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Georgia Kayak Tournament Anglers Deal With High, Muddy Waters

The kayak tournament season has been underway for the past six weeks. Most all the clubs have had two events, so let’s get you all caught up on what’s been happening this season. Jan. 26, Hard Labor Creek Reservoir: Peach State Kayak Anglers (PSKA) held the first event of the kayak tournament season at Hard Labor Creek Reservoir.…

Miller County Buck Is New All-Time County Record

It’s official, Miller County has a new whitetail record. Jason Cox, 42, of Colquitt, harvested a massive 10-pointer in December. The rack was recently measured by an official Boone & Crockett scorer and netted 160 1/8 to top the existing record.  The long-standing Miller County record was Trey Trawick’s 1994 buck that netted 158 even. Jason…

All New SPRO Wameku Shad 70

Kennesaw, Georgia – The brainchild of tournament angler Shin Fukae, the SPRO Wameku Shad 70, is THE bait you’ll want to reach for when bass are moving towards the shallows during the pre-spawn. The Wameku Shad 70 is designed to wake up lethargic bass thinking about spawning, but too cold to get serious about it.…

Youth, Mobility-Impaired Turkey Hunters Hit The Georgia Woods For 2020 Opener

While the statewide turkey hunting season opens March 21, youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have an early chance to harvest a bird during the special opportunity turkey season on March 14-15, 2020, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. This weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16…

Bass Fishing Now A Sanctioned High School Sport In Georgia

High school bass fishing is now a sanctioned high school sport in Georgia, with a four-event season starting next January and a state championship offered to high school fishing teams during the 2020-2021 school year. On March 4, FLW, The Bass Federation (TBF) and the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) announced that Georgia has become…

Lazaretto Creek Ramp In Chatham County Get Improvements

Federal, state, and local partners last week enhanced the fixed and floating docks at Fort Pulaski’s Lazaretto Creek Boat Ramp in Chatham County. Lazaretto Creek boat ramp on the south side of U.S. Highway 80 was improved in a partnership between the Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Chatham County, and the…

Plotmaster Systems Introduces The New Hunter 500

Wrightsville, GA – The customer spoke and we listened!! You all wanted a heavy duty 5′ foot wide Plotmaster unit that could be pulled with the growing population of small less than 40 hp compact tractors as well as a product that could be used with their larger 4WD UTV’s (700 cc or larger). With…

A Duck Hunter’s Time Out

It is no secret that I love duck hunting. I love my wife and my two wonderful children, but the love of duck hunting causes a man to do some pretty strange things. When my wife asks me a question, I’ll often answer with a duck call. I threw my shoulder out throwing a decoy…

Project WINGS: Incentives For Wildlife Habitat Utility Right-of-Ways

Project WINGS (Wildlife Incentives for Nongame and Game Species) is a unique program designed to create new wildlife lands along gas and electrical transmission lines. Offering cash grants and professional wildlife management advice to landowners, WINGS is committed to rights-of-way brush control and habitat improvement. Electric and gas utility transmission lines span thousands of acres…

Spin John 80 Debuts as SPRO Spy Bait

Kennesaw, Georgia – “Spy baits were invented in Japan where anglers regularly fished in ultra-clear water for heavily pressured bass, but fish that are still relatively active,” said tournament angler and lure designer John Crews. “Spy baits generally have a smaller, heavy body that rocks hard when falling or on a slow retrieve. Props facilitate…

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