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Fishing Reports
Springtime fishing is here. Bass are in all stages of the spawn. Early spawners are done and feeding up ahead of summer heat, and some species are just starting to spawn. Fun stuff, but sometimes difficult to pick a bite. If you pick right, it’s a blast! But if you don’t, then it could be…
Some might sit and stare, others might run and gun. That’s late April fishing on Lake Hartwell, and it’s what Tyler Campbell expects for the 2025 Whataburger Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. Competition days will be April 24-27 with daily takeoffs from Green Pond Landing at 7 a.m. ET and weigh-ins each day back at Green Pond…
Standing on an old logging road in a creek bottom, the bird gobbled 125 yards out. I found a wide-enough tree that matched my camo pattern and put my padded seat and gun down. I walked back 30 yards with my favorite, chalked-up box call and scratched out six, high-pitched yelps. The bird cut me…
Georgia has a new name in the freshwater fish state record books. Wesley Daniels, of Pearson, landed a tie to the current spotted sunfish state record with a 12-oz. fish caught on April 15 from the Suwannee River. Wesley’s 8 3/4-inch catch ties the previous state record of 12 ounces caught in 2024 by Jamie…
A two-vessel boat crash during the Major League Fishing (MLF) Tackle Warehouse Invitational tournament on Alabama’s Smith Lake resulted in three fatalities and injured three others. Killed were 58-year-old Joey Broom, of Altoona, Ala., 44-year-old John Clark, of Cullman, Ala., and 62-year-old Jeffrey Little, of Brandon, Mississippi, who were on the center-console boat fishing for…
Over the past 30 years the tackle industry has changed. And in my opinion… it’s not for the better. When I was a boy a Saturday morning trip to the bait shop with my grandpa meant pulling up to a little hole in the wall tackle store a half hour before sunrise, and walking inside…
Hartwell: Level: Full at 660. Temp: 62-64 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for some runoff in the creeks. The Potato Creek Bass Masters club fished a two-day tournament at Hartwell on Friday and Saturday. Raymond English won with 10 keepers that weighed 32.33 pounds. He had five at 21.41 on Friday, including a 5.77-lb. kicker. His…
Boater Jason Burroughs of Hodges, South Carolina, caught a five-bass limit weighing 20-lbs., 9-ozs. on Saturday to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Hartwell Presented by Suzuki Marine. The tournament, hosted by Visit Anderson, was the third event of the season for the BFL Savannah River Division. Burroughs…
The season is upon us with the itch of spring and all she brings puts an anxious bone in a man’s soul. Old Man Winter is slowly fading behind the scenes, but his few final curtain calls come with a bitter sting and a cold bite, leaving any early bloomer to perish. It’s a season…
The St. Marys River is all but on fire this week, and as long as you have enough gas in the tank to get there, I wouldn’t worry about having enough to come back home! All jokes aside, here’s a breakdown of where to go and what to throw this week on the blackwater. Focus…
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