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Other Georgia Fishing
Editor’s Note: The author, Lucky L. Black, passed away on Aug. 4, 1992. His son, Jason, found a partial manuscript of the below story and polished it up to have it published on GON. When I stopped to gulp in some extra air, I saw the gator track. The path was wet from the dew,…
Kyle Williams, of Adairsville, isn’t a huge fan of gar when he’s fishing the Etowah River, but he recently caught a longnose gar that made the record books. “They’re predators. They’ll run the fish we’re trying to catch out of a hole, and it takes a while for the fish to settle back down and…
Jason Cone caught a 3-lb., 2.88-oz. American shad on the Ogeechee River on March 22, 2018 that set a benchmark record for the Ogeechee.
Luke Wilson caught this 1-lb., 4-oz. lake-record yellow perch on Lake Russell on Sep. 22, 2016. Yellow perch are common on the upper Savannah River reservoirs and in the Georgia mountain lakes, but many anglers don’t go after these tasty fish. Here’s an article from the GON archives that details how to catch yellow perch…
Welcome to Fargo, Georgia. Enjoy the Okefenokee, Suwanee River and the Sill for a 1-2-3 punch. Magnetism. Remoteness. Mystery. Its own aura and a feeling like you have stepped back in time. To feel it, deep down in south Georgia near the Florida border is the tiny town of Fargo, a nearly hidden gateway to…
In 2008, Beau Turner created the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center (BTYCC) in north Florida for young people to have a place to go and discover and enjoy the outdoors. The center hosts several programs throughout the year that allow kids to learn about northern Florida, wildlife management and renewable energy sources. They are…
This story began in the strangest of places. I was at the grocery store looking for some good fresh crawfish for a low country boil. At the seafood department of the store, I quickly found several packages, and they all had a couple of common and in my book significant problems. Not only were they…
Robert Attaway holds the current redbreast record for the Altamaha River with a fish certified at 10.16-ounces. Robert caught the redbreast on June 9, 2016.
Robert Attaway set a mark to beat with the current warmouth record for the Altamaha River. Robert’s warmouth was certified at 1-lb., 0.9-oz.. He caught the big warmouth bream on May 20, 2016.
A Cordele man recently caught a longnose gar from the Flint River that would have eclipsed the sportfishing world record, had it been weighed on certified scales. The 5-foot, 7 1/4-inch long fish was caught by Jerry Pheil of Cordele. Jerry said that on the morning of February 25 he was fishing in the Flint…
Other Fish Recipes
Freeze in Cool Whip bowls for a great, quick microwave meal. Any boiled fish, flaked 1/4 stick butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 small onion, diced 1 bell pepper, diced 1 garlic clove, minced 3 ounces tomato sauce 2 cups fish stock 2 teaspoons Cajun Seasoning 1 beer 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 cup heavy cream…
Don’t laugh. The freshwater drum is a close relative to the saltwater redfish, which is considered a delicacy. I tried this and told everyone it was redfish, and everybody thought it was pretty danged good! 2 lbs. drum filets 2 qts. peanut oil for frying 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp salt…