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Burton: Level: 1.6 feet low. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Spotted Bass: Capt. Wes Carlton reports, “The spots are ranging in depths from 5 to 30 feet. The biggest concentrations seem to be in 28 feet near the creek channels close to the main river channel. Most of the bigger spots we’re catching are…
Blue Ridge: Level: 10.1 feet below full pool. Temp: 74-78 degrees. Clarity: Clear at 5 to 7 feet. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “There has been some topwater action at daybreak around the marina and Lake Wood Point. We’ve been throwing Zoom Flukes, Lucky Craft Gunfish and Zara Spooks. This bite should only get better…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Pretty good. Dennis Hudson said it’s taking 10 to 12 pounds to win his three-hour Tuesday night tournaments out of Idlehour. He plans to switch over to Saturday tournaments this month with the shorter days. “You can pretty much catch a…
Allatoona: Level: 6.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 79 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Matt Driver reports, “This month the shallow bite shifts into high gear. The best patterns are to start the day with the buzzbait. Fish the buzzbait parallel to bluff banks. Fish the bait where it bumps the rocks. Bass see it as…
Sportsmen have a rare opportunity to show their gratitude and support for military men and women who sacrificed for our country while also enjoying a morning of wing-shooting standing shoulder-to-shoulder with those heroes. High Point Quail Shooting Preserve in Locust Grove is hosting the “Purple Heart Wounded Warriors” continental pheasant hunt on Oct. 20. This…
If ever you wanted to learn how to fool a seatrout or redfish with a hunk of plastic or other man-made substance, fall is the time to do it. Hoards of hungry fish are prowling our marshes, fattening up on crustaceans and baitfish in anticipation of the coming winter. Capt. Andy Gowen, of St. Marys,…
If you’ve never duck hunted in the coastal marshes of Altamaha WMA Waterfowl Management Area, where you’ve got a better-than-average chance to fill your limit with a variety of different duck species, you have been missing out. Last year’s Altamaha WMA duck hunters on Butler Island had the best season ever, according to records that…
Lake Jackson is widely known throughout the state as a very good wintertime fishery. With multiple double-digit-class largemouths caught in the cooler months, Georgia anglers may lose sight of the great bass fishing Lake Jackson offers in other seasons of the year. As the water temperature begins to fall in October and the shad embark…
Dan Cisson caught this 28-lb., 0.8-oz. lake-record striped bass on Lake Yonah on Sep. 19, 2012. Dan is well-known in northeast Georgia for catching big largemouth, especially his knack for rolling huge bass from private ponds. Dan is also good at lineside fishing on large and small reservoirs.
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved a request by NOAA Fisheries to allow limited harvest of red snapper in the federal waters of the South Atlantic. Anglers can harvest red snapper September 14 through 16 and again on September 21 through 23. Each angler is allowed one red snapper per day with no size…
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