Posts by GON Staff
Make Plans To Attend The 2024 Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast July 26-28
It’s save the date time! The 2024 Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast will take place July 26-28 at the LakePoint Sports Complex in Emerson just north of Atlanta. Plans are for this year’s GON event to be the biggest and best in the 19 years since we held the very first Outdoor Blast so we could…
Read MoreTournament Reports: May 2024
Lake Eufaula Fishing Report – May 2024
Eufaula: Level: 0.2 feet above 188. Temp: 70 degrees. Clarity: Good stain. Bass: Capt. Sam Williams, of Hawks Fishing Guide Service, reports, “The bass are biting good now. Flukes around the rip-rap worked slowly are producing well. Frogs, flukes, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits worked around shoreline vegetation is also a good bet. Texas-rigged worms and creature…
Read MoreToenails Gone Wild On Georgia Gobbler
The turkeys on a Wheeler County tract are in need of someone from the nail salon to come do some pedicures. TJ Fountain, of Glenwood, made it happen on a bird he’d been after this season, but it was what he saw when he got to the gobbler that raised this experienced turkey hunter’s eyebrows.…
Read MoreSinclair Beast! Record Blue Catfish Weighs Almost 80 Pounds
Just how big are some of the catfish swimming in the waters of Lake Sinclair? We can confirm right at 80 pounds! A new Lake Sinclair record blue catfish was caught this weekend by Guy Covington, of Social Circle, that pulled the certified scales to 79.5 pounds. And Guy released the beast back into Sinclair…
Read MoreGeorgia Passes Law To Protect Firearm Retailers And Privacy For Buyers
While federal and world entities seem to move toward more intrusion and control over personal liberties, Georgians can take some comfort from the actions of our current state leadership. During the recent legislative session, Georgia lawmakers passed House Bill 1018, which prohibits financial institutions from using a “firearms merchant category code” to identify and distinguish…
Read MoreReport Ignites Unsubstantiated Fears Regarding CWD Transmission In Humans
A presentation earlier this month at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology has unnecessarily reignited fear and uncertainty associated with human consumption of CWD-infected venison. Published in the journal, Neurology, the abstract stated, “The patient’s history, including a similar case in his social group, suggests a possible novel animal-to-human transmission of CWD.”…
Read MoreAllatoona Bass Report – April 19, 2024
Level: 1.1 feet above 840. Temp: 67 degrees and rising. Expect it to be around 70 by Saturday, April 20. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “This weekend will be a great weekend. The topwater bite is firing up due to the warm week. The shad spawn is in the beginning stages, and…
Read MoreMake Plans To Attend The 2024 Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast July 26-28
It’s save the date time! The 2024 Ag-Pro GON Outdoor Blast will take place July 26-28 at the LakePoint Sports Complex in Emerson just north of Atlanta. Plans are for this year’s GON event to be the biggest and best in the 19 years since we held the very first Outdoor Blast so we could…
Read MoreLadies Wildcard Results 2023-2024
Ladies Wildcard The highest-scoring entry by a female hunter that doesn’t win a week outright earns a spot in the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out as the Ladies Wildcard winner. Morgan Rae Walker (y), Dodge, 154 4/8 (Won Week 11) Paula Lewis, Dougherty, 150 4/8 (Won Week 17) Ladies Wildcard Winner 1. Savanna Davis (y), Dooly, 145 2/8…
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