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Bass Fishing
Jake Mims, a 17-year-old junior at Alexander High school in Douglasville, recently turned his love and passion for fishing into a Scholarship at Bryan Collage. Jake has had a passion for fishing for a long time. He started fishing around the age of 4. When he was 8 years old, Jake got a first-place win in…
Cal Culpepper and Parker Marshall, both 16 years old, took first place in the Georgia B.A.S.S Nation High School fishing tournament at West Point Lake on Saturday, March 12. After the win, they drove across the state and finished ninth in Sunday’s 2016 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Georgia State Championship on Clarks Hill Reservoir. The two…
Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield (FS/HAAF) is located near the city of Savannah and serves as home to the United States Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. However, it is also home to some great fishing opportunities, and it is open to the public. This 285,000-acre installation hosts a variety of managed recreational fishing ponds, two rivers and…
Everybody gets excited about March Madness, but for bass fishermen it has nothing to do with basketball. Big bass move shallow this month, and March is an excellent time to catch a lot of bass with a good chance at a personal best. Lake Oconee is one of your best bets in the state for…
There are five things this article is going to do for you. And improving on an increasing trend here at GON, this article will be enhanced with supporting video. This article is about catching stripers on Lake Lanier in March. Much of what you find here applies in one way or another to stripers in…
March is a great month to go fishing just about anywhere in Georgia. Warming waters turn fish on, and they move shallow and feed. With so many great choices, it can be hard to pick one place to go. Consider Bartletts Ferry, also known as Lake Harding, on the Chattahoochee River just south of West…
For anyone who has fished with Angelo Koundourakis or had a conversation with him, you know it’s impossible to capture him in an article. But for those who have never had the honor of meeting Andy, we’ll try to give you a snapshot of this remarkable man. My favorite Andy story happened in the mid-70s…
For professional fisherman Timmy Horton, certain lakes are analogous to a classroom. They provide all the educational tools to increase an angler’s understanding of certain fishing techniques. For Timmy, Lake Seminole in southwest Georgia is such a teaching environment. Timmy makes a yearly February trip to the impoundment near where the borders of Georgia, Florida…
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…