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Fishing Reports
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: High 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Normal for Blackshear. Bass: Fish should be on the deeper trees and brushed-up docks. Fish areas where the bream are bedding. These areas can be productive all day long, but the best beds will be where you can find shade. A Pop-R and a…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Derrick Millirons said the most consistent places to catch fish this month will probably be around boat docks, but he prefers fishing grass and brushpiles instead. His top bait for fishing the grass is a floating worm. “Zoom makes a…
Allatoona: Level: 0.1 feet above full pool. Temp: Mid 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Matt Driver reports, “Fishing is good this month, but it will slow toward the end of month. Fish are on or nearing their summer haunts. Brush and rockpiles offshore are getting better but are at their peaks at night. Deep cranking with…
In June 2010, GON put the call out for proof of wild cougars in Georgia, offering $1,000 for the best evidence. Now it’s time for our readers to decide who gets a check. A year into the Georgia Cougar Quest, we have fielded hundreds of reported sightings of large cats from across…
Imagine more than 2,000 kids all equipped with various target equipment: 500-plus compound and recurve bows, 800-plus shotguns, almost 100 rifles and more than 600 carrying an assortment of air rifles, air pistols and BB guns. Imagine all these youth accompanied by adults, friends, family and coaches cheering them as they march to the…
The beach-runner cobia have arrived off the Georgia coast, and they can be caught several different ways this month. We call these fish “beach runners” because we catch them in sight of the beach. But you need to be aware that they will be found anywhere from just behind the breakers to as far as…
Coyotes are omnivores and opportunistic predators. They travel alone or in small packs, hunting and foraging mostly at night and covering miles of ground in search of food. Nose to the ground and ears perked to scan the landscape as it passes, they remain alert to react quickly on any feeding opportunity or danger…
Gov. Nathan Deal traveled to Tifton last week and signed the Baiting Bill, HB 277, during a ceremony at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. A press release sent by the governor’s office said the intent of HB 277 was “to attract more people to take up hunting through greater access to deer.” “People come from…
West Point: Level: 1.2 feet below pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Excellent. Chris Bell reports, “Bass fishing is excellent. Fish are in all phases. With the stained water, seeing bedded fish will be difficult. The best pattern in these conditions seems to be pitching 3/8-oz. black/blue jig with a Z-Man black-with-blue-fleck Chunkz. My…
Weiss: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Guide Warren Barnes said both largemouths and spots have been in the very late stages of spawning. “I have been catching some quality largemouths around the whole lake using Jackall Susteki Craws along the banks back in the creeks, and also flipping Georgia Tackle…
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