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Bass Fishing
The winds of change are blowing at Blue Ridge Lake, and all it takes to put together a mixed-bag string of hefty smallmouth bass, spots and large- mouths is to let the wind take you to the fish. On an April morning, that’s exactly what north-Georgia angler Heath Pack, of Morganton, and I did, let…
Each May the shad and blue- back herring will spawn by the gazillions, and when they do, bass and other predatory fish gorge themselves on the baitfish. On north Georgia reservoirs that have blueback herring, anglers experience some of the fastest, most fun fishing of the year. If a lake is full of big spots,…
Just after daylight I was sitting in the back of Mike Meason’s jonboat steering his Ray electric motor. Mike needed to tie on a few things, so I was steering his souped-up jonboat, rigged specifically to fish small lakes where gas engines aren’t allowed. Our destination was a nearby spawning pocket on Lake Varner. I…
Ask a man to produce a 16-lb. bag of largemouths on any given tournament day and he may be able to do it; ask him to do it again and the odds go way down. Patrick Brown from Swainsboro weighed in another 16-pound-plus bag of Eliminator Series bass. On April 10, he won his Round…
Spring fishing on Lake Weiss generally brings to mind slow trolling for huge slab crappie. Anglers from all over the country have long come to this impoundment of the Coosa River to experience a haven for the “papermouth.” For all of its crappie fame, this shallow reservoir along the Georgia/Alabama border is often overlooked when…
For the first time in almost two years, a bass has been added to GON’s Georgia’s Biggest Bass of All-Time list. Lenn Chandler of Kathleen caught a 14-lb., 3-oz. largemouth from Dodge County PFA on March 13, 2007, that put him into a three-way tie for the 45th heaviest bass of all time caught from…
Prespawn bass here, bedding bass over there and postspawn bass holding nearby. April is an amazing month on Georgia lakes with bass on most any pattern you want to fish and large numbers of them are up shallow and feeding. Lake Walter F. George, also known as Eufaula, offers one of your best bets to…
Several anglers said their stomachs were tied in knots. Thoughts of fishing a four hour tournament against one other angler was fresh, new; it was something that most weren’t sure how to prepare for. Go for a quick limit or look for one or two really good bites? Here’s a look at how the 64…
There’s a new family on Lake Allatoona, and I’m not talking about the Johnsons from Cincinnati who just bought that cottage in Yacht Club Cove. This family is more like the one on the Sopranos, but without the track suits, pinky rings and certainly without the penchant for hurting people. Putting the hurt on Allatoona…
Last April, Mike Harris of Watkinsville was fishing an R&R tournament at Lake Oconee with his 16-year-old step-son, Travis Mulkey. “It was the third tournament he ever fished; he’d didn’t catch a keeper in the first two,” said Mike. On a windless morning, less than 30 minutes into fishing, the team had made a run…