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Fishing
On June 13 of 1999, Brian Estes, of Milledgeville, was fishing in the tailrace below Lake Sinclair using a Zebco 33 and 16-lb. test line when something huge hit his live shad. After a 40-minute fight, that included the fish taking all the line right down to the knot, Brian landed a monster flathead catfish.…
You’ve probably heard about the Flint River shoal bass that have been helping bass tournament fishermen win money on Lake Seminole in recent years. The same fish also inhabit the Flint above Lake Blackshear, in the region of the state between Macon and Columbus. They inhabit rocky currents, they have a reputation as a tough…
When GON publisher Steve Burch and I decided to fish as a team in the May 22-23, 1999 Altamaha Park Flathead Catfish Tournament, we knew better than to try to do it alone. We wanted a team with plenty of experience fishing for the big cats with rod-and-reel to fish with us. Several sources pointed…
Wyatt’s first slab of the day came on his third cast — or third shot, to be exact. We had pulled up to a covered dock along the Chattahoochee River near Clarks Bridge and he rifled a 1/32-oz. jig into the dark, back corner of the dock, splitting a 12-inch gap between the dock and…
“The clear water at Russell lets you see bedding and cruising fish in early May and catch them. I would much rather fish where I know a bass is seeing my bait, rather than just casting to a place hoping one will see it,” Bobby Stanfill told me as we discussed plans for fishing for…
“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.
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