Posts by Brad Gill
Spot Removers And Crankbaits: New Tricks For Clarks Hill Bass
Craig Johnson is one of the most confident anglers I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in the boat with. “I can put the camera down there and show you 50 fish. You can sit there for three hours and not have a bite and then all of a sudden they turn on and you…
Read MoreLow-Tech Georgia Trout Fishing With A Twist
We ducked under blowdowns, pushed our way through rhododendron thickets and crossed a trout stream four times, but finally, after 50 minutes of walking, wiggler tops popped and cricket cages opened. As lines begin to wet and move down swift cur- rents into knee-deep pools, three teenage boys — and their fathers — reminded me…
Read MoreOconee’s Flathead Kings
“There’s one on there… it’s a good ’un, too,” Kenny Scott said. Kenny, who lives in Madison, was looking up at his flathead fish- ing buddy, Jason Knight of Good Hope, with a giant grin on his face. I was standing in the back of the boat with my camera in hand, just dying to…
Read MoreSouthbound And Down, The King Mackerel Are Coming
This is a very special month, no matter what you like to do. Weather it’s just being outdoors enjoying the changing weather, being up in a tree in your favorite deer stand in pursuit of a Georgia whitetail or taking some time to stock the freezer with fresh fish, things just turn plain awesome when…
Read MoreEliminator Series: West Point, Clarks Hill April Bass Tournament Diaries
The Eliminator Series matches top Georgia bass tournament anglers head-to-head, and the diaries of these competitions offer invaluable bass fishing information to anglers. This months matches took place on West Point and Clarks Hill, and they offer great insight to April bass fishing on these lakes. You’ve read about the fishing success of the Millsaps…
Read MoreWalking Miles To Find Chickasawhatchee WMA Hogs
When I first saw the black hog trotting between the palmettos, it was only about 30 yards away, heading right for me. Best I could figure, I’d put about 10 miles under my boots in the last two days to get myself in this position. Just because hogs can’t see or hear very well doesn’t…
Read MoreOssabaw’s 2005 Hunt Report: Thick, Wet and Covered With Acorns
Most hunters picked for one of the Ossabaw Island quota deer hunts this season found the hunting tougher than normal, at least compared to the heyday for high hunter-success rates in the late 1990s. Several factors have changed the way hunters have to go about collecting venison and pork. For the first time in a…
Read MoreBatson On Catching Lake Jackson Bass In April
My first trip to Lake Jackson was in April of 2000. I was filming tournament pro Eric Perkins and GON editor Daryl Kirby for GON-TV. Right off the bat Eric caught a 4-lb. largemouth on a Bang-O-Lure. The bite never stopped. All day bass hit Flukes, spinnerbaits, worms, jigs, whatever hit the water. It was…
Read MoreGON Goes Hunting With Feral Hog Control Permit
• Saturday, June 11: When light hit the ground, I felt strange. Sitting a foot off the ground in a roomy box stand with my .243 rifle propped in the corner, I was ready if opportunity knocked. The thought that the chance could arise where I’d need to look through my scope and squeeze one…
Read MoreGobblers Galore At River Creek!
Thirty minutes after fly-down time, and we hadn’t heard a gobble. This is crazy, I thought. Thomas Holcombe, 14, of Royston and I were the very first public turkey hunters on the newly purchased River Creek WMA in Thomas County. I’d heard the place was filthy with turkeys, but at this point I wasn’t so…
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