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Fishing
If you winterize your bass boat and put away your rods this time of year, you are making a big mistake. Winter is one of the best times to catch big bass, and good numbers of quality bass can be caught now, too, especially at Sinclair. Lake Sinclair has been on fire this winter for…
Big Lazer Creek PFA in Talbot County may be a hidden nugget among PFAs. For most, it’s a little out of the way, but I believe it’s well worth a visit. It’s centrally located on Big Lazer WMA, and it looks like a huge farm pond. The PFA manager is David Craven, and he runs…
Just in case you haven’t noticed, winter is here. Lots of saltwater anglers have already put away their gear until spring, but it doesn’t have to be that way! The fishing may be tough in the winter months for most people, but if you pick the right day, you can still catch an abundance of…
Georgia saltwater anglers will need to take notice of any seatrout they catch after a change in the length limit went into effect on Jan. 1. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Williams announced during the October Board of Natural Resources meeting an approval to an increase in the minimum-size limit for spotted seatrout…
Many of us made New Year’s resolutions to go bass fishing more, but some decide to wait to start until the weather warms up and bass start biting better. That’s a mistake. You can go to Jackson right now and catch largemouth and spots. Lake Jackson is a very old Georgia Power Lake, built in…
Noah Pescitelli, a senior at Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, received an athletic scholarship from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) on Nov. 2. Noah is the first recruit for the new Men’s Bass Fishing Program under head coach Isaac Payne. Throughout Noah’s high school career he was very interested in fishing…
Imagine that you are slowing drifting with live gizzard shad when several stripers start pounding the surface in a feeding frenzy only 20 yards away. Do you try to troll through the stripers, or do you pull out your surface lure and make a long cast into the fish? When opportunity knocks, it’s often best…
All I want for Christmas is two big bass! And if they are magnum spots, that is even better. Weiss is not always the first lake to come to mind for anglers who desire big spots, but there are a lot of 3- and 4-pounders feeding shallow during December at Weiss. Coosa spotted bass are…
Far and away the most popular fish on the Georgia coast is the spotted sea-trout. There is a good reason for it to be No. 1. It’s the most abundant and cooperative fish on the coast, and the creel limit of 15 fish means that you can bring home a lot of filets. October and…
Keith Hoston holds the current longnose gar record with an 18-lb., 13-oz. fish he caught on Nov. 10, 2015.
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