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Fishing
Since 1990, GON has been compiling lake and river records for 36 Georgia lakes and rivers. Over that period the largemouth-bass record at Lake Blackshear remained unfilled. Not anymore. We finally received documentation on a largemouth entry — and it’s a good one. On Tuesday evening, June 5, Clint Brownlee of Tifton was fishing with…
April is the time of year to be on Georgia’s lakes in search of slab-sized crappie. The fish can be caught using a variety of methods including trolling with minnows, pitching jigs to brush or even fishing bridge pilings. However, if you crappie fish any Georgia reservoir, especially those with lots of docks, shooting jigs…
My dad taught me to fish at the two lakes in Stone Mountain Park. He enjoyed taking me in April — a prime time for fishermen, and kids of all ages, to get bit shallow. He’d give me a canepole equipped with a gold hook, a small sinker, a long-skinny bobber and a minnow. While…
I just couldn’t believe it. It was early April, the water temperature was in the high 60s and Rick Howard of Warner Robins wanted to troll in 30 feet of water to try and show me a Jackson crappie. I thought, shouldn’t we be in the backs of the pockets looking for a shallow bite?…
The Zara Spook on Johnny’s line zig-zagged back toward the boat in a tight “V” pattern across the barely-rippled surface of Lake Burton. The water swirled behind the bait once, then twice from something unseen shadowing the lure. Then, when the bait was just 15 feet from the boat, the fish trailing it rushed, this…
Capt. Judy was on deck directing traffic —“Bring your line under this one — you guys bring your lines in.” At the center of the commotion on the rocking fishing boat was GON Editor Brad Gill, who had a white-knuckled, death-grip on a pool-cue-sized rod that was bent over the gunnels like he had hooked…
By my watch, we started fishing at 8:49 p.m. Darkness was settling in over Lake Hartwell, but some fast-paced fish-catching under the lights was about to begin. Hartwell fishing guide Wayne White had pulled up on a “pull through” as he calls it, a narrow area, or funnel area that concentrates both bait and hybrids…
On a recent return flight from Colorado, my carry-on luggage was a fly-rod tube. I became the recipient of some nervous looks from others in the ticketing lines, as I guess a length of PVC pipe isn’t the most comforting thing for a passenger to see before they board a plane in our day and…
Only minutes before, Steve Marchant had his first bite of the day, but the bass shook loose Steve’s crankbait about halfway to the boat. Now we were fishing a rockpile, the top of which was visible just below the surface of the water of Antioch Lake at Rocky Mountain PF A in Floyd County. Steve…
April in south Georgia brings warm weather and some of the best fishing of the year for speckled perch. Paradise PFA, just east of Tifton, offers crappie anglers a super public area with tons of options for a mess of April crappie. Few Georgia Public Fishing Areas can boast the history and fishing success of Paradise…
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