer hunting in Georgia. Forget how few hunters showed up for state-held public meetings no one knew about, let them talk to the rural mail carrier who delivers to GON’s office, or to the GON folks who spent four weeks…
The unusually cold temperatures we’ve been experiencing could impact fishing this month and also into the spring. A major die-off of shad—the small baitfish that are the primary forage for bass, stripers and other predatory fish anglers love to catch—could make catching fish tough over the short-term because there’s so much natural food readily available…
A hunting accident has forced defending Bassmaster Classic champion Cliff Pace to withdraw from the upcoming Classic to be held on Lake Guntersville in three weeks. Pace fell from a treestand and broke his left leg in two places on Friday while bow hunting for deer near his home in Petal, Miss. “I was actually…
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