Posts by Brad Gill
800 Pound Marlin Worth 450K
First place in the 2018 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic paid out $450,705 to the Florida team of Team Reel Addiction, thanks to a 796.9-lb. blue marlin they caught. It’s the largest payout in the tournament’s 22-year history. The big marlin bit 170 miles offshore with very few minutes left of fishing time before the team…
Read MoreMan Drops People’s Elbow On “Alligator” To Save Friend
It’s amazing what gets the most attention on the internet and social media these days. An obviously prank video of an alligator “attack” went viral the past couple of days. The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, may be long gone from the WWE, but his People’s Elbow signature move is still a tool in the belt…
Read MoreGator Rescued From 10-Foot Python
The Facebook video below from Fox 29 shows a south Florida man rescuing a 4-foot Florida gator from the grip of an invasive 10-foot python snake. Mike Kimmel, owner of Martin County Trapping and Removals and Martin County Wildlife Rescue, rescued the gator when he discovered the snake wrapped around it in the Everglades on Saturday, June 16.…
Read MoreGirl Catches South Georgia Giant Bass
If you see Jordan Rousey, of Byron, strutting around town in the next few weeks, you’ll know why. His wife, Alicia, 23, recently caught the largemouth of a lifetime in a 5-acre private pond in Perry. “A family friend owns a house on this pond and allows us to fish there whenever we want,” said…
Read MoreDuck Hunters Clean Up Lake Juliette
If you’ve been to Lake Juliette recently, you may have found the waterways, banks and boat ramp a little cleaner. On a Sunday in March, 14 duck hunters came together with seven boats. In just four hours, they collected 43 large bags of trash, a boat full of miscellaneous junk and an old picnic table…
Read MoreRabun Lake Record Black Crappie
Corey Gosnell holds the current Lake Rabun black crappie record with a 1-lb., 14-oz. fish he caught on April 14, 2018.
Read MoreRed Phase Turkey Killed In Carroll County
GON subscriber Ken Hamil, of Marietta, killed a rare erythritic, or red-phase, gobbler on a Carroll County cattle farm Tuesday, April 3. “I have killed a few turkeys over the years, but the reason for sending GON this bird was because of the red wing feathers,” said Ken. “I have been hunting them for 30 years…
Read MoreHard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Opens March 9
Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir opens for public fishing tomorrow, March 9, 2018 at 12 p.m. Fishing will commence immediately after a grand-open ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. The lake will supply drinking water for residents of Walton and Oconee counties, so the lake will only allow boats equipped with electric motors or self-propelled watercraft,…
Read MoreDNR License Plate To Fund Game Warden Jobs
There are still 43 counties in Georgia without a game warden. Georgia hunters now have an avenue to offset this giant problem by pre-ordering a “Support Georgia Game Wardens” specialty license plate for their vehicle. In addition to hiring new game wardens, a portion of the funds raised by the sale of these tags will go…
Read MoreApalachee River Landowners Meet To Discuss Pumping Station
A number of landowners along the Apalachee River in Morgan and Oconee counties are concerned over news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has plans to install a water pumping station along the river in order to move water into Hard Labor Creek Reservoir. The location of the pumping station would be just north…
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