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13.5 Pound Lake Varner Bass

It’s the little lake that keeps on producing bragging-sized bass. Last month we showed you a picture of a 12-lb., 6-oz. largemouth caught from Lake Varner. This month it is a 13-lb., 8-oz. monster that was caught from the 800-acre lake in Newton County. On April 28, 2005, Travis Smith, of Oxford, was fishing up…

Lake Andrews South Georgia Diamond

The waters of the Chattahoochee River begin as little more than a trickling spring high in the mountains of north Georgia. As the river flows southward toward the Gulf of Mexico, it forms some of Georgia’s most popular fishing areas. Lake Lanier, West Point Lake, Lake Eufaula and Lake Seminole are always in the headlines…

Lucas Lake Opens To Public Fishing, GON Was There

Here we were, finally, with a boat in the water and geared for bass, making our first casts into the unknown waters of Lucas Lake. The anticipation we felt was similar to when Black Shoals Reservoir first opened to fishing — both were trolling-motor-only reservoirs that opened to public fishing after years of delays. No,…

New Flat Creek PFA Coming To Houston County

Georgia anglers will have a new Public Fishing Area (PFA) in a few years, this one south of Perry. The lake will be built on an 860-acre tract purchased for the development of Houston County State Park. Fortunately for those of you who like to fish, WRD Fisheries will manage the future fishery on the newly…

Lake Varner 5-Bass Limit Tops 45 Pounds, Including 12-Pounder

Mike Meason, of McDonough, is a serious jonboat tournament angler, but on April 11, 2005 he went fun fishing to his favorite reservoir — Lake Varner in Covington. His day of on the water produced possible the best Georgia public-lake fishing results that GON has ever heard about. Mike boated five fish over 8 pounds,…