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Fishing
When they’re moving water, the humps and ridges down by the dam on Lake Oconee can provide some seriously hot-and-heavy action on downlines. But sometimes the hybrids just don’t live up to their easy-to-catch reputation. That’s when lineside guide Doug Bowling pulls the ace out of his sleeve to consistently catch fish, even when they…
Sandy Sanders, of Canton, caught this 44-inch-long flathead catfish from Lake Allatoona on June 20, 2008. The catfish, weighed on certified scales at Bart’s Bait & Tackle, weighed 35-lbs., 10.88-ozs., and fills a vacant lake-record slot for Allatoona.
After launching at my favorite trout location, Crooked River State Park, we ran to our first spot to kill an hour before the tide got right for our target for the day… trophy seatrout. My partners for this Father’s Day adventure were my father, Herb Deener of Waycross, and my brother-in-law, Ron Johnson of Viper,…
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen — and on the water at night. Or fish during the day and dip your cap in the water. Or jump in. Just do something to stay cool while fishing at Lake Oconee this month. The bass are biting, and if you stay home,…
I had the opportunity this month to go bowfishing. Having never had the chance to experience this sport, I was admittedly a little skeptical when I received the assignment. But I must admit I was intrigued to find out what this was all about. Fortunately I was going out with one of the most acknowledged…
There was no warning about what was going to happen. One minute the rod was sitting still in the rodholder — the next instant something slamming the bait had plunged the rod tip violently into the water, twisting the rodholder out of place, peeling line off the reel. Wayne grabbed the rod with both hands…
As outdoorsmen, we have all had the proclivity to proclaim at one time or another how much better things were back when. After all, some wise old country gent once said “dead bird dogs and past loves are remembered as better than they actually were.” However, were you to ask Dwight Woodall and his son,…
At 10 years of age, I was introduced to saltwater fishing. I didn’t do anything all that sophisticated, just caught blue crabs, catfish, small sharks and whiting from the pier, bridges and beaches of Jekyll Island. Compared with catching small bluegill, that first 3-foot shark was quite exhilarating. So were the blue crabs, which always…
Bass and grass. Just the thought of a largemouth slamming a spinnerbait or buzzbait in the grass gets the blood flowing, and Lake Weiss is one of the best lakes to find that kind of excitement right now. Bass stay shallow and feed in the grassbeds during June. Lake Weiss is a 30,200-acre Alabama Power…
When an angler thinks of West Point Lake, perhaps the first things that come to mind are the vast hybrid bass runs each spring or the heavy bass-tournament sacks. However, there is a burgeoning new fishery up the Chattahoochee arm of the lake. Flathead catfish have staked a claim in deep holes on the northeast…
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