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Fishing
Carters: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 50-57 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite is good. Quality is what winter fishing is all about, and Carters produces more 5-lb.-plus spots per acre than anywhere. This year is no different. There are fish in every zone right now from 5-50 feet.…
Blue Ridge: Level: 15 feet below full pool. Temp: 48-52 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “The lake is cold, but the fishing has been getting hotter every day. Look for a great smallie bite in the mornings on the main lake. Open-water fishing will produce smallies daily. Look for busting fish out…
Blackshear: Level: 3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Normal color. Crappie: Rusty Parker said the crappie are biting in the channel and on channel edges around trashpiles. Rusty found his fish suspended 18-25 feet deep over 27 feet of water. Tightline minnows or cast 1/16-oz. Rag Fly jigs around the trash. Good…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Low to mid 50s. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Very good for numbers. Tournament angler Dennis Hudson said the spotted bass have been tearing it up. “The last few weeks crankbaits have been doing real well, and the jig bite has picked up real well,” Dennis said.…
Allatoona: Level: 15.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 52 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing continues to be good due to the mild winter. Don’t be fooled; cold is coming, and water temps could drop into the range for a shad kill, but it’s not likely unless we have a long…
Truth in Nature held its final program of the year on Dec. 1, a deer hunt outside of Waco at Walker Creek Outdoors. Truth in Nature is a Christian outdoor ministry for youth from one-parent homes. “During this hunt we had 10 youth/volunteer teams in the woods,” said Jeff Davis, founder of Truth in Nature.…
Another deer season, another round of complaints from deer hunters that they’re not seeing enough deer. Deer numbers are most definitely down in many parts of the state. Is that a good thing, allowing for better habitat management and higher quality deer? Or are you like a lot of hunters who state the obvious that…
It’s always cold on a mountain reservoir in January. But, those who are willing to brave the occasional ice on the deck of the boat or in the eyes of their rods will be in for some prime fishing at Lake Burton. One of the reasons the fishing tends to pick up in Burton this…
We had turned the dogs loose 30 minutes previous and hadn’t heard a bark. It was mid January, cold, and very windy. I almost walked back to the truck to get the Garmin GPS unit to locate the dogs but opted to walk out of the hollow and up on top of a ridge containing…
The Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) operates 10 Public Fishing Areas (PFAs) across the state, and each provides tremendous angling, educational, and other outdoor recreational opportunities. The southernmost PFA is located near Tifton and is appropriately named Paradise PFA. Paradise PFA and trophy bass have been synonymous since the area opened in September 1990. An impressive…
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