Posts by Mike Bolton
13-5 Gator On Seminole Answers A Prayer
Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Mark Quirk and his brother Charles had done all the right things in preparation for their alligator hunt on Lake Seminole, but their bad luck was reaching the almost-ready-to-give-up stage. That’s when they learned that prayer trumps Murphy’s Law. Last year Charles assisted…
Read MoreWild In The Kitchen: Creamy Garlic Dove Stew
Creamy Garlic Dove Stew Here’s a new twist on cooking up some doves. This recipe is quick and delicious. 8 dove breasts, cleaned 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 1/2 stick butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup dry white wine 1 head of garlic, peeled 1 pint heavy cream 10 halved medium mushrooms 1 can cream…
Read MoreNew Oconee River Blue Catfish Record Spools Angler On Light Tackle
Brandon Watts and his family went to the Oconee River on July 9 with plans to catch a few small catfish that could feed the family. They only caught one fish, but it was big enough to not only feed his family, but many of his neighbors, too. The blue catfish caught on the stretch…
Read MoreThink Ducks, Grow Big Bucks
Rivers Cathey has taken five of the 10 largest bow bucks ever taken in Hart County, including two that qualified for the Pope & Young record buck. All came from the family’s 350-acre farm in Hartwell. You’re probably assuming that the farm has a magnificent wildlife management program, and you’d be right, but it’s not…
Read MoreSinclair All Nighter Produces New Flathead Record
Lake Sinclair has always been a big part of Tommy Spell’s life. He grew up fishing there and that hasn’t changed through the years. It’s more than 55 miles from his Alamo home, but he still makes the trek there often because it the largest lake closest to his home. Those late-night hours fishing for…
Read MoreOgeechee Warmouth Gives Glenn Settles Six River Records
Glenn Settles lives on the Ogeechee River between Statesboro and Sylvania. His riverside home gives him the opportunity to fish several evenings a week. He loves the leisure of fishing for redbreast sunfish. What he rarely catches on the river is warmouth, but June 21 was different. “I was fishing for redbreast sunfish with…
Read MoreBill Could Threaten Wildlife Funding
Hunters are proud to brag that it is they and they alone who are responsible for the dramatic comeback of America’s wildlife. Species like white-tailed deer, wild turkey and ducks, not to mention non-game species like bald eagles, thrive because of agencies and programs funded by sportsmen. Now, the mechanism that funded that dramatic comeback…
Read MoreWild In The Kitchen: Grilled, Glazed Frog Legs
Grilled, Glazed Frog Legs No hindsight ip unit displayed. A mess of frog legs cooked in a backyard fish cooker can make for a great meal. Of those who have eaten frog legs, about 99.9% have only had them fried. The swamp delicacy is more versatile than that. Honey-glazed frog legs are made with ingredients…
Read MoreChattahoochee River Bass Record Caught By Striper Fisherman
Dacula’s Kristian Pereira pretty much fishes only on Lake Lanier, so when a buddy offered him the opportunity of fishing on the Chattahoochee River for the first time, he jumped at the chance. It was a trip the 26-year-old car salesman will never forget. While stripe fishing, he caught a 7-lb., 4-oz. largemouth bass that…
Read MoreNew Lake Burton Trout Record Just A Bit Bittersweet
Tom Fox realized a decades-old dream when he broke the Lake Burton record for brown trout recently, but he says the prize was a little bittersweet. GON has confirmed Tom’s 12-lb., 4-oz. brown trout as the largest-ever recorded from Lake Burton. Mixed in with Tom’s joy was a little heartfelt sadness for a young kid.…
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