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At long last, the Macon Water Authority (MWA) has opened Javors Lucas Lake, its 625-acre water-supply reservoir, to public fishing. At its March 3 meeting the MWA approved opening the lake seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. The lake, which was constructed in the early 1990s, had previously been open to…
Boatright’s Pond, pond No. 12 in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Small Georgia Lakes Open to Public Fishing guide, was little more to me than one of the 169 listings in the guide. It was just another place to wet a hook until I started talking about fishing with Neil Jones of Blackshear. Neil…
Mike Meason and I had been throwing spinnerbaits and jigs on Lake Varner for a few hours and hadn’t had a bite. “There’s no harder time to do an article for y’all than in February,” said Mike. “March is unbelievable out here, but February can be tough.” As is the case with so many GON…
Some of northwest Georgiaʼs best fishing is the direct result of what can only be described as a sweetheart deal for Georgia sportsmen. Rocky Mountain Recreation and Public Fishing Area, located north of Rome in Floyd County, is part of Georgia DNRʼs Public Fishing Area (PFA) program. Because of the intensive management and TLC they…
How would you like to have more than 200 acres of water with lots of stumps, grass, and lily pads, along with hungry largemouth bass, bream, and crappie, all to yourself? That was the experience that Joe Bradford and I had just a couple of weeks ago at Lake Hamburg at Hamburg State Park in…