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Fishing
As we rounded the tight bend in the river through the morning fog, our first limb-line of the day thrashed violently 30 yards ahead. Idling toward it slowly, the crew in the boat began to ready for battle with the oversized fish that continued to struggle in the current in an effort to get free.…
The 2019 Georgia Bass TEC (Total Electric Championship) bass fishing tournament was recently hosted at Hard Labor Creek Reservoir and was made up of qualifying teams from five of the best electric-only bass fishing clubs in the state. Hard Labor Creek Reservoir is a 1,370-acre regional reservoir serving Walton and Oconee County residents. These electric-only tournaments have…
Lake Eufaula is on fire this spring, and 4- to 6-pounders are feeding in grass right now, gorging on shad and bream. Some Eufaula bass are getting ready to move deeper, but May is a month when you can catch a lot of quality bass in shallow water. Tournament weights have been amazing for the…
A bream that weighed 11 ounces is being recognized as a new state record by DNR. “Jacob Hornaday, of De Soto, is the new state record holder for spotted sunfish. His catch weighed 11 ounces, beating the previous record of 10 ounces,” according to a press release from the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Previously, the…
Georgia anglers who catch tagged saltwater fish have a new way to report their catches and earn rewards including T-shirts, hats and other gear. The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced the launch of a new online form at CoastalGaDNR.org/FishTag to report tagged red drum, black drum and tripletail. The effort is part of the…
On Saturday, April 14, Don Durr, of Waycross, headed out to fish a small bass tournament on the St. Marys River, with high hopes that lady luck might bring a little good fortune his way. As he backed his 17 1/2-foot Tracker boat in the water a little after 6 a.m., he had no idea…
The crappie weren’t exactly tearing it up at Lake Blackshear Saturday, April 13, 2019, but one bite saved the day for Casey Tanner, of Douglas. Casey caught a black crappie certified at 3-lbs., 9.28-ozs., which sets a new Blackshear lake record by less than an ounce. “I got there that morning and caught a few…
Efforts continue in 2019 to improve largemouth bass populations at West Point Lake. Georgia DNR, through its Fisheries Section of the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), hopes to boost the number of largemouth bass in West Point Lake. The DNR has already stocked more than 350,000 bass fingerlings this year, and a different approach is being…
Out of the gloom, a large, scaly creature materialized at the water surface in the transition zone where a bubble of light merged into clutching darkness. Suddenly, a heavy barbed projectile flashed through the thick, humid air, smacking into the beast. Water churned as it went through its death throes. Another very large carp met…
We almost had a new state record fish in Georgia already in 2019. On Feb. 16, Lukas Ricci, 15, of Toccoa, caught a yellow perch that weighed 2-lbs., 7-ozs. Lukas beat the old Tugalo lake record by a half pound, and he came very close to setting a new Georgia state record. On the morning…
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