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Fishing
Kathleen Weeks boasts of the heaviest ever recorded shellcracker caught from Clarks Hill. She caught the 1-lb, 9-oz. fish on June 23, 2011. Clarks Hill Lake, is a reservoir at the border between Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin. It was created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam during 1951 and 1952…
Surprisingly, GON has never had a record largemouth bass for the Chattahoochee River between the stretch of river between Morgan Falls and Franklin. Today that changes. Jason Whitehead, of Douglasville, finally set the bar April 7 when he caught the below 5-lb., 0.3-oz. bucketmouth on a lipless crankbait. He was fishing with buddies south…
Reports of improving bass catches on the Altamaha River have been frequent over the last year. The big, often muddy river perennially provides tournament catch rates that are in the top couple bodies of water in the state. Higher-than-usual summer water levels the last couple years have provided the right combination of food availability and…
David Arrington caught this 48-lb. record flathead catfish on the Chattahoochee on May 30, 2011.
Ask nine out of 10 anglers what the most effective cover for bass on Bartletts Ferry is, and you will hear a resounding, “Boat docks!” I asked tournament angler Derrick Millirons, of Seale, Ala., the same question as he slipped the trolling motor in a few yards from the boat ramp, and he gave the…
The beach-runner cobia have arrived off the Georgia coast, and they can be caught several different ways this month. We call these fish “beach runners” because we catch them in sight of the beach. But you need to be aware that they will be found anywhere from just behind the breakers to as far as…
Shooting-up crappie can be the quickest and easiest way to fill a limit. Following the spawn, when the fish pack-in under docks like canned sardines, they are hungry. Getting a bait into the deepest, darkest recesses beneath a dock is the only thing standing between the angler and a mess of crappie. And if you’re…
Close your eyes for a second and think back to when you were a kid. Picture yourself fishing with your dad, or maybe it was your grandfather or grandmother. Chances are the first fish you ever caught was a bream. Burned in many anglers’ minds are fishing trips with Grandaddy. Now, each time you lay…
Lake Seminole has long been known as one of the best bass fishing lakes in the country, not just for quantities of fish, but also huge tournament bags. During the postspawn feed-up on Lake Seminole, you can bet you’re going to need an average of more than 6 pounds per fish just to be in…
Several Georgia kids are getting plugged into the tournament game at an early age. The Fishers of Men Legacy trail offers an excellent platform for a parent and their child to compete in a bass tournament without all the stress that sometimes accompanies higher profile bass tournaments. These adult/child tournaments are taking place in several…
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