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Chris Wilson, of Madison, will be eating catfish for a while after catching a 50-lb. flathead catfish from Lake Oconee at 6 p.m. on April 13. “I caught ’em on cut mullet,” said Chris. Chris was “jug” fishing when he caught the beast. The giant cat had traveled about 600 yards with Chris’ float and…
So I’m pretty embarrassed about this, but I feel like I should share it as a cautionary tale. You can never be too careful, even when the conditions are perfect… My day started around 6 a.m. when I headed up to Island Ford on the Hooch. I haven’t gotten to get in the water since…
The Wayne County Hog and Coon Jam the weekend of Feb. 21-23 saw hunters from some 50 communities and at least a half-dozen states gather at the Jaycee fairgrounds in Jesup for the annual competition. The event is sponsored by the Wayne County Board of Tourism and continues to grow each year. More than 200…
As a Sunday School teacher, I teach my youth to share Christ with their friends—kids listen to kids! It works the same way when promoting hunting. Samantha Fincher, 9, of Eatonton, killed her first deer last year while hunting with her mom Stephanie in Hancock County. The first kill lit a fire under this young…
After more than five years of studies and discussion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will ask Congress to fund an Environmental Assessment to determine if sterile grass carp can be introduced to Clarks Hill Lake to control hydrilla. Hydrilla at Clarks Hill has been linked to an algae bloom and neurotoxin responsible for the…
Catch A Lake or River Record? Requirements For Record Fish • Fish must be caught legally by rod and reel in a manner consistent with state game and fish regulations. • Catch must be weighed on accurate Georgia DOA certified scales with at least two witnesses present. • Witnesses to the weighing must be older…
Crazy things happen in the woods… Richard Bryant and his son, Stephen, 17, of Cartersville, were listening for a gobbler to sound off on opening morning on Paulding Forest WMA. The two hunters heard a bird cluck and looked way up a tree and saw a turkey coming down. “He was 50 feet up, way…
Many weekend anglers daydream of catching a world-record bass, and tournament fishermen typically pray for big-fish of the tourney that will put them over the top for first place. A tournament angler in California got all wishes granted with one bite on Feb. 22. Jaws dropped when Keith Bryan, 49, of Novato, Calif., pulled his…
We know that quite a few of our loyal GON readers lease land and then get a group together to form a hunting club. Being in this business for 15 years, I’ve seen hunting clubs from one end of the scale to the other—from two guys who lease 1,000 acres to 25 guys who lease…
It’s been a quiet legislative session when it comes to sportsmen’s issues. State representatives and senators have gone about doing the public’s business in Atlanta, and there are hundreds of new laws being debated at the state capitol right now, just very few that have anything to do with hunting or fishing. Generally, that’s good…
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