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Fishing
The Chattahoochee. The Flint. The Ocmulgee. For many Georgia anglers, the mention of these three rivers can bring up fond memories of years past. Some remember fishing as a kid with dad and paw-paw, chasing bream and small bass with crickets and red wigglers. Others might think back to an overnight fishing trip with high…
Not many people can say they have caught a lake record fish as an experienced angler, but 7-year-old Camden Rinckey can go ahead and check that off his bucket list. His 11-lb., 14-oz. brown trout is now the largest brown ever recorded from Lake Burton. Camden was up before the crack of dawn with his…
There is a beautiful and basic concept in America, an interwoven web that involves hunting, fishing, proper management and a resulting bountiful and endlessly renewable resource. Are you missing out on part of your state’s natural resources by participating in catch-and-release bass fishing? Does your farm pond have a bunch of small bass and just…
Sam Martin was fishing with his son James and friend Ross Paul at the Blalock Reservoir in Clayton County on April 29 around 7 p.m. While fishing off of a rock at a more secluded area of the lake, Sam noticed a small dead shark floating on top of the water. “When we first saw…
Braswell, Georgia – A long and unusually cold Southern winter had the anglers itching to pick up rods and hit Raccoon Creek, one of the southernmost trout streams in the country. First, though, duty called. Nearly 50 retirees, teachers, builders, students and wildlife officials shouldered axes, clippers, shovels and chainsaws and gathered at aptly named…
One hot June afternoon, we struggled to find fish in a sweltering backwater off a major river—until we noticed some activity up ahead. A sight any fly fisherman longs to see, millions of mayflies covered bushes growing along a cypress-lined stretch of shoreline about 10 yards long. As if a million piranhas attacked a bleeding…
Jack Tibbs never tires of promoting Lake Eufaula. The mayor of the city of Eufaula, Ala., a lure company owner and a tournament angler, Jack works tirelessly in all of his pursuits. But he still likes nothing better than slipping away from the routine for a few hours of bass fishing on the lake. For…
If you see Jordan Rousey, of Byron, strutting around town in the next few weeks, you’ll know why. His wife, Alicia, 23, recently caught the largemouth of a lifetime in a 5-acre private pond in Perry. “A family friend owns a house on this pond and allows us to fish there whenever we want,” said…
Many middle Georgia anglers drive to big reservoirs that are at least an hour’s driving time away and pass right by some of the best fishing that is available almost out the back door. In Houston County, two large lakes are connected by Mossy Creek, and they are Houston Lake and Lake Joy. Both are…
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