Posts by Ronnie Garrison
Blue Ridge Mountain Bass In November
If you’ve never headed to the mountains to fish Blue Ridge, the scenery this month is well worth the trip. The fishing is great, too. Fish the herring migration pattern this month at Blue Ridge, and you’ll catch big spotted bass, and throw in some largemouth and maybe a smallmouth. Herring imitations fished on rocky…
Read MoreBlackshear Shallow Bass Bite Heats Up In October
Lake Blackshear has to be one of Georgia’s “fishiest” looking lakes. Everywhere you look, you think… “There’s a bass by that cypress tree, I could catch one out of that grass, those docks look great, and I bet fish feed on that rip-rap.” You will often be right. Blackshear is located on the Flint River…
Read MoreEufaula September Bass With Thad Crowley
September can be a mean month for catching bass, but at Lake Eufaula anglers can go to shallow grass for a few big fish, or they can go to deep ledges and points for numbers. And on the ledges, you can also get on a school of good bass, too. Lake Walter F. George, known…
Read MoreLake Russell Bass On Summer Pole Markers
August in Georgia… it’s hot, fish don’t bite very well, and boat traffic is awful on most lakes. Many of us aren’t going to stop fishing, and a good option to avoid the boat traffic and feel some bass bites is at Lake Russell. You can catch as many spotted bass as you want on…
Read MoreJuly Bass On Clarks Hill
Bass at Clarks Hill are feeding on main-lake humps all summer, but you have to find the right humps and the right depths to catch these bass consistently. When you find the right places, fat 2- and 3-pounders are common, with a few 4s and an occasional 5-pounder in the mix. Clarks Hill is our…
Read MoreDeep Grass Lake Seminole Summer Bass
Grass, grass and more grass—not only is that a good guide as to where to fish in June, it is a pretty good description of Lake Seminole from end to end. But there is so much grass cover in the lake, where do you start? Lake Seminole is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir…
Read MoreRun Lake Jackson Seawalls For Postspawn Bass In May
Run Lake Jackson seawalls in May to catch lots of spots and some largemouth early in the morning. Some shad should still be spawning on them, and spawned-out shad will still be hanging around the walls. Hitting several seawalls early to find the one they are on is important. The rest of the day you…
Read MoreGuest Editorial-Opinion: Time For Sportsmen To Stand Up For 2nd Amendment
“Now that Democrats have taken over all three branches of government, they are going to pass gun-ban laws and confiscate all your guns.” “Now that Democrats have taken over all three branches of government, they are going to pass reasonable gun laws that prevent gun crime.” Listen to either side on gun control, and you…
Read MoreLanier Spawning Spots
Big Lanier spotted bass are up shallow for the spawn in April, and now is the best time of the year to catch them shallow around rocks, docks and wood. Some bass will be postspawn in April, but many will still be moving in during prespawn and bedding in April. Lake Lanier is a 38,000-acre…
Read MorePrespawn Patterns And Locations For Weiss Bass
Fish docks and rocks to catch March prespawn bass on Weiss Lake. That pattern may seem too simple, and it can be if you don’t fish the right docks and rocks. Focusing on the prespawn movement of bass will head you in the right direction. Weiss is a shallow 32,120-acre Alabama Power Co. lake on…
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