Posts by Brad Gill
Realtree Kids: June 2024
June Is Kids’ Fishing Event Month
School is out, and the fish ponds are waiting! June is the month when it’s pretty easy to find a Kids’ Fishing Event taking place, even if you have to ride a little piece to get to one. If you can’t make one of the scheduled events, it doesn’t matter. There are so many public…
Read MoreWRD Seeks Input On Proposed Bass Regulation Changes
Regulation changes for several species of Georgia’s black bass could be coming, but anglers are first asked to look over those proposed changes and make comment by May 27, 2024. A virtual public hearing through WRD’s Facebook page involving the proposed regs, which focus on shoal bass length limits and creel limits on some of…
Read MoreCoyote Cull: May 2024 Entries
The 2024 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 2024 issue of GON. We’ll…
Read MoreWMA Coyote Season Runs May 16-31
One more crack at it! If you rely on public land to fill that inner desire to hunt, the last two weeks of May will be your final chance until Aug. 15, when squirrel season opens and the hunting cycle begins anew. WRD in recent years has allowed WMA hunting for coyotes and hogs from…
Read MoreGON Youth Shoot-Out Kicks Off Outdoor Blast
Shortly after the 2024 Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast kicks off on Friday, July 26, GON will host its annual Youth Shoot-Out BB gun competition. These young shooters each qualified by having the best-scoring youth (15 and younger) buck during a week of deer season. These weekly youth winners will compete for a chance to win a…
Read MoreOhoopee River Bream Fishing On Fire—New Bluegill Record Set
A record is a record, whether you catch it on a cricket or some new-fangled bladed bait. “I like to watch that cork,” said Dylan Durrence, the angler who just broke the new Ohoopee River bluegill record with a fish that weighed 1-lb. 7.52-ozs. on certified scales at Layne’s Sport Shop on Highway 280 in…
Read MoreLake Oconee Lineside Fishing Report — April 12, 2024
Level: Full pool Temp.: 62-66 degrees. Clarity: Up the river is stained. Down the lake it’s clearing from Highway 44 and south. Linesides: Guide Mark Smith with Reel Time Guide Services reports that the lineside dam run is not really happening this year. It’s actually gotten worse and worse over the last five years. Instead,…
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 15 Results 2023-24
1. Caleb Hughes, Carroll, 122 2/8 2. Rhett Smith, Dooly, 104 1/8 Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to Main Scoring Results Page
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Week 11 Results 2023-24
1. Morgan Rae Walker (l), Dodge, 154 4/8 2. Bubba Brannen (c), Tift, 151 7/8 3. Savanna Davis (l), Dooly, 145 2/8 4. Wyatt Blackston, Cook, 108 7/8 5. Kalli Rose Montford (l), Bibb, 105 2/8 6. Bentley Bowlden, Pike, 103 3/8 Key: (l) ladies, (b) bow, (c) crossbow, (pl) public land Return to…
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