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Fishing
Picture, in your mind’s eye, a 45-foot-high hardwood tree lying on its side 35 to 40 feet down in Clarks Hill Lake. It’s one of about 200 trees Capt. William Sasser, of Evans, has placed in the lake over the last 30 years or so. “I’ve sunk trees from the dam to (Lincoln County’s) Georgia…
Charles Petty may list his home as Harrisburg, Ark. these days, but Georgia still claims this native son as the best duck caller our pine hills have ever produced. Born in Clarkston, Charles is a former Georgia State Champion duck caller who has been guiding duck hunters in the Jonesboro, Ark. area for the past…
The hounds struck soon after being dropped for the first time of the evening, raising a din that echoed across the valley and through the bright moon-lit woods of Oconee County. “Jake strike!” barked Jake Garner, of Zebulon, the elected president of the Georgia Federation of Coon Hunters and the judge of this evening’s cast.…
West Point: Level: 4.6 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to high 50s. Clarity: Muddy up the Chattahoochee; stained in the creeks; light stain on the main lake. Bass: Fair. Paul Parsons reports, “Look for largemouths and spotted bass to suspend in the trees along the river and major creek channels. Bass are also holding…
Weiss: Level: 2.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Warren Barnes reports, “I have found a pattern in the river where I have been catching both spots and largemouths by hopping a black-and-blue Revenge jig with a Grande Bass Mega Chunk through the rocks and stumps. Let…
Sinclair: Level: 0.7 feet above full pool. Temp: 51-53 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair to tough, said Aaron Batson. He reports, “We have been catching good numbers on 1/4-oz. Net Boy Baits ScrewBall jigheads with junebug or redbug Zoom Finesse worms in 12 to 14 feet of water. Concentrate on any brushpiles you can find.…
Seminole: Level: 0.8 feet below full pool. Temp: 53 degrees. Clarity: Muddy and fast. Bass: Fair. Matt Baty reports, “Suprisingly, good fish are being caught in shallow water from 2 to 4 feet. Look for current breaks at the mouths of both rivers. The fish are grouping up in the slack water behind islands and…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Bob Barnette reports, “December is all but a memory, and January is here. The water temps will be in the mid to low 50s. You should start looking for the larger speckled trout in the deeper water. The live bait of choice will be mud minnows. You can also use plastic swimbaits.…
Russell: Level: 1.2 feet above full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Moderately stained in the larger creeks. From Bond Creek south is pretty clear on the main lake. Bass: Guide Wendell Wilson will be looking for bass stacked up along the timber edges this month. “Shad are the key,” Wendell said. “If you find the…
Oconee: Level: 1.2 feet above pool. Temp: 49 degrees. Clarity: Muddy. Bass: Tough. Todd Lowe reports, “Fish are very close to cover. A few are being caught on spinnerbaits and jigs. The conditions are pretty nasty right now, so the fishing is fair at best. We are still catching them shallow, and I haven’t tried…
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