Posts by Ronnie Garrison
Constitutional Carry In Georgia Does Not Mean Totally Unrestricted
You may have heard the good news—Georgia has joined 24 other states with a Constitutional Carry law. Our state now follows the constitution a little more closely by not requiring a permit to carry a concealed gun in our state. And hopefully you have ignored the hysterical hype from the anti-gun crowd that this law…
Read MoreRiver Bass On The Lower Savannah
Bass fishing in rivers is different, plain and simple. And it’s also interesting and fun. For those of us accustomed to fishing flat water in reservoirs, fishing a big river like the Savannah down near the coast is different. You have to adjust to current, tides and food sources on the river, but the payoff…
Read MoreLake Burton Bass Mapped For April
Lake Burton offers some great options for catching quality bass in April. Whether you like sight fishing in coves for largemouth on the bed, catching big spots bedding on rocky points or landing both species on those rocky points as they feed on herring and shad, Burton can be super in April. Lake Burton is…
Read MoreProtected Pockets Mapped For March Clarks Hill Bass
Bass at Clarks Hill are on all three stages of the spawn in March. You can catch bass by targeting spawning areas, and you can catch them on a variety of baits. On the lower lake you are likely to have a mixed bag of spotted bass and largemouth, but up the Georgia Little River…
Read MoreCatch February Bass On West Point Lake
In February, a lot of spotted bass and some largemouth at West Point Lake are feeling the longer days and moving up to feed on rocky main lake and creek points. Anglers can fish the more stable water on the lower lake section and catch West Point bass on a variety of baits as they…
Read MoreLake Allatoona Winter Spotted Bass
January’s cold temperatures reduce boat traffic, but that cold only increases spotted bass activity on Lake Allatoona. Fish rocks and brush in ditches and channel edges 25 to 30 feet deep for numbers of fish, or go deeper for bigger fish. Either way, it is a good time to be on Allatoona. With 12,000 acres…
Read MoreWinter Grass For Sinclair Bass
December is a great month to fish hydrilla beds for quality largemouth. At Seminole? No, at Lake Sinclair! Hydrilla showed up in the river at Sinclair a few years ago and is now widespread all over the lake. It has greatly influenced the bass population, making the average tournament limit increase in weight quite a…
Read MoreBlue 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…
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