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Carters: Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 60 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite is good. November has been a good month despite the unseasonably warm weather we’ve had the past few weeks. My guys and I have been pounding good-sized spots on Spotsticker jig heads rigged with Big…
Burton: Level: 11.7 feet above full pool. Temp: 55 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wes Carlton reports, “The spotted bass have moved to a deep-water, late-winter pattern. We have been catching these fish on white crankbaits and spoons. The spoon bite should continue on through December. Work the spoon over a 35- to 48-foot bottom.…
Allatoona: Level: 13.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 59 degrees. Clarity: 7 foot visibility. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “The month of December on Allatoona is a great month to be on the lake. Fishing is good, and some of the best catches for spotted bass are made between the months of December and…
At the GON Outdoor Blast in August, I like many others walked around and signed up for different things that were being given away among the many booths and displays at the Gwinnett Center. That night I got a call from Bill Ward from High Point Quail telling me my name had been drawn for…
Cool weather has arrived, and with it a change in the fishing opportunities on Lake Lanier, north of Atlanta. Shad and blueback herring are moving into the creeks, and the big stripers are not far behind. While you’ll need to adapt your approach to these cooler conditions, there is plenty of hot striper action available…
The Legend of “Stick Man” In the late 1950s and early ’60s, avid whitetail hunter Buck Ashe, of Chamblee, earned the nickname “Stick Man” because he hunted deer exclusively with a recurve bow. At a time when few deer hunters were using archery gear, this popular Georgia hunter arrowed some exceptional trophy animals. However, in…
Georgia Hunting and Fishing Federation (GHFF) President Reggie Dickie expressed what he called “cautious optimism” for the future of the Ogeechee River and King Amercia Textiles (KAF) in the wake of a court order rejecting the plans of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to address the chronic violations by the Screven County plant.…
“Leia!” Hamp shouted across the dark food plot. “Leia!” His voice was choked with worry and rising panic about what had happened to his granddaughter. The hunting blind was empty, but puzzlingly, her rifle was still propped up in the corner. Hamp Varner and his brother Dewitt had hurried from their hunt camp to the…
He’ll be the first to tell you, he’d do lots different if he could only replay the events of Sept. 29, 2012, starting with leaving a rattlesnake well enough alone. Brian Hearn was at his Polk County property planting food plots when an encounter with a 4-foot timber rattlesnake, also known as a canebrake, just…
Having acquired a new deer hunting lease in Worth County, Danny Culpepper and his sons, Fletcher and Trevor, spent September and early October scouting and bowhunting the property. Each of the men eventually selected a primary stand location. Danny elected to skip opening weekend of firearms season, but his sons hunted both days, with somewhat…
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