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Fishing Rutland Farms

We have all heard the old saying, “When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade,” but what about when life gives you strawberries? Rutland Farms, located just outside of Tifton, can answer that question. You make syrup, jams and jellies, and as a aside you create one of the best small-lake and farm-pond fishing destinations…

Build Your Dream Pond

So you think it’s time to build the pond or lake of your dreams, but you don’t know where you need to start? This article and another next month will provide you a solid plan of action. These articles are not written to answer all pond construction questions, but rather to act as a great…

Banks Lake In March For South Georgia Bass

As bass fishermen, we all have a picture of the perfect lake engraved in our minds. For some anglers, the perfect bass lake is dotted with cypress trees with sprawling roots and draped with Spanish moss. Others bass anglers prefer fields of stumps and fallen timber. And, of course there’s the crowd who loves to…

Flat Creek PFA Lake Level Should Start Rising Soon

Lake Lonice Barrett at Flat Creek PFA near Perry has been dealt a double whammy—the drought and a busted pump—but help is on the way. When the lake was built, the state hydrologist said the lake should be able to hold a full pool of water with sufficient rainfall. However, in recent summers we’ve experienced less-than-average…

Lake Mayers Wintertime Crappie

One of the first articles I ever wrote was more than a decade ago and was about a small, 170-acre public lake named Lake Mayers near Baxley. Before the trip I had never met him, but during the day on the water, I began a life-long friendship with Tommy Davis and his family. Tommy fishes…