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Fishing
“Come here to your sweet daddy!” Jack Wingate cackled as he swung the bream into the boat. “You are going into the Crisco!” he announced to the fish, as he unhooked the popping bug from its mouth. The mayflies are hatching on Lake Seminole and some of the most fun fishing of the summer has…
Quick! Which north Georgia public trout stream gives you the best chance to catch a trout bigger than 16 inches on any given day? If you answered Dukes Creek or Waters Creek, then you need to try fishing Smith Creek at Unicoi State Park. The mile-long section of Smith Creek downstream of Unicoi Lake’s dam…
Lake Bennett is one of 22 lakes scattered within the boundaries of the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, also known as Clybel WMA. The 70-acre lake is the second biggest on the area, second only to the popular and heavily-fished Lake Fox. Bennett offers good bream and bass fishing. One of the attractive things about Bennett…
With seven years of the annual Moby-In-The-Morning Bass Tournament in the books, there are several things you can count on for this Lake Allatoona event: a huge field of anglers including the top locals, a weigh-in before the biggest crowd of spectators you’ll see at a tournament, and hefty sacks of bass for the top…
Brad Carroll, of Columbus, caught a 7-lb., 7-oz. monster shoal bass on March 6 that set a record on Lake Oliver, which is a small Georgia Power Co. impoundment on the Chattahoochee River near Columbus.
Middle Georgia College student Bryan McBride couldn’t wait to get home for Christmas Break. He was thinking about bass fishing at a lake in nearby Lamar County, where he had caught two bass weighing over 11 pounds in September, 1997. Bryan was ready to tangle with a big one again. On Thursday, December 10, 1998,…
David Phillips, of Milledgeville, caught this 10-lb., 7-oz. lake-record hybrid on Lake Sinclair on Nov. 27, 1998.
Time to break out the snowmobile suits—and catch some bass! Lake Lanier is one of the best choices for bass fishermen in December. It is full of spotted bass, and they tend to be more active in the colder water. The lake is down, often 6 to 10 feet this time of year, and good…
“October will be a dynamite month for hybrids,” said Tony, “and they are just about to turn on here in West Point.” As he said that, guide Tony Daigrepont was just finishing his boat preparation for a live-bait hybrid trip on West Point. It had been a slow, hot summer for hybrids, and Tony was…
Cooler weather, less competition, and bass ready to eat make October a great time to be a bass fisherman, especially if you fish Clarks Hill. “I would rather be on Clarks Hill in October than any other lake,” said Steve Taylor, a member of the Georgia Bass Chapter Federation (GBCF) state team. “It is just…
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