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Bass Fishing
The Marietta Bassmasters held their second conservation project of 2015 on Lake Allatoona on March 22, 2015. The project was organized with support of the Lake Allatoona U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The Marietta Bassmasters desired to implement a sustainable fish and wildlife habitat by virtue of planting native buttonbush plants along the shores of Lake…
Keith Watkins, of Douglasville, will always remember the day he turned 51 years old. For Keith, it’ll go down in his life story as the day he caught a 17-lb., 9.6-oz. largemouth bass and claimed the No. 4 spot on GON’s Georgia’s Biggest Bass of All-Time list. Keith was spending his birthday in the boat…
The Georgia Bass Chapter Federation (GBCF) Youth Division held their 2015 Junior State Championship Tournament at Lake Blackshear on March 14, 2015. Under the TBF/FLW program, the best young anglers from junior bass clubs in Georgia competed for bragging rights and the opportunity to represent Georgia at the Nationals. Three youth clubs sent their top anglers…
Lake Allatoona has a reputation for being super tough and very selfish with its quality bass. Some even go as far as to call it the “Dead Sea,” but it is far from that. Hopefully this article will shine some light onto what the bass on Allatoona will be doing as we look at the…
Bass fishermen wait all year for March. Prespawn bass feed heavily, and on some lakes you can sight fish for spawning bass. There will even be some bass feeding heavily in a postspawn mode, as well. On Lake Blackshear, you can find spawning fish this month, and it is one of our most beautiful, fishy…
John MacKay, of Lawrenceville, was fishing on his lunch break with co-worker Blake McGee, also of Lawrenceville. Both work at Cisco in Gwinnett County and fish local ponds every day at lunch. John was fishing a Texas-rigged worm with a 3/8-oz. bullet weight when he got hung up. John put the rod in his gut…
Keith Hester was fishing in a Floyd County pond with his grandfather, Fred Bynum, when they happened upon something that most anglers will never see. "While fishing that morning, we could tell that fish were hitting on topwater," said Keith, of Rome. "We noticed the commotion a couple of times and then saw what we…
According to bassmaster.com, a Bassmaster Elite Series pro likely saved a man’s life after pulling him from the frigid waters of Lake Hartwell on Sunday, Feb. 15. David Walker, of Sevierville, Tenn., was practicing for this week’s Bassmaster Classic when he noticed a man in the water. David was able to quickly get to the…
Most young bass fishermen at some point dream of becoming a professional angler in the future. A very few will make that dream a reality. The idea of fishing every day, winning tournaments and being admired by other fishermen is enticing. But it is a hard life, and you must work hard—even in high school…
Kerry Partain learned a long time ago that February fishing at Lake Hartwell has its own set of rules. “One of the first things you have to do is see what kind of mood they’re in,” he said. “They might be feeding—or they may not be doing much of anything and just sitting on the…