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Fishing
August in Georgia. Itʼs one of the most uncomfortable places on earth this time of year. Most anglers have given up on fishing for the year and are starting to get in that hunting mode. Well, thatʼs too bad, because this month is when the bass fishing really heats up—just do it at night. A…
All those experts who told you topwater is an early-morning-only pattern, they were wrong. So were the guys who said that in the summer once the sun comes out you have to shake a worm in 40 feet of water to tempt bass. Things have changed on Georgia’s best spotted bass lake. Something started happening…
It was just after 7 a.m. on Thursday April, 26, 2001 when Hugh Rainey, of Griffin, went down to the dock in front of his friend Bobby Beasley’s home on High Falls Lake. Hugh, Bobby and Billy Redding, also of Griffin, had been fishing for catfish the day before off the dock, and had left…
The places you can go in Georgia to catch a catfish are unlimited — in fact, try to find a state Public Fishing Area, big public reservoir, river or pay lake that does not have catfish of some kind and see what you come up with. But if a trophy rod-bender is your target, the…
By the first of May, most of the big Hartwell bass have finished spawning and are waiting on the main-lake points for the blueback herring, which are just moving in to the gravel bars and sandy points for their spawn. May is one of the best times to catch a bunch of grown Hartwell bass, and…
We started fishing at 7:10 a.m. By 7:15, Jim was reeling in our first bass of the day — a 1-lb. spotted bass that hit a spinnerbait churning past a dock. At 3:15 p.m. Jim boated our 30th bass of the day, another 1-lb. spot that gulped up a Carolina-rigged worm. Throw in three striped…
There is no better place to be on a May morning than topwater fishing on a lake full of hungry stripers and largemouth bass. Topwater action in central Georgia is at its best in May. The water is warm and most bass have finished their spawning activities and are concentrating on eating. If a topwater…
When it’s the dead of winter, fishermen cry about the cold and the slow techniques it takes to catch a few bass. By August we’re cursing the Georgia sun, and we’re dreaming of mild days and aggressive, easy-to-catch bass. Well those days are here right now. The month of May has to be one of…
The tide on the outer bar was going to top out around 7:15 p.m. at a height of about 8.1 feet. The water wouldn’t hit the high mark on the marsh at my spot until about 8:00 p.m. Plenty of time to get in a day’s work, yet still have a couple of hours to…
The easy sweep of black water around cypress and black gum knees, across shinning sand bars and through deep, seemingly bottomless holes is peaceful and serene. But don’t let Brier Creek fool you. Just below the surface of the cool, coffee-colored water lies a boiling, raging, line-peeling fight just waiting to happen. All you need…
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