Posts by John Trussell
Small Lake Profile: Lucas Lake Near Macon
Lake Lucas created quite a ripple when it opened on March 28, 2004 with great fishing, but since then, it’s been under the fishing radar for many anglers. It’s likely the limited hours, fishing fees and the elector-motor stipulation that deters some anglers, but for those who fish it regularly, a day at Lucas can…
Read MoreLake Juliette Striped Bass
Lake Juliette, just a few miles north of Macon, in Monroe County, is one of those great lakes that I really like to striper fish. When you find a school of hungry stripers, you can limit out pretty quickly, but they are like roaming cows on a 3,600-acre pasture, and the clear water can make…
Read MoreLet The Rabbit Dogs Run
As a young man growing up in North Carolina in the mid 1950s, Bill Bethune liked quail hunting, but the birds always flew up in flurry, were fast on the getaway and were hard to hit with a load of birdshot. Then one day his family dog flushed a cottontail and the rabbit bounded away,…
Read More10 Bears Taken During 2016 Middle Georgia One-Day Hunt
As Dr. Albert Warren was sitting in his deer stand on Dec. 10, he was taking a rare opportunity to bear hunt, even though he had never seen a bear from his stand in south Houston County. But other hunters had seen bears on the club. Then a little after sunrise, he noticed what looked…
Read MoreFlat Creek PFA Lake Level Should Start Rising Soon
Lake Lonice Barrett at Flat Creek PFA near Perry has been dealt a double whammy—the drought and a busted pump—but help is on the way. When the lake was built, the state hydrologist said the lake should be able to hold a full pool of water with sufficient rainfall. However, in recent summers we’ve experienced less-than-average…
Read MoreOcmulgee River Fishing Above Macon
Fall fishing can be fun and productive, but this year the climate has been throwing us some curves with unusually dry and warm weather. Much of Georgia has been in a serious drought, and the middle Georgia area is 13 inches down from normal rainfall. We probably won’t make up that rainfall anytime soon. In fact,…
Read MoreJuliette’s Slow-Drift Stripers
The classic outdoor writer Havilah Babcock from South Carolina wrote a book entitled, “My Health Is Better In November,” lauding the extra spring that every outdoorsman feels under foot when the cool, crisp days of autumn make us happy to be in the woods, fields and streams in pursuit of fish and game. But I…
Read MoreBucket List Trip For Flint River Shoal Bass
The scenery would almost make you think that you were in the north Georgia mountains fishing for trout. You have everything that you could imagine on such a trip. There is water rushing down a free-flowing river with a gentle roar as it tumbles through the rocks and shoals. The river banks and granite hillsides…
Read MoreWest Point Bowfishing
Many of our lakes and rivers are loaded with large, trophy-sized trash fish that no one really cares about fishing for because they are supposedly not that good to eat. Carp and gar are at the top of that list, and even if their taste and table quotient is questionable, they sure are sporting. Just…
Read MoreSafe Guard Hunting Camps Now!
Imagine this unfortunate scenario for just a moment. You have been looking forward to getting back into your deer hunting camp all summer, and now that it’s late August, you figured you better stop by and check on things. It’s also time to start getting the camper ready for the upcoming bow season. As you…
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