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Fishing
If you’re a gambler (which I am not due to a streak of bad luck as wide as the Savannah River), there aren’t many things you can make easy money on. However, were you to place a friendly wager with a fishing buddy you could start counting your winnings on a few facts. First of…
It may not have been on fire everywhere, but for the most part, the opening weekend of turkey season got off to a great start. There were lots of reports of birds hammering, and several experienced turkey hunters reported their best opening-day ever. “It was one awesome opening morning,” said Brandon Colquitt of Athens. Brandon…
Ten kids plus parents, five guides and dogs, plus 33 quail and 23 pheasants made for a great day last month. Kids that were quiet and a bit shy in the morning were, at the end of the day, sitting on tailgates discussing the finer points of shot angles, dog work and shotgun kick with…
A decision by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to outsource the sales of hunting and fishing licenses and boat registration to a Missouri company, Central Bank, has raised the ire of sportsmen who had no chance to comment on the decision or examine alternatives. Last month, GON incorrectly reported that DNR was directed by…
Russell: Level: 0.2 feet above full pool. Temp: High 50s in the mornings, low 60s on warm afternoons. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good, said tournament angler Trad Whaley. Trad and his father finished seventh in the Hwy 72 Marine tournament March 15 with 12.8 pounds. They caught bass on spinnerbaits in the trees, and they found…
West Point: Level: 2.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 60s. Clarity: Light stain on the main lake. Heavy stain in the creeks. Muddy upriver. Bass: Very good. “Largemouth and spotted bass are really close to spawning,” said guide Paul Parsons. “Good baits to use are split-shot-rigged lizards, Trick Worms and Super Flukes. Try lighter…
Weiss: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 50s. Clarity: The main lake is clear, the backs of the creeks and the Coosa are stained. Bass: Good, said Weiss fishing guide Mark Collins. “The bass are in the shallows back in the bays around secondary points and ditches. There have been good catches from…
Tobesofkee: Level: Full pool. Temp: 58-62 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. “The key to having a good bag this time of year is finding the big females that haven’t moved up to spawn yet,” Clayton Batts said. “There are a lot of buck bass moving up in the 1- to 3-foot range around grass, wood…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: Low to mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Eliminator Elite-8 angler Mike Cleveland said there’s a good spinnerbait bite at Sinclair right now from halfway back to the backs of the pockets. He said there are a lot of fish on the beds right now, and they should continue coming…
Seminole: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 64. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Great. “There was a really early spawn this year at Seminole,” said tournament angler Butch Tucker. “They were on the sandbars three or four weeks early. Right now there are fish in the spawn, the prespawn and postspawn.” Butch said a watermelon-gold lizard…
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