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Fishing Reports
Allatoona: Level: 9.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 60s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “November on Allatoona is a great time. Most folks are deer hunting, so you have the lake to yourself. Fish are easier to locate because the baitfish are grouped tighter and fishing is easier to predict. Fish…
A month after a north Georgia man was murdered during a deer hunt at a Georgia Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Wilkes County, there’s been no arrest. That fact is enough to keep nerves on edge among hunters in the Holliday Park area of Clarks Hill Lake, but authorities say hunters don’t need to fear…
Do me a favor. Get in your car and drive an hour in any direction. Then tell me what you see. Odds are you’ll hit some water somewhere along the way. We are blessed in the South to have an abundance of water. Sometimes we take for granted just how lucky we are. There are…
Lake Oconee is renowned for having large quantities of big bass. With its abundance of timber, chunk rock and offshore structure, Oconee is a prime destination for many Georgia anglers. Unfortunately, this year’s strange weather patterns have made catching Oconee bass downright tough. As the chill of early fall begins to bring us a much-welcomed…
Our mission was simple: Strike out before daylight, walk for a half hour and arrive in an area of hardwoods at shooting light and start squirrel hunting. A friend of mine had seen some hog sign in this particular area back during turkey season, and I was curious to see if the rooters were still…
I had been hunting pretty hard for about two weeks. The rut was in full swing, and everyone was seeing bucks chasing does. Myself, I had seen some deer and even the occasional small buck, but nothing I really wanted to shoot. Prior to that 2010 season, I had spent the time and money to…
If the Army tried it and recommends it for our fighting soldiers, instinctive shooting could certainly help wing-shooters. Instinctive shooting is an improved version of the “Quick Kill” system soldiers learned and used during the Vietnam War. It allows a shooter to fire quickly and accurately at fleeting enemy targets. James Rutland, of Box Springs,…
Brent was afraid to climb down from his stand. The teenager had never seen his father in such an angry rage. George Gentry stood beneath his 17-year-old son’s deer stand, soaking wet, water dripping from his face, glaring upward toward Brent’s stand and shouting in an utter fury. “Brent, you fool,” he screamed, his voice…
This year’s alligator season produced monster results from ponds, rivers and lakes around the state. Take a look at some of these beasts in GON’s 2012 gator photo gallery.
If you’re one of the many Georgia trout anglers whose ideas of Peach State trophy trout streams involve private water, fat trout, pricey guides and hefty access fees, it’s time to think again. Dukes Creek, in the Smithgall Woods Conservation Area near Helen, blows those assumptions out of the water with plentiful trophy rainbow and…
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