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Fishing

Shad Spawn, Bream Beds For Jackson Bass

Frogs, jigs and Spooks will all catch bass at Lake Jackson in May. Postspawn bass will be feeding on bluegill and shad in shallow pockets, and when the shad are spawning and the bluegill bed, the bass bite gets even better. No hindsight ip unit displayed. Seawalls, docks and wood are the kinds of cover…

Georgia Kayak Angler Places Fourth At National Championship

For many kayak anglers, the tournament season kicks off with the nation’s largest kayak fishing event—the Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship (KBFNC). This tournament is hosted annually on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley on the Tennessee/Kentucky border. Similar to the B.A.S.S. format, anglers across the country compete a year in advance for a spot at…

Georgia Lake & River Records Now Online

Ever caught a really big fish and wondered if it might be a record? You can now check on your phone from right there on the water. GON‘s official Lake & River Records, which include records for various species of fish for all of Georgia’s major bodies of water, are now available online. Bill Brantley,…

4-Year-Old Catches Big Tugalo Perch

Gabriella Marie Puma was joining in on celebrating her grandfather Bruce Henderson’s birthday at Lake Tugalo on March 31 when she caught a record-class yellow perch. The family was fishing a bit after 12 noon off the dock of the Stone Place boat ramp on the Georgia side of Lake Tugalo. They had eaten lunch…

Monster Browns Of The Chattahoochee

Its banks are not much to look at. Muddied. Eroded. Developed. Trashed. No doubt, the Chattahoochee River, where it runs through the northern metro Atlanta suburban landscape, leaves little to the imagination of trout anglers anywhere else. But here in Georgia, we learned long ago that the water that runs between those adjectives is clean…

Rabun Lake Record Black Crappie

Corey Gosnell holds the current Lake Rabun black crappie record with a 1-lb., 14-oz. fish he caught on April 14, 2018.

Kayaks For Jekyll Redfish And Trout

After perhaps the warmest spring I can remember, the month of April promises to offer up some of the best inshore saltwater fishing in recent years. Trout, redfish and flounder are moving in early, and now is the time to go catch them. Whether you prefer to fish the creeks of Savannah, the marsh in…

Allatoona’s April Bassin’

For many years, Lake Allatoona has been jokingly referred to as “The Dead Sea.” Some anglers will recount stories of frustrating days on the lake with little or no bites. Having never visited Allatoona, I wondered if the rumors surrounding the lake were true. I joined Jason Mullinax, a Cartersville native, who serves as a…

Satilla River Special

Roughly 25 years ago this spring, I made my first cast into the Satilla River with my grandpa by my side. Moments after my cork hit the water, it abruptly disappeared, and the fight was on. As I frantically turned the handle on that Zebco 33 while my grandpa cheered me on, an addiction was…

Georgia Trout: Not The West, But…

Nope. Georgia is not the West. But trout fishing in Georgia is not unlike the West… where nimble fly-rodders test technical skills on small, wild trout streams. Where trolling for large lake-bound trout is executed with electronic aids and flashy rigs. Where driftboats carry anglers over long river glides and rocky shoals. Where dams pour…

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