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Bass Fishing
Kayak fishing is the new craze. If you’re on the lake, it’s hard to find a stretch of docks without at least a half-dozen small plastic boats stored away. Walk into a department store that sells anything remotely outdoorsy, and you’ll soon find yourself standing in the shadow of a kayak or two. Kayaks are…
If you can’t find something to shoot or catch in the state of Georgia during the month of November, then you may want to turn in the old sportsman’s license and try another hobby. Never are there so many options available to outdoorsmen as now. Deer, ducks, hogs and a host of other furry critters…
Just weeks after the national professional fishing scene saw a major consolidation with Major League Fishing taking over FLW, a new national pro fishing league has been announced. The National Professional Fishing League is taking applications from anglers now through the end of November to fill a 125-angler field. The first event would take place…
You can catch spots and largemouth all month at Bartletts Ferry—also known as Lake Harding—on a few simple-to-fish patterns. Anglers can run deep rocky banks and steep bluffs that drop fast into deep water to catch bass on a variety of baits from the dam to Blanton Creek up the river. Bartletts Ferry is an…
For the second time in its 4-year history, the title of “Georgia State Kayak Bass Fishing Champion” is held by an angler from Rome. This year’s two-day event was hosted by Chattahoochee Kayak Anglers Oct. 12-13 on West Point Lake and the Chattahoochee River below the West Point dam. After two tough days of fishing, Jason…
Major League Fishing (MLF) announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization. The Letter of Intent (LOI) sets in motion the most significant brand merger in competitive bass fishing history, linking a tour and original, award-winning programming featuring the top professional anglers in the world…
With the Georgia State Kayak Bass Championship coming up in less than a week, you can bet competitors are firmly focused on their planning—from pre-fishing to studying lake maps to reading old GON lake reports. This post is your one-stop for all the information on this year’s event. Before we get into all the good…
With half of the state championship clubs having finished their schedules in August, September was a quieter month on the tournament trail. Only East Central Georgia Kayak Anglers (ECGKA) and Chattahoochee Kayak Anglers (CKA) took to the water this month, as both clubs held their final events of their season. East Central Georgia Kayak Anglers…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) TrophyCatch program, now in Season 7, has awarded prizes for the catch and release of more than 9,000 largemouth bass since the program began in 2012. To date, 7,303 Lunker Club, 1,751 Trophy Club and 66 Hall of Fame fish make up the milestone. “We want to…
Topwater baits over rocky humps and points, and dragging jigs on them and down the sides as they drop off into deeper water—that simple pattern is a great way to catch Clarks Hill bass in October. Clarks Hill’s 72,000 acres of water have gone through many changes since the river was dammed in 1950, but…