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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…
Read MoreBartletts Ferry Fishing Report – June 2024
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.8 feet below 521. Temp: Upper 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Some stain in the river. The creeks are muddy, except for Halawakee, which is mostly clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, reports that the mayfly hatch will provide a good bite if you find one, but that changes…
Read MoreWest Point Lake Fishing Report – June 2024
West Point: Level: 0.4 below 635. Temp: Upper 70s to low 80s. Clarity: The lake is mostly clear. Bass: Guide Keith Hudson reports, “The West Point bass fishing has been fair at best. I don’t know if the bass were gorging on cicadas or something during May, but it has been a really tough bite lately.…
Read MoreLake Jackson Fishing Report – June 2024
Jackson: Level: 0.5 feet above 528. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Light stain in the river, mostly clear in other areas. Bass: Tournament angler Willie McMullen reports that although it is hit or miss, watch for a mayfly hatch. Bream feeding on the bugs will bring in the bass, and they will hit poppers, like a…
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