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Over the last few years, the jig-and-minnow technique has taken the bass fishing world by storm. Coupled with the latest forward-facing sonar (FFS), and this is an incredibly effective technique on just about any body of water. Since the release of FFS, social media has been riddled with conflicting opinions from anglers who either think…
The lure floated dreamily down into less than a foot of water, drops spraying the lake’s grassy edge. The cast appeared almost too good to be true; and as every bass fisherman has experienced—it was. Twenty feet back toward the boat, the line draped squarely over a partially submerged stump, sickly 3-foot limbs sprouting just…
May is just about as good as it gets when it comes to river fishing in Georgia. This is the month when all the pieces finally come together, as we transition out of spring and into the warmer weather, but before the flat-out scorching-hot days that lie ahead. The Canoochee River has quickly moved up…
Largemouth bass staging on creek ledges… bass feeding on bedding bream… bass hunting for the tail-end of the shad spawn… and bass eating bream around mayfly hatches. The choices for bass fishing on Lake Eufaula during the postspawn period in May are wide and varied. Walter F. George Reservoir, Lake Eufaula to most fishermen, is…
The largest and possibly most remote wild lands in Georgia lie within the Cohutta Wilderness. Located in the northwest part of the state in Fannin and Murray counties, this designated Wilderness Area on Chattahoochee National Forest property comprises 36,977 acres and is managed as the Cohutta Wildlife Management Area (WMA), which totals 96,583 acres. Cohutta…
Randy Howell did not know how his day would start, but he definitely knew where it would start. Capitalizing on a key practice discovery, the Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series pro from Guntersville, Ala., made the most of his early plan and laid the foundation for a five-bass limit of 21-lbs., 11-ozs. that leads Day 1…
Monticello’s Ben Cleary topped more than 700 anglers to win a new Nitro bass boat in the 3rd annual Minn Kota and Humminbird Owners Tournament, which took place from March 28-30, 2025 out of Lake Point State Park on Lake Eufaula. The event featured anglers from 27 states and Canada, awarding more than $230,000 in…
Some might sit and stare, others might run and gun. That’s late April fishing on Lake Hartwell, and it’s what Tyler Campbell expects for the 2025 Whataburger Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. Competition days will be April 24-27 with daily takeoffs from Green Pond Landing at 7 a.m. ET and weigh-ins each day back at Green Pond…
Georgia has a new name in the freshwater fish state record books. Wesley Daniels, of Pearson, landed a tie to the current spotted sunfish state record with a 12-oz. fish caught on April 15 from the Suwannee River. Wesley’s 8 3/4-inch catch ties the previous state record of 12 ounces caught in 2024 by Jamie…
Boater Christopher Wilder, of Macon, caught a five-bass limit weighing 18-lbs., 11-ozs., Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Oconee. The tournament was the second event of the season for the BFL Bulldog Division. Wilder earned $6,641, including the lucrative Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for…
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