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Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Very light stain in some areas; clear on the main lake. Bass: Good. The grass bite has come on strong over the last few weeks, and the bite should last until about the middle of July, maybe later, before it’s time to move…
Allatoona: Level: 0.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 85-87 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Matt Driver reports, “Fishing is fair. The fish are on their summertime haunts like bluff walls and deep brush. Right now, fishing at night or early in the morning is your best bet. For the morning bite, throw a topwater on bluff…
More than eight years after it was impounded and stocked with F1 bass, Bear Creek Reservoir finally has a boat ramp under construction. It should be completed by August. Now, Jackson County, which will control day-to-day operations at the 505-acre water-supply reservoir near Athens, has announced plans to limit access to just three days a…
The good news first: An interim, 6-month ban on red-snapper fishing on the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida has been put off. Originally slated to begin as early as June, the closure has been pushed back, possibly as late as October, as the measure is reviewed. The bad news: You better catch your…
It was a day long awaited in Houston County, but it finally arrived. Flat Creek PFA is now open. Former Georgia Representative Larry Walker said at the opening ceremony that at one time he wondered if he would live long enough to see the PFA opened, since it was talked about, and then planned for…
It is 10:25 a.m., and a brass-bright sun has already pushed temperatures into the 90s. The reflection off the water 3 miles out into the Atlantic off Richmond Hill makes it hard on the eyes and, if not for the polarized glasses, unbearable. This is to be the first 100-degree day of 2009, but who…
Good, consistent smallmouth bass action is one of Lake Blue Ridge’s claims to fame, and, despite the introduction of spotted bass to the lake in the early 1990s, the smallies have held on well. Luckily for bass fishermen, this month should provide some of the hottest topwater action of the year during the dawn…
Deer season had only been out 10 days. Many hunters were taking advantage of the two-month break between chasing whitetails and calling turkeys, but not Blaine Burley, of Wrightsville. On this cool January afternoon, he had a post-hole digger in his hands, slamming it 2 feet deep in the Johnson County soil, where he had…
In tough economic times, decreased revenues at the state level have trickled down. A lack of funding is putting a squeeze on DNR, and the latest spending cut is mandatory furloughs for all DNR employees, except for employees with the Environmental Protection Division (EPD). DNR Commissioner Chris Clark said his department is looking at a…
Editor’s Note: An edited version appeared in the June 2009 issue of GON. This is the uncut version. It’s kick-off time for my PFA Summer Slam. Every summer I’ll take a week to hit my favorite PFAs. I’m going spank those waters to a mono froth. My wife, Cindy, will be joining me, so watch…
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