Posts by GON Staff
Georgia Saltwater Fishing Report – September 2024
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “The best fishing of the year is always the month of September on the Georgia coast. The fish catching here is as good as anywhere in the world in September. I have fished all over the South and no place has fish catching like we do in September. The…
Read MoreYouth Big-Buck Contest Back With Great Prizes
The Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out was just held July 26 during the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast. We watched another young hunter, John Kilpatrick, compete and win a BB gun shooting contest to earn a $3,000 shopping spree at https://adventureoutdoors.us and a weekend hunt at https://www.woodsnwaterinc.com. The runner-up prize in the Youth Big-Buck Shoot-Out is a CVA…
Read MoreGON July 2024 Flipbook Edition
GON Deer Cooler List
GON’s Deer Coolers list is a statewide look at places to take deer for processing. The listing is free to deer-cooler operators and just one more service we provide to GON readers. A listing for a deer processor is not an endorsement by GON. If you’d like to add your deer cooler to the list, or…
Read MoreGeorgia Hunting Season Kicks Off With Squirrel Opener
“There’s a season for squirrels?” That was the reaction of a young kid when told of the upcoming squirrel season opener on Thursday, Aug. 15. The 2024-2025 squirrel season in Georgia runs from Aug. 15 to Feb. 28 with a daily limit of 12 squirrels per hunter. The simplicity of squirrel hunting and potential for…
Read MoreLake Blue Ridge Fishing Report – August 2024
Blue Ridge: Level: 0.6 feet below 1686. Temp: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing has been fair, but it’s been hot. There has been a little topwater action in the mornings. I like throwing a Pop-R and a Whopper Plopper. I will spend a couple of hours on the main…
Read MoreLake Seminole Fishing Report – August 2024
Seminole: Level: 0.4 feet below 77.5. Temp: 85-90 degrees. Clarity: The Flint and Chattahoochee river arms are slightly stained, and Spring Creek is clear. Bass: Guide Paul Tyre, with Lake Seminole Fishing Adventures, reports, “The bass fishing on Lake Seminole for July has been very good. The topwater action has been exciting, and we expect…
Read MoreStealth Cam Joins GON Youth Big-Buck Contest As Weekly Prize Sponsor
The GON Youth Big-Buck Contest is back for the 2024-2025 Georgia deer season, and in addition to a grand-prize $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors and a weekend hunt at Woods-N-Water for the Shoot-Out winner, the best-scoring buck each week of deer season will earn a prize package that includes a trail camera from new…
Read MoreGeorgia Native Vincent Hancock Wins Historic Olympic Gold
Eatonton native Vincent Hancock has been in the pages of GON since he was a teen shotgun phenom more than two decades ago when GON sponsored and followed the emerging Lake Oconee Shotgun Team. Now 35 years old, Vincent just won an unprecedented fourth Olympic gold medal in Men’s Skeet at the 2024 Paris games.…
Read MoreGON August Issue 2024
Vol. 38, No. 8 The No. 2 deer of the season in The Fab 40 is Austin Hill’s DeKalb County bow-buck. See all the Fab 40 bucks in the August issue of GON magazine. Photo by Brad Gill August 2024 Magazine Flipbook Edition August Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. Deer Hunting From…
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