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When Tony Allen told me the night before our early February trip that he had some new “goodies” to try out the next day, I knew I was in for a treat. As owner of A&R Jigs and More, a crap- pie-specialty business in Danville, he has access to some of the top crappie tackle…
Paradise PFA: Level: Most lakes are just below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Lightly stained. Bass: Excellent, according to PFA Manager Charles West. “Bass are taking junebug, red, black and pumpkinseed colored plastic worms in lakes Patrick and Bobben. Also, red and green lizards are doing well. Some bass have been spotted moving up…
Ocmulgee PFA: Level: About 5 feet below full. Temp.: 51-53 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Good and getting better, said Mike Neal, who fished Ocmulgee PFA with his tournament partner on Feb. 24. “We found that the fish were holding on structure around points in around 4 to 8 feet of water,” Mike said. “Using…
“Look at that,” said Joffer, motioning toward the screen of his graph. “That’s what I like to see — it looks like spaghetti.” His Lowrance color graph showed a jumble of string-like arches just off the bottom in 38 feet of water. “There,” he said, “That’s my spoon,” he said, indicating a descending blip on…
On Christmas day evening, Tyler Dodson, 15, of Carrollton was fishing for catfish in a 23-acre lake behind his family’s house. For bait he had mixed chili with jalapenos, sloppy-joe mix, red kidney beans and Primo catfish bait. He poured the concoction into a piece of pantyhose laced with a 5/0 hook. The bait was…