Posts by Brad Gill
Man Kills 21 Rattlesnakes
Bob Stanley, of McRae, was mowing fire lanes on his Telfair County hunting property near the town of Workmore when he killed a 5-foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake. “When he killed it, he took it to the barn and hung it up,” wrote Elleen, Bob’s wife, in an e-mail to GON. “The next morning he went…
Read More2nd Annual Grant Taylor Memorial Fishing Rodeo
The 2nd Annual Grant Taylor Memorial Fishing Rodeo in Walker County will raise money for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare skin disorder that causes skin to become extremely fragile. EB took 8-year-old Grant Taylor’s life on May 14, 2007. Grant’s parents, with the support of Waterville Baptist Church in Trion, stay focused on finding a…
Read MoreCountry Goes Huntin’ Donates Money To SEEDS
During the GONetwork Banquet at this year’s Outdoor Blast, GONetwork President Steve Burch announced a $6,000 donation to SEEDS from Country Goes Huntin’ (CGH). The SEEDS donation will allow the GONetwork to continue it efforts in promoting hunting and fishing to kids. The annual CGH event pairs country-music stars and hunting celebrities for several days…
Read MoreBatson vs. Harris For 2009 Skeeter Eliminator Championship
Skeeter-boat owners Aaron Batson and Mike Harris will be fishing for $10,000 at the Skeeter Eliminator Series Championship at Lake Oconee in November. Both anglers won their semi-final matches in June and advanced to the championship round in the Eliminator, a six-round, heads-up bass tournament. The grand prize in the tournament is $5,000; however, Skeeter…
Read MoreGet Your Buck Scored For GON Big-Buck Lists
It starts in July with the Triple-Digit WMA Bucks list. Then we slide into August with last season’s Fab-40. In September you’ll find the annual Pope & Young Special, and our big finale is to publish our exclusive County-by-County Big-Buck Rankings list every October. There’s a reason to have your Georgia buck scored by an…
Read MoreLake Oconee Cold-Water Crappie
February is a great month to catch crappie on Lake Oconee, according to crappie specialists, and father-and-son duo, Robert and Raymond Huff. Robert raised his kids on crappie fishing, and it apparently stuck real hard to his 31-year-old son, Raymond. “Crappie fishing was our vacations growing up,” said Raymond. “We’d camp out on the banks…
Read MoreLittle George Tactics For Jackson Bass
It was a brutally cold day last February. Bass-tournament angler Mike York wanted to go fishing real bad, but he decided to wait until about 10:30 a.m. to leave his Jackson house and head to the ramp. “I went straight to the powerlines,” said Mike. The powerline area is a local favorite for many at…
Read MoreWMAs Give Rabbit Hunters Places To Run Hounds During Deer Season
Rabbit season starts Saturday, Nov. 17. Do you have a place to turn out beagles and hunt? There’s a common gripe in the rabbit-hunting community that revolves around the difficulty in having a place to run dogs during deer season. Yes, it’s very true that access to private tracts full of briars and bunnies is…
Read MoreOconee Bass In June Is For The Byrds
I made my first cast of the morning right against the rocks at the Sugar Creek rip-rap. I was fishing between a husband-and wife tournament duo from Fairburn, Joey and Chris Byrd. Joey wore a smile, a silly grin that would have forced me to ask, ‘What’s so funny?’ but I didn’t have to. Chris…
Read MoreSight Fish Varner Bass In May
Just after daylight I was sitting in the back of Mike Meason’s jonboat steering his Ray electric motor. Mike needed to tie on a few things, so I was steering his souped-up jonboat, rigged specifically to fish small lakes where gas engines aren’t allowed. Our destination was a nearby spawning pocket on Lake Varner. I…
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