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DNR announced it will close recreational fishing for bluefish in March and April this year. The move comes as state fishery managers seek to find a suitable solution to meet a mandate by an interstate fishery-management agency to reduce the harvest of bluefish by recreational anglers every year. “A recent stock assessment by the Atlantic…
Sixty-five folks fishing for facts gathered at The Lodge on Lake Oconee on Saturday, Feb. 1 for the first-ever “Four Seasons of Oconee Seminar” hosted by three Lake Oconee crappie-fishing experts. Capt. Doug Nelms, a regular GON Fishing Reports contributor, taught pushing techniques and shared some of his favorite GPS coordinates for fishing brushpiles and…
Hobie Kayaks billed the inaugural tournament of its 2020 Hobie Bass Open Series — the Hobie BOS at Lake Seminole — as an opportunity to cash in on trophy bass and big bucks. The storied waters of Seminole and more than 125 kayak tournament anglers didn’t disappoint. In a wild shootout Feb. 1-2 that drew…
Russell Barber, a Lowe’s department supervisor in Waycross, had a dilemma on his hands after Christmas. He looked around and counted 265 leftover Christmas trees that had to be hauled off somewhere. He a thought to put those trees to good use, and his move was to call WRD Fisheries in Waycross—a decision that would…
A 52-year database of the distribution and movements of 35 Atlantic shark species revealed new information on some of the least known species. It also uncovered a few surprises about where sharks go and how long they live. Scientists collected data for sharks tagged and/or recaptured between 1962 and 2013. The sharks were found in…
The calendar said May 24, but the thermometer said mid-summer. In the words of a country song, “It was hotter than the Fourth of July.” As I have gotten older, and hopefully wiser, serious outdoor undertakings during the heat of the day have become increasingly less attractive. However, the local rivers and creeks had finally…
Evergreen trees aren’t typically considered aquatic vegetation, but if they’re used as Christmas trees in the Savannah River Basin, chances are they’ll continue “bearing fruit” under water. Rather than have old Christmas trees go to the landfill, rangers with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs at Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond (Clarks Hill)…
There are fish down there. Somewhere. Under all that Lake Oconee mud. They’re stacked up in the creek channel (hint, hint), clearly visible on the Humminbird depthfinder. The three of us up top in the big Ranger want a closer look at them—as in aboard. And I’m confident we can get it done; mainly because…
Nearly 300 kids fished the Jan. 12 Georgia Bass Nation tournament on Lake Eufaula. The next stop will be in Bainbridge on Lake Seminole, as youth anglers put their talents to the test on prespawn and spawning bass. To get your child, or school, involved with Georgia Bass Nation High School Fishing, go to www.gabassnationhs.com, call…
In the past year, we’ve added 27 fish to GON’s Georgia Lake and River Records list, up from the 17 fish we added in 2019 and 21 fish that were added in 2018. Part of that increase is an effort to establish ‘benchmark’ records for new lakes and rivers, and for some species of fish…
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