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Fishing Reports
Blue Ridge: Level: 13.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 67-69 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: The bass fishing has been improving as the water temperature drops, said guide Nathan Lewis. “The topwater bite early and late has been the strongest pattern,” said Nathan. “Then when the sun gets up, if it isn’t windy, try a white…
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Clint Brownlee and Jerry Gray won the Blackshear Buddies tournament on Saturday, October 21 with a sack that weighed 16.3 pounds. Second place weighed in 16.1 pounds, so the bite has improved. Clint said they fished up the river and culled from a dozen keepers.…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. Fish are moving toward the backs of the pockets, and David Lowery said spinnerbaits, shallow-running crankbaits, buzzbaits and Trick Worms fished around wood are a dynamite way to catch bass this month. Key on brushpiles, stumps and dock posts on…
Allatoona: Level: Down 10.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 69 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Guide and tournament pro Mike Bucca said the fishing can be pretty good if you can get out on a nice day. There are lots of fish at the mouths of the creeks and mouths of the pockets, and Mike…
For years Allatoona had the reputation of being the “Dead Sea” when it came to bass fishing. Sometimes I suspect local bass fishermen promoted that image to keep others from finding out just how good the fishing on Allatoona can be. October is one of the best months of the year to find feeding largemouth…
Traditions abound within the many facets of our lives. From traditional vacation sites to traditional Christmas cookies, or even the traditional spot under the white oak from which you traditionally see that big buck. Paulding Forest Wildlife Management Area (WMA), located in Paulding County, is one of many WMAs engrained in tradition. To discover this…
In response to a federal-court judgement that could stop hunts this fall at Bond Swamp, Okefenokee and 35 other National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) across the country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed a remedy the agency hopes will appease the court and allow the hunts to continue. A lawsuit by the Humane…
Some hunters will be sitting home this fall because they don’t have a place to hunt. Likewise, fishing, one of the state’s most popular outdoor activities, deserves attention to continue to provide angling opportunities. Sportsmen have an opportunity to speak up for their needs at a series of town-hall meetings over the next two months…
The latest victory for the animal-rights, anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) should send a shocking wake-up call that sportsmen better get their rear-ends off the 10-gallon bucket of false contentment and rosy everything’s-just-fine sentiment many of us seem to be stuck on. A federal court has ruled that the hunting seasons at…
Explosive strikes are what you have to look forward to when fishing a Wooly Bugger. My favorite style of fishing streamers is to cast downstream and at an angle toward the bank. This sets your fly up for what I call a “dead-and-dodging” retrieve – by quickly stripping in the line you are essentially imitating…
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