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Fishing
Do you remember your seventh-grade science class? Were you able to grasp an understanding of — or even care about — the role microscopic bacteria plays in an ecosystem? For the scientists out there, the answer may be yes, but for the average seventh grader, studying bacteria is about as exciting as… well, studying bacteria.…
Tournament bass anglers are a serious and dedicated bunch. You’ll find them lined up at first light at boat ramps on most of our Georgia reservoirs, ready to blast off for a day of competition. Winter is no exception. While most of us prefer to sit at home on blustery cold days and sharpen hooks,…
Insect: None at all Time of Month: All month Time of Day: All day Match: Dredging nymphs: 12-16 Prince, Hare’s Ear, etc. Insect: Winter Black Stonefly Time of Month: All month Time of Day: Late AM to Mid PM Match: 18-20 black elk-hair caddis or Griffith’s Gnat; 16-18 black stonefly nymph or pheasant tail Insect:…
Created by Bob Clouser Hook: Mustad 3406B, Sizes #1 to #2/0. Thread: 6/0 Chartreuse Eyes: Small lead barbells painted white with black pupils Belly: White Bucktail Wing: Pearl Krystal Flash Nose: 6/0 Chartreuse Thread During January, February and March, the Chattahoochee River below Buford Dam contains an abundance of shad, or small baitfish. The Clouser…
If you’ve never taken the time to read this department from start to finish, I beg you to do it this time, just this once, before you turn the page to read all about the intellectuals featured in this month’s Hall of Shame. I’m pleading with you because one of America’s 100 Best Trout Streams…
Ahh January; synonymous with short days, long nights and cold water. But by the end of January the days are getting noticeably longer and we’re over the hump. It’s a wonderful time to get on THE RIVER and treat your “cabin fever,” walk off some holiday calories, enjoy the solitude of the backcountry, study critter…
Unfortunately, by the time this magazine finds itself in mailboxes and on newsstands across the state, many of us will have already floundered our New Year’s resolutions. The lofty goals we set for ourselves — running two miles a day, no more dessert, reading every day — will prove too much to handle, even after…
The mist was rising off the surface of Lake Sidney Lanier on a brisk December morning as 14 boats left Little Hall Park in search of striped bass. It wasn’t an unusual sight since striper clubs often go out early to compete for cash and braggin’ rights, and this was a striper club. But today…
I like deep-diving crankbaits and hard-thumping Colorado blades on spinnerbaits. So… when I got wind that my latest GON fishing assignment would include a lesson on how to catch Sinclair largemouths on a drop-shot rig, I found myself looking more forward to the company than the means we’d be using to sling fish in the…
On High Falls Lake — and just about everywhere else — a jig ’n pig is considered a big-bass bait. “Seems like every time you catch a bass on a jig ’n pig on this lake, it’s a good one,” said my fishing partner on the lake last month. On Jan. 16, I spent an afternoon…
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