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Burton: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 40s. Clarity: Clear. Largemouths: Good. Wes Carlton said this is the time of year to catch big bass on Burton. Fishing with a client recently, they caught six fish heavier than 5 pounds and one that weighed more than 10 pounds. Wes said channel ledges that drop from 5…
Blackshear: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Jim Murray Jr. reports, “The lake is slowly returning to full pool. For numbers, a Shad Rap or medium-diving crankbait around creek channels and shallow ledges have been producing. For the larger bites, flipping a CBT jig around boat docks usually…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Pretty good. Dennis Hudson said his tournaments have been weighing in some pretty good sacks recently. The best bite, when it is on, is with shallow-running, square-billed crankbaits. The best fish have been caught running those baits through shallow brush up…
Allatoona: Level: 11.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 48 degrees on the main lake. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Craig Miller at the Dugout said it’s float-’n-fly time on Allatoona. “This is by far the best way to catch numbers, as well as decent-sized fish. Fish any steep, main-lake banks and points. Ten to 12 feet…
“If I had to pick one month in the year to fish Lake Jackson, it would be January,” said Josh Kelly, of Jackson. Josh lives on Jackson and has been fishing it regularly since he was a small boy. Josh, a local tournament fisherman, started going to the lake by himself as soon as he…
Across the hills and hollers of north Georgia, you can hear the howling of coon dogs on any given night of winter. Whether the dogs are out working or just begging to be released, one thing’s for sure: no raccoon is safe. If the hound dogs’ noses get one whiff of them, they’ll either be…
It’s late winter, and deer season is over. Turkey season is nearly three months away. What now? Want to stay in the woods longer? Read on and find out how these two south Georgia swampers break in the 2011 hunting season on public land. January and February they’ll be killing hogs on lonely post-deer-season WMAs.…
We’re not going to rename state-managed hunting areas as recreational areas, but other users of some Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) will have to purchase a stamp or short-term pass called a GORP. Those are the recommendations of a DNR steering committee that looked at WMA uses and users. When revealed last May, both proposals drew…
Each month we turn back the clock to see what was being reported in the pages of GON, both 20 and 10 years ago. Here’s what was happening. 20 Years Ago: January 1991 • Is GON Gone?: This issue of GON marked the 100th issue. Instead of celebration, GON was in fear of losing the business. The economy…
We’re not going to rename state-managed hunting areas as recreational areas, but other users of some Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) will have to purchase a stamp or short-term pass called a GORP. Those are the recommendations of a DNR steering committee that looked at WMA uses and users. When revealed last May, both proposals drew thousands…
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