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Fishing
Oliver: Level: 337. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan won an Oliver tournament at the end of April with five spots weighing 13 pounds. He said to fish balls of fry in sloughs with a wacky-rigged Senko for fry guarders. Fish a buzzbait around seawalls near the mouths of spawning sloughs…
Blue Ridge: Level: 2.2 feet below 1686. Temp: 69-72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Eric Welch, of Welch’s Guide Service, reports, “Fishing is good. The spawn is pretty much over. We’re in postspawn now, and the bass are starting to feed up. You will find bass guarding fry around docks and lay downs. It’s a good time to…
Oconee: Level: 0.1 feet below 435. Temp: 72-74 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Nick Knapp, with Elite Guide Service, reports, “May is a great month for largemouth fishing on Oconee. The beginning of the month I like to fish rocks and docks in Lick Creek with a 1/2-oz. white spinnerbait. This can produce big bites…
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There I was sitting on a park bench getting a little Vitamin D sunshine during a lunch break at the tail end of another magazine deadline. Survived another one. Deadline week causes a bit of angst and stress in my house. Not that any of y’all are counting, and neither was I, but a…
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It began more than a decade ago as coyotes had spread across Georgia, and this non-native, invasive species was showing up on trail cameras with fawns and turkeys in their mouths. What could GON do? A contest that’s super easy to navigate was the result. All that’s needed to enter is a dead coyote in…
I normally write fishing and hunting articles in this publication, but I’m meandering off the proverbial beaten path with this piece. It’s only fitting that as I sit down to write this piece, our (really) mean rooster, Darryl, is directly outside of my office window to my right, crowing like his life depends on it.…
The largest and possibly most remote wild lands in Georgia lie within the Cohutta Wilderness. Located in the northwest part of the state in Fannin and Murray counties, this designated Wilderness Area on Chattahoochee National Forest property comprises 36,977 acres and is managed as the Cohutta Wildlife Management Area (WMA), which totals 96,583 acres. Cohutta…
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