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Fishing
I met Mike Maddalena and Bill Young, both from Cumming, at the Jasper Waffle House at 5:30 a.m. on a recent morning. We were headed to Carters Lake to chase stripers, something the two men have been doing together as part of the North Georgia Striper Club (NGSC) for years. “The club tournaments are a…
Before you go bass fishing at Lake Oconee in December, you have a shallow-water, deep-water decision to make. For wintertime bass, Oconee angler Kenny Holloway depends on two different lures in two completely different areas of the lake: either a jig ’n pig in super-shallow structure or a jigging spoon on deep drops. Both baits,…
I gave my line slack, and somewhere down in the tangle of tree trunks and branches 40 feet below the boat, my jigging spoon fluttered down like a dying shad sinking toward the bottom. When I pulled upward the jig felt like it bumped something. I pulled up gently, maintaining pressure, watching the rod tip.…
While it is not an unknown fishery on Seminole, hybrid bass are not a particularly sought-after species there. Known for huge stripers, bass and crappie, the sprawling Florida-Georgia border lake at the confluence of the Flint River, Spring Creek and the Chattahoochee River actually has a large population of hybrids just waiting to be caught. Rob…
There are many things that can get an angler’s pulse pumping, and particularly trout anglers here in Georgia. We’re obsessed with anything even remotely related to trout fishing, whether it be as small as a new tool to pin on the vest, a new book or DVD, a tougher, more comfortable pair of waders, a…
Our lakes are finally free of pleasure boaters and skidoos, and bass fishing has gotten a lot better as the water temperatures started dropping. November is a great time to go bass fishing, and Lake Tobesofkee is one of the best lakes in Georgia to hit this time of year to find bass in a…
This may come as a shock to anyone who knows me, but frankly, I’m having a hard time thinking about trout right now. My first distraction is that I’m on my honeymoon with my beautiful new bride, Stephanie, which is a very good distraction! As this is being written, we’re on a plane heading toward…
BWOs are generally small mayflies that come off sporadically throughout the day and are a fun dry fly to fish during the cooler parts of the year. Characterized by their olive body and bluish wings, they are loved by trout. They’re effective when a hatch is occurring, but remember to use subsurface flies if no…
HAPPY SECOND TROUT SEASON! The Georgia “delayed harvest” (DH) trout season starts November 1st. After the long, hot, and dry summer we just experienced, it is like having another “opening day.” It gives us the perfect excuse (as if we really needed one) to enjoy the beautiful fall colors while practicing “catch and release” trout…
Each year thousands of stingrays are caught by saltwater anglers looking for speckled trout, redfish, and other gamefish. Some of the unlucky ones find out why they’re called stingrays. “Hooks are cheaper than doctor bills,” is an old adage in saltwater fishing. For 20 years I’ve been saying that to novice anglers when warning them…
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