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Fishing
Atlanta area trout fishermen may have been thrilled with the news that the brown trout below Buford Dam are reproducing so successfully that there is no longer a need to stock them in the tailwater. However, those big browns are still very tough to catch. From previous catches and shocking surveys, we know the…
The Marietta Bassmasters club has always helped with a special community project. For the past 12 years, that program has consisted of a day’s fishing at a private lake near Loganville for children suffering with brain tumors. Two Saturday’s ago, the annual event was held under perfect conditions, and more than 150 kids and their…
July is a month when fish can be hard to find, especially inshore. It’s hot; it’s brutal on the anglers who may sit and anchor; and, the fishing just doesn’t seem to be as much fun as it is in cooler months. The fish can get lethargic on hot days as the water heats up…
When it comes to catching the big flatheads, blues and channel catfish around the country, Jonathon Herndon, also known as “The Sultan of Slime,” might as well have a Ph.D. He will quickly tell you one of the most productive times of the year to catch a king-sized cat is from the end of the…
Kathleen Weeks boasts of the heaviest ever recorded shellcracker caught from Clarks Hill. She caught the 1-lb, 9-oz. fish on June 23, 2011. Clarks Hill Lake, is a reservoir at the border between Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin. It was created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam during 1951 and 1952…
Surprisingly, GON has never had a record largemouth bass for the Chattahoochee River between the stretch of river between Morgan Falls and Franklin. Today that changes. Jason Whitehead, of Douglasville, finally set the bar April 7 when he caught the below 5-lb., 0.3-oz. bucketmouth on a lipless crankbait. He was fishing with buddies south…
Reports of improving bass catches on the Altamaha River have been frequent over the last year. The big, often muddy river perennially provides tournament catch rates that are in the top couple bodies of water in the state. Higher-than-usual summer water levels the last couple years have provided the right combination of food availability and…
David Arrington caught this 48-lb. record flathead catfish on the Chattahoochee on May 30, 2011.
Ask nine out of 10 anglers what the most effective cover for bass on Bartletts Ferry is, and you will hear a resounding, “Boat docks!” I asked tournament angler Derrick Millirons, of Seale, Ala., the same question as he slipped the trolling motor in a few yards from the boat ramp, and he gave the…
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