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His first two fishing trips in years resulted in two remarkable Georgia trout for a Cornelia man. A couple of weeks ago John Howard finally got back to the water with a rod in his hand after taking almost five years off from fishing. John was sure glad his 17-year-old son Logan talked him into…
“You climb like a mountain goat.” That’s what I’ve been told by anglers who have shared the treks I make in spring, summer and fall into —and out of—some of Georgia’s best wild trout streams. You’ve got to put in the effort to fish what I believe are the best trout streams in Georgia, those…
If you noticed a large number of catfish noodles floating in Lake Sinclair the weekend of May 30-31, it was because the 5th Annual Brandon Key Catfishing Tournament was being hosted out of Crooked Creek Marina. The team of Tremaine Dent, of Haddock, and Austin Martin, of Gray, won the event with a five-fish limit…
To most Georgia anglers, the thought of chasing big king or Spanish mackerel offshore can be quite daunting. The image of speeding in big expensive boats over miles of sometimes rough waters to get to productive fishing grounds makes the prospect of experiencing that adventure questionable at best. So, a lot of us don’t even…
Minor League Fishing bass tournament hit Lake Oconee on Saturday, June 27, and it took 27-plus pounds and 11 bass to win the event. The unique bass tournament format allows teams to weigh every legal bass. Anglers are allowed to weigh in as often as they like to avoid crowded livewells and fish dying. In…
If you go to Allatoona and fish topwater early and then probe brush later in the day or at night, you will find out why it lost its name “The Dead Sea.” You can catch a lot of spots with some good fish, especially on weekdays and nights when boat traffic is light. Allatoona is…
The record for redbreast on the Savannah River was broken on back-to-back days back in May. The second fish—and the new Savannah River record redbreast—was caught on May 14, 2020 by Donavan Pruitt, who is a farmer near Sylvania in Screven County. We’re just now reporting on Donavan’s redbreast only because he’s been busy farming,…
Three Canoochee River panfish records were broken in just three days. The Canoochee is still relatively new to the Lake & River Records, and the benchmark records for this river just got a little stronger. Fish No. 1 was a warmouth caught by Tim Stewart, of Glennville. “I fished the Canoochee for the first time…
After a week of constant adjustments, everything came together perfectly for Buddy Gross on Championship Saturday. The Bassmaster Elite Series rookie, fishing only his second event on the trail, caught a tournament-best five-bass limit that weighed 27 pounds, 11 ounces and sprang from 10th place to a victory in the DEWALT Bassmaster Elite at Lake…
On June 10, Kevin Mullis, of Waycross, headed for the Alapaha River in the early morning hours with hopes that he and his cousin Jesse Tatum would be able to put a few bass in the boat. Little did he know that fate, luck and skill would soon come together to aid in catching an…
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