Posts by GON Staff
2024 Outdoor Blast Features Hourly Fishing Seminars
There’s so much to see and do at the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast. Visiting hundreds of vendors, seeing all the events and demonstrations, the excitement and anticipation every hour as you listen for your name in the gun drawings—not to mention a belly-full of great food from the new BBQ village—all of this activity might have…
Read MoreGON June Issue 2024
Vol. 38, No. 6 Watch where you step! Snakebites are still very rare, but Georgia is on pace for a record number in 2024. Photo by Adobe Stock/Kris stock.adobe.com. June 2024 Magazine Flipbook Edition June Feature Articles No hindsight ip unit displayed. 11th Annual Coyote Cull May Entries There are five prizes in this…
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Coyote Cull: June 2024 Entries
The 2024 GON Coyote Cull is off and rolling as hunters and trappers step up to the plate to kill song dogs in an effort to save fawns and turkey poults. Listed below are all the entries of those who have found success and taken a photo with their June 2024 issue of GON. We’ll…
Read MoreConservation Law Enforcement Corner – June 2024
White County: During the height of the COVID lockdown madness in May of 2020, poachers might have thought it was a good time to get away with some shenanigans. Bad thought. By May of that year, most Georgians were over everything COVID, and hunting and fishing were all the rage. And game wardens were certainly…
Read MoreLake Lanier Fishing Report – June 2024
Lanier: Level: 0.6 feet above 1071. Temp: Low to mid 70s. Clarity: Clear on the south end and slightly stained on the north end. Bass: Guide Jimbo Mathley, with Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service, reports, “It is hard to beat the topwater bite in June on Lake Lanier. Spotted bass chasing a topwater…
Read MoreGeorgia Saltwater Fishing Report – June 2024
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. Judy Helmey of Miss Judy Charters reports, “June means inshore fishermen get to fish for spotted seatrout, redfish, flounder, sheepshead, black drum, shark, Spanish mackerel and cobia. This would be the month to bring out the cast net and catch your own bait. Inshore fisherman can leave the dock without bait because…
Read MoreLake Oconee Fishing Report – June 2024
Oconee: Level: Full pool at 435. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Nick Knapp, with Elite Guide Service, reports, “Bass fishing the month of June can bring numbers in. During the month of June, look for the bass to start getting to their summer patterns. I expect the dock bite to get hot this…
Read MoreLake Blue Ridge – June 2024
Blue Ridge: Level: 0.3 feet above 1686. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: Clear with a visibility of 10 feet. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing has been good. I’m going to start my mornings out on the main-lake points, throwing a Whopper Plopper or a Strike King Sexy Dawg Jr. Once the sun gets…
Read MoreLake Blackshear Fishing Report – June 2024
Blackshear: Level: 0.2 below 237. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Light stain from Cedar Creek south, gradually a heavier stain above Cedar Creek and as you go up the river. Bass: Tournament angler Chris Gray reports, “Bass are in the postspawn phase and are starting to go into their summer patterns. Early in the morning, I’ve been…
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