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Fishing
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…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has pulled the plug on Lake Blue Ridge. A long-term drawdown will drop the lake to more than 60 feet below summer pool for at least six months. The purpose of the drawdown is to repair and improve the dam, but anglers can use this low-water period to scout the…
West Point: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: High 80s. Clarity: Clear on the main lake; clear in the creeks; stained in the Chattahoochee River. Bass: Fair. Paul Parsons reports, “Bass are in deeper water with the warmer water temps. Fish deeper structure like old roadbeds and humps and also the creek-channel ledges. Lots…
Weiss: Level: 1.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s to low 90s. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Very good. Guide Warren Barnes reports, “Bass fishing has been great. Although there are still some topwater fish being caught early, the abundance of largemouths and spotted bass are still on the river ledges. The two main baits…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 90 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. Clayton Batts reports, “Bass fishing has been tough, but it’s starting to improve and should get way better in September. Low-light hours and at night have been the best times to catch fish. During the low-light hours, fish rip-rap and seawalls with a green-pumpkin…
Sinclair: Level: 1.2 feet below full. Temp: 88-92 degrees. Clarity: Light stain to clear over most of the lake. Bass: Fair. “I just fished the Saturday night event out of Little River, and we came in second place with a limit at 12.07 pounds,” said Aaron Batson. “It took just under 13 to win it.…
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