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Fishing Reports
Allatoona: Level: 7 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-73 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Matt Driver reports, “Things are changing due to the lake beginning turnover. Fishing during this phenomenon slows for a couple of weeks, so I like to slow down. It also seems shallow fish are affected less. It should be over completely…
Thanks to a host of volunteers, the annual SEEDS Striper Fishing Event took place on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Lake Lanier. This fourth-annual kids striper-fishing event is just one more way the Georgia Outdoor Network continues to support youth-mentoring programs that are designed to teach kids to hunt and fish. “Each year the young men…
Ever been bored around hunt camp in between deer hunts? Do naps, TV, talking (lying) and eating typically fill the time void? Chances are there is another good option right on your hunt club, fishing. If you want to be the hero of your club, bring back some fish to go with your venison steaks…
Kill a Georgia Mountain Bear Since the late 70s, when WRD began managing the bear harvest, the idea has been to grow the state’s bear populations to sustainable levels. Mission accomplished — especially in the north Georgia mountains, where nuisance bear complaints were at record levels last year, according to Adam Hammond, WRD’s Bear Committee…
At the first glance, we thought we had the undeniable proof of cougars we have been looking for in our year-long cougar quest, but DNR officials have since pointed out a couple elements in these photos that leave species identification open for doubt. This series of photos was captured by Drew Atkins, of Franklin, on…
Kendall Golightly, of Atlanta, is another one of those guys who makes a killing, literally, from small tracts and backyards in Fulton County. Kendall arrowed his cover buck—aptly named “Tips” because of the crossing tips of its main beams—from a 3-acre tract bordering a subdivision last Oct. 1 in Fulton County. The twist to the…
The talk around the fish-supper table rambled from the one that got away to the comeback of the beaver and eventually wound up with a plan to help out Georgia’s waterfowl population. Wood ducks are glad it did. Back in 1999, David Beecher, of Lyons, and a group of friends were discussing how the beaver…
Gainesville anglers David Nichol and Bobby Anderson won the HD Marine and Wendy’s 2010 Camp Sunshine tournament at Lake Lanier on Sept. 25-26. The fund-raising event drew 123 teams. “It was just a slow, deep grind on a Fish Head (Spin), letting it get deep,” said David. David and Bobby, who fished main-lake areas below…
Covington’s Lake Varner has anglers talking about something other than the giant bass it produces. The word on lips these days is “hydrilla” and the effects it’s having on fishing, wildlife and the lake’s ability to efficiently produce drinking water. “Hydrilla has matted probably 70 percent of the lake’s surface. You can go about 50…
West Point: Level: 1.7 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Micah Frazier said as the water temps cool, the bait will start moving into the creeks, and the largemouths will follow. Micah likes to find the baitfish when they move up onto the flats in the backs of the creeks,…
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