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Bass Fishing
Rick Burns of Madison and Jacob Wills of Loganville took it to a field of 21 jonboat teams, claiming their first championship victory at the Oct. 11 “Bcrods.com J-BAIT” tournament at Lake Varner. Their winning stringer weighed 18-lbs., 9-ozs. “It felt like winning the Bassmaster Classic,” said Rick. “We had five good fish by 10…
The big topwater bait sputtered its way across the surface as Rick Tilson dragged it over the top of the grass and through the lily pads on its path back to the boat. Just as it came over a large pad in about 4 feet of water, there was a splash as a bass made…
Already dreaming about the explosive topwater strikes you had during the summer and wishing bass were still hitting on top? That excitement is not necessarily over for the year. Head down to Lake Seminole where bass are blowing up on frogs around the hydrilla and will be on that pattern most of November. Seminole is…
During the four-month period of February to May 2008, Drew Gregory fished a handful of Georgia rivers several times. He caught dozens of bass, some spotted and largemouth, but mainly shoal bass. He wasn’t catching the little 1-pounders, he was hauling in the bigger river bass. During those river fishing trips this past spring, he caught…
It had just turned cool. A long-sleeve shirt was comfortable as Kevin Barwick and I motored down Little River headed toward a pocket that fills up with shad, and bass, this time of year. A deck full of rods strapped down revealed we’d be firing spinnerbaits and working an assortment of plastic lures as we…
For some guys, it’s all about the fishing. Ryan Lamb of Lilburn, at 18, has bass fishing in his blood. In November, there are few places he’d rather be than ripping a buzzbait across the surface of Black Shoals Reservoir waiting for a 5-pounder to blow up on the clattering, splashing bait. At 18, Ryan…
Only one big lake in Georgia offers undeveloped shorelines, lots of largemouth and spotted bass and relatively peaceful fishing. Lake Russell has everything a bass fisherman could want, and October is one of the best months to take advantage of a great shallow bite there. Russell is a 26,650-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake…
September bass fishing in Georgia is tough. The bass are still on summer patterns, the water is as hot as it gets, and the oxygen levels are at their lowest point. And it is still uncomfortable fishing most days. It just makes sense to head to the cool north Georgia mountains and Lake Blue Ridge…
If you have spent any time at all on Carters Lake, I’m sure you have developed the same love-hate relationship most all of us have for this spotted-bass sanctuary. There’s no other place I know where an angler can position his boat in 80 feet of water and actually be fishing 18 feet deep in…
Summer fishing can be a real challenge. Soaring daytime temperatures and warm nights escalate water surface temps and can shut bass down, making it difficult to catch a fish, let alone a winning tournament sack. Dennis Hudson of Fortson is a frequent Bartletts angler who has been fishing the lake for more than 30 years,…