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Fishing
Georgia is truly blessed to have one of the very best trout fisheries on the east coast. From the creeks of Savannah to the marsh down in St. Mary’s, trout are plentiful and plain fun to catch. From April to mid-December, limits can be had by slinging jigs to creek mouths or soaking shrimp under…
The Georgia Student Anglers duo of Jackson Conley, of Bainbridge, and Brunson Fain, of Donalsonville, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 17-lbs., 3-ozs. to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Seminole Open presented by Berkley. According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their fish in the Flint…
Fishing opportunities abound on Lake Eufaula, the big border impoundment on the Chattahoochee River that separates Georgia and Alabama. The lake has long been labeled the “big bass capital of the world.” Catfish also flourish and grow in size and abundance, and the bream fishing is seasonally great. Among all the possibilities, the crappie population…
It’s December, which means the bass at Clarks Hill have moved to ditches in the backs of coves and can be caught on a variety of baits. The quality of the largemouth on this Clarks Hill pattern is good all this month, and this is a pattern that produces well this time of year. With…
Joe Frank Harris Jr., of Cartersville, was spending a late-summer evening on the Etowah River on Aug. 21 when he successfully boated a 33-lb. striper and became the river’s new record holder. Joe was in the boat with his father-in-law Tom Gurley and fishing guide Nathan Cooper. “It is a memory that plays slowly over…
On the afternoon of Nov. 15, Luke Chandler, of Conyers, caught a blue catfish that weighed 46-lbs., 7-ozs. from Lake Jackson that set a new lake record. Luke arrived at the lake early in the morning and motored down to one of his favorite fishing spots, which was located on a peninsula near the powerlines.…
On Oct. 10, Larry Linker, of Woodbine, caught a Satilla River flathead catfish that weighed 45-lbs.,15-ozs, breaking his own previous river record, according to GON’s official Lake & River Records. On that Wednesday afternoon, Larry set out to go fishing in his usual spot on the river. He prefers fishing an area of the river with…
As I begin to write this story, fall is finally in full swing. Staring out my window, leaves are falling, a cool breeze is whistling through the trees, and most importantly, the thermometer mercury is riding a lot lower than it has in many months. November is a month for hunting big bucks, some…
On the morning of Oct. 22, Jeff Payne, of Toccoa, caught a black crappie weighing 1-lb., 15-ozs. with a length of 15 1/2 inches on Lake Rabun. It was about 7:30 in the morning when Jeff got to the lake to go fishing. “I usually try to get there before daylight,” said Jeff. Once out on…
I fish with a lot of people in lots of places working on GON stories, and I’ve been fortunate to fish with some really great anglers throughout the years. Harrison Lee falls into this elite category of anglers, and when it comes to redfish, he is one of the best and most focused anglers I…
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