Posts by Brad Gill
Sinclair’s Fast-Forward Bass Fishing
If ever there was a spring to be thinking ahead, it’s probably this one. It’s not supposed to be 85 degrees in mid March. There’s not supposed to be this much pollen this early, and I can’t ever remember the woods being quite so green before turkey season started. However, Aaron Batson, of Oxford, has…
Read MoreWMA Hog Special
If I had to pick a month to go hog hunting, it would be January. The cold weather makes it conducive to long walks in the woods. On several occasions in recent years, I’ve marked the truck on my GPS and struck out for new territories in search of a WMA hog. Quite a few…
Read MoreSplit Part 5
Mr. Jesse appeared disoriented when Paul and Hannah arrived. “We heard the shot, Mr. Jesse. Are you OK?” Paul asked. Mr. Jesse stared down the hill gazing at the wall of thickness that made up one side of the beaverswamp. “It was the boy,” Mr. Jesse said. No hindsight ip unit displayed. Just down the…
Read MoreGasaway, Millsaps Win Back-To-Back State Championships
Rick Gasaway, of Woodstock, and David Millsaps, of Ranger, put together plenty of weight to capture their second straight championship title in Highland Marina’s Georgia State Championship. They were also crowned the 2010 Georgia State champs, meaning they are the only team to ever win back-to-back titles. First place this year was $35,000. “You got…
Read MoreTournament Reports November 2011
Irie Harkleroad, of Waycross, fished by himself to win the first-ever Fishermen For The Hungry MEGA BUCKS tournament on Lake Blackshear. Fishing alone, Irie boated 14.70 pounds and won $2,500. “I’m a river fisherman by heart,” said Irie. “I went up the river to the last big bridge, and I just worked my way back down real…
Read MoreDay, Kirkpatrick Win J-BAIT On Juliette
With 20.76 pounds, Randall Kirkpatrick and Chris Day, with the Jonboat Bass Association, dominated the competition in the eighth-annual Anglers Warehouse J-BAIT, the state’s jonboat championship tournament. This year’s tournament took place Oct. 8, 2011 on the clear waters of Lake Juliette. “We had 28 teams competing for Georgia’s jonboat state championship, with six clubs…
Read MoreSplit Part 4
The four hunters stood around Paul’s camper. It was a few minutes after dark on the opening day of deer season. David was thrilled about killing a doe, and Nathan shot his first squirrel while hunting with Hannah. However, neither the dead doe nor the squirrel were on the minds or lips of the four…
Read MoreTournament Reports October 2011
Two-time Eliminator Champion Aaron Batson, and his son, Blake, 17, won the Camp Sunshine Benefit Tournament on Lanier Sept. 24-25. Aaron, who is not very familiar with Lanier, said he simply fished like he would Oconee or Sinclair, his regular lakes. “It wasn’t location specific,” said Aaron. “But we just went to pockets and pitched…
Read MoreSplit Part 3
When the bullet hit, the animal buckled from the sting and went crashing back into the jungle of reed cane. Ten yards inside, running wide open, it came to the edge of a sharp-dropping creek bank. Not able to stop, it went crashing down the bank and hit a sharp boulder on the opposite bank,…
Read MoreMeet Rufus, A Giant Deer You Can Pet
Many of us met Rufus for the first time at GON’s Outdoor Blast in Macon in July. Rufus is a 9 1/2-year-old whitetail that was born in Lowndes County. Rufus’ latest rack has been estimated at a little more than 200 gross inches. Rufus’ owner, Gary O’Neal, of Valdosta, found the newborn buck hung in…
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