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Bass Fishing
Diehard bass fishermen love October. Pleasure boaters are mostly off the lakes, so you don’t rock and roll all day while fishing. A lot of part-time fishermen are in the woods hunting or stuck in front of a TV watching football, so there is a lot less pressure on the bass. Lake Oconee is a…
“Show up and dominate” is the motto of high school bass tournament partners Dylan Parham and Thomas Zaczek. The pair fishes for Mill Creek High School in Gwinnett County and are currently practicing for the B.A.S.S. Nation State Classic Oct. 17-18 at Lake Hartwell. To qualify for the State Classic at Hartwell, anglers must fish…
Often, September can be the most frustrating month of the year for bass fishermen. The surface temperatures are as hot as they get, and the oxygen content is at the lowest levels of the year. Early in the month, the days are still hot and uncomfortable, and the bass are sluggish. But cooler nights are…
Like wet Johnny Appleseeds, bass-fishing teams from Alexander, Central, Harris County, Crosspointe Christian, Breman, Carrollton and Newnan high schools literally jumped in the lake to create important new fish habitat at West Point Lake. Many hands made light work during this mid-August outing. The kids placed hundreds of water willow plants at select locations around…
Ten Georgia Power Company lakes will experience drawdowns this fall or winter. “Get out your Rat-L-Traps,” Aaron Batson said when asked about the lake drawdowns. Aaron is a tournament angler, a contributor to GON‘s fishing reports and a two-time GON Eliminator Series bass tournament champion. “Fall fishing already bunches up schools of bass that follow…
Hot August weather, grassbeds and bass just go together on some lakes. Throwing a frog to grassbeds and getting explosive strikes is one of the most thrilling ways to fish, and Lake Seminole is one of the best lakes in the country to fish grassbeds. Seminole is at the top of its cycle with lots…
Think it is too hot to go fishing during the day in July? Big bass busting on top will make you forget how hot it is. Plan a trip to Lake Hartwell, and enjoy catching quality fish on topwater plugs. Lake Hartwell is a sprawling 56,000-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake on the Savannah…
Editor’s Note: The following story was taken from GON’s web forum. Paul’s username on the forum is “Coenen.” Check out the forum at forum.gon.com. Some years ago, a good friend of mine told me about a lake he knew in north Georgia near Dawsonville. It’s not anything special, in fact, it doesn’t even really have…
Another new river record has been broken, making it the sixth new fish this year to earn a spot it GON’s Georgia Lake and River Records list. The latest entry is a 12-lb. largemouth that came from the Satilla River. It was caught by Kevin Mullis, of Waycross, on March 27 while fishing with his…
Spring is finally here! The days are getting longer, and the air is warmer. April is a very popular month for Georgia bass fisherman, and for good reason. For a lot of anglers in middle to north Georgia, April is the easiest month to catch bass consistently. April is a month when bass are in…