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Bass Fishing

West Point Bass On The Fall Drawdown

Shorter days and cooler water will drive West Point Lake spotted bass and largemouth to move shallow and ramp up their feeding activity. Take advantage of this fast fall fishing by hitting the right kinds of places with the right baits. Located on the Chattahoochee River at LaGrange, West Point has long been a good bass…

Heavyweight Bass From 1994 Added To GON’s Big-Bass List

GON has kept the Georgia’s Biggest Bass Of All-Time list for decades, and we sure like it when a 13-lb. or heavier bass from the past shows up that we can add. The kicker is these older bass would have had to been weighed on certified scales. Well, we got one! A 13-lb. bass was…

Emmanuel Ranked No. 1 In Collegiate Bass Rankings

Georgia’s Emmanuel University is the No. 1 ranked college fishing team. The Association of Collegiate Anglers provided the first update to the standings for the 2024-25 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year, presented by Abu Garcia. College fishing’s only all-encompassing National Rankings system is a 12-month race where teams from all across the country…

Georgia’s Tyler Campbell Wins Lake Murray BFL

PROSPERITY, S.C. – Boater Tyler Campbell, of Martin, Ga., caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 42-lbs., 13-ozs. to win the Lake Murray MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine Super Tournament, which concluded Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Hosted by the Capital City Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board, the tournament was…

Withlacoochee River Suwannee Bass Record Broken Again

Suwannee bass are unique. With ranges in only two river systems in south Georgia, they have one of the smallest distributions of all of the black basses. They look sort of like a football with hints of smallmouth and shoal bass. They are their own species, but they do not get very big. Our Georgia…

B.A.S.S. Announces Technology Standardization For Elite Series, Classic

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Bassmaster Elite Series and the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Jockey Outdoors are the pinnacles of competitive bass fishing. B.A.S.S. has created unwavering standards of excellence and expectations for the anglers who fish under these banners. This week the organization announces the creation of equipment standards related to new…

Clarks Hill Offshore Bass In September

Get offshore on points and humps to catch Clarks Hill largemouth and spotted bass right now. They are feeding and holding in 15 to 20 feet of water waiting on cooling water next month to move up and get more active. Clarks Hill is a big lake, and it can be hard to pattern bass…

Tony Couch’s Lake Sinclair Summer Bass Pattern

Bass fishing can be tough everywhere in August, but anglers can head to Lake Sinclair and hit the right docks and points for some action. Tie on a couple of different baits, fish early and late to beat the heat, and enjoy a good catch of August bass. Lake Sinclair is an old Georgia Power…

Ocmulgee River Shoal Bass, Summertime From A Kayak

The phrase “Dog Days” doesn’t quite describe what’s going on in Georgia this month. I just took a quick glance out of my kitchen window at the thermometer that hangs on the corner of my back porch, and at roughly 2 in the afternoon, it’s clocking in right at 97 degrees—in the shade! Even a…

Lake Hartwell Bass In The Summer Heat On Topwater And Piles

July bass fishing is hot on Lake Hartwell —in more ways than one. Hartwell largemouth and spots set up on brush and canepiles on the main lake, and you can catch numbers and quality on a variety of baits. Hartwell’s 55,000 acres make it our second-biggest lake. It is located at the beginning of the…