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Fishing
Bill Stall and his father-in-law Dan Rushing. hurriedly loaded fishing gear into two 14-foot aluminum boats. Both men are seasoned shad fishermen, and they were anxious to get into the water and get their lines wet, because the shad migration up the Ogeechee was under way. These silvery fish, known for tarpon-like jumping, are a…
March is a fantastic month for bass fishing in Georgia. The water is warming, bass are moving into a shallow, prespawn mode, and they are easy to catch. It would be hard to find a better lake than Eufaula to take advantage of this activity. Eufaula’s vast shallow flats are covered with grass, and they…
Lightning Bug Hook: Size 12-20 TMC 100 (Lightwire) Head: Silver Bead Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers Thread: Black 8/0 Wing Case: Pheasant Tail Fibers Abdomen: Silver Tinsel Legs/Wings: Pheasant Tail Fiber Tips Thorax: Peacock Herl “This fly, whether designed for this purpose or not, works especially well in streams with low clarity. After those strong March…
It took a while, but we finally got somebody to take us striper fishing on Juliette. In a half day on the water, with an energetic striper fisherman, I learned a great technique for catching stripers on this 3,600-acre reservoir north of Macon. Here’s the deal: get yourself some blueback herring and rainbow trout, toss…
In February 2005, Lake Burton produced a new Georgia state-record spotted bass, a fat 8-lb., 2-oz. fish. Burton is full of big spots, and a surprising number of largemouths, and the bass are on a pattern this month that can produce some outstanding catches. Burton is a small Georgia Power Co. reservoir just off Highway 76 between Clayton…
Keep it simple. That’s Joe Ludwig’s approach when it comes to a winning strategy for bass fishing on Clarks Hill this time of year. I fished the lake with Joe on January 10, 2006, and we fished all day with just two baits: a lead-head fluke and a jig ’n pig. According to Joe that’s…
It was a Friday in January that felt for all the world like a Friday in April. However, in just a few hours, a bad-looking storm that had barrelled through the Great Plains was supposed to rip across Georgia, bringing heavy rains, cold temperatures, gale-force winds and a chance of snow with it. This is…
Robert Nicolai set the hook on his third Lake Oconee keeper in only seven minutes of fishing. He turned around and shook his head. “Something told me this is where they’d be today,” he said. It was a little after 4:30 p.m., and we had been in the boat since daylight. The weather was perfect…
Cold wind, low clouds blocking any hint of a warming sun, and water temperatures holding at 48 degrees… Doug Nelms put the trolling motor down and eased into a lane through the timber up the Apalachee River, a spot known as the Powerline, and he began setting out his minnow-tipped jigs. I glanced at the…
The one-trick pony returns to Lake Blackshear during late February to the first of April. Now what exactly is a one-trick pony that relates to fishing? As you know, crappie can be caught year round, but during the early spring spawn, the green light comes on and crappie move into the shallows where we can…
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