Posts by Brad Gill
Lake Worth Largemouth Goes 8 1/2 Pounds, Breaks Record
Lake Worth has a new lake-record largemouth, and it’s one that’s going to be hard to top. The angler, Keaton Smith, 16, of Poulan, caught the bass on March 25 just below Blackshear’s Warwick Dam. “We were actually fishing for shoal bass when he caught the largemouth,” said his dad, Monty. Monty said they have…
Read MoreLake Lanier Carp Record Broken By Young Lady Angler
Taylor Cronan, 10, of Pendergrass, is the new Lake Lanier record holder for the common carp. She caught a 22-lb., 0.2-oz. fish on April 26 and had it weighed on certified scales and verified by a WRD biologist. She was fishing from the bank in the Gainesville area with her dad, mom, sister and a…
Read MoreLake Blue Ridge Spotted Bass Record Broken, Then Released
Local angler Brandon Wright recently raised the Lake Blue Ridge spotted bass record bar by 4 ounces, with a 6-lb., 8-oz. magnum spot he caught on Monday, April 28. He was fishing with his regular fishing partner, Kenton Kimsey. “With the lake coming up and warmer water temperatures, the fish are moving up shallow to…
Read MoreCoyote Cull: May 2025 Entries
Round 1 of the 2025 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with their May 2025 issue…
Read MoreCoyotes Around The Clock
For the next three months, GON is offering chances for readers to win some really cool prizes in our annual Coyote Cull contest. Flip back to page 16 to check out the details on how all that works. Let’s do a reality check on this. May, June and July aren’t the more relaxing months to…
Read MoreWhy I Trap
Standing on an old logging road in a creek bottom, the bird gobbled 125 yards out. I found a wide-enough tree that matched my camo pattern and put my padded seat and gun down. I walked back 30 yards with my favorite, chalked-up box call and scratched out six, high-pitched yelps. The bird cut me…
Read MoreTruck-Buck Scoring Results 2024-25 Season
It took two weekends, a trip to Tifton and one to Madison, and some pretty dedicated manpower to keep the wheels oiled and moving, but GON measured 198 bucks last month to figure out who’s going to join us for GON’s showcase event of the year, the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out at the Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast…
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Scoring Results 2024-25 Season
GON measured 59 racks from youth hunters 15 and younger during our scoring events last month. The objective for these young GON subscribers—or dependents of GON subscribers—was to have the highest scoring buck in whatever week they had their deer entered. Winning their week moves them on to the GON Youth Big-Buck Shoot-Out at the…
Read MoreEarly October Weekend Gun Hunt For Antlerless Deer In WRD Regs Proposal
A two-day, early October firearms hunt for antlerless deer might be in the cards for the majority of Georgia deer hunters this fall. If proposed new hunting regs are approved, hunters in the green, pink and purples counties (see map below) would have the option to shoot antlerless deer with firearms Oct. 4-5, 2025. Only…
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