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Blue Ridge: Level: 51 feet below full pool. The deep drawdown for dam repairs continues. The only available ramp is at Blue Ridge Marina. Temp: High 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tough. John Hembry said everyone is waiting for cooler weather to get Blue Ridge started. Once it turns on, the low water should have the…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: About 84 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Brian Davis, who won the Sept. 25 Fishermen for the Hungry event with his partner Jim Murray Jr., said the fish are with the shad in the mouths of the creeks. The early topwater bite produced a 6 1/2-pounder and a few others from…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Poor. Dennis Hudson said the fish remain in their summer patterns. There are some bait and a few better fish showing up in the backs of the creeks. Dennis is catching them flipping blowdowns, docks and overhanging brush with…
Allatoona: Level: 4 feet below full pool. Temp: 77-81 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Matt Driver reports, “We are in a transition period where we have fish shallow, deep fish and fish in between. As schooling activity increases, try baits like the Big Bite Jerk Minnow fished either weightless or on a 1/2-oz. Fish Head…
When it comes to producing big bucks, the agricultural fields and the Flint River bottomlands of Macon and Lee counties are still king, and Worth remains third-best for the 19th year in a row, but the gap is narrowing between the south Georgia stalwarts and some counties to the north. Morgan County is poised just…
It’s common knowledge among anyone who chases crappie in Georgia that fall is one of the best times of the year to wear out crappie. While the fish are not bunching up in the fall to spawn, like they do in the springtime, they are following cooling water temperatures and food supply. The Peach State…
White-tailed deer have had a rocky existence since European settlement in the eastern United States. Decades of market hunting, habitat destruction and lack of game laws ultimately exhausted the Georgia deer population by the turn of the 20th century with the exception of a few game preserves. At this time both laws and attitudes began…
Randy Hand, of Decatur, now holds the Georgia state record for the longest hunter-taken alligator after killing this 13-foot, 9-inch monster at Lake Seminole on Sept. 19. The gator weighed 692 pounds. Randy’s gator is just 2 inches longer than the old record, a 13-foot, 7-inch Blackshear gator taken in 2008.
Since its introduction in 2008, the CVA ACCURA, has been CVA’s premier muzzleloading only rifle. But for 2010, CVA has upgraded the ACCURA with a new version that it calls the V2 (meaning Version 2). According to Dudley McGarity, CEO of Blackpowder Products, Inc., owner of the CVA brand, the new ACCURA V2 has all…
Rattlesnakes can be frightening critters. But striking out and hitting a guy by surprise earned this Emanuel County rattler a hot spot on a Weber. John Vescuso, of Swainsboro, was by himself penning some cattle on a friend’s farm the evening of Aug. 11 when a silent, but ornery, eastern diamondback apparently took offense to…
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