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On Saturday, April 14, Don Durr, of Waycross, headed out to fish a small bass tournament on the St. Marys River, with high hopes that lady luck might bring a little good fortune his way. As he backed his 17 1/2-foot Tracker boat in the water a little after 6 a.m., he had no idea…
The crappie weren’t exactly tearing it up at Lake Blackshear Saturday, April 13, 2019, but one bite saved the day for Casey Tanner, of Douglas. Casey caught a black crappie certified at 3-lbs., 9.28-ozs., which sets a new Blackshear lake record by less than an ounce. “I got there that morning and caught a few…
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is pleased to recognize the Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division as its 2019 Agency of the Year. “Agencies that received our award in the past boast a record of innovative and progressive deer management, initiating positive change through regulation and hunter involvement,” said Matt Ross, QDMA’s Assistant Director of…
Efforts continue in 2019 to improve largemouth bass populations at West Point Lake. Georgia DNR, through its Fisheries Section of the Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), hopes to boost the number of largemouth bass in West Point Lake. The DNR has already stocked more than 350,000 bass fingerlings this year, and a different approach is being…
Lake Lanier was clear with water temperatures in the mid 60s. The spotted bass are chasing bait in the mornings off of rocky points. We were catching these fish on flukes on tournament day, but in practice we were catching them on walking topwater baits. We were sitting in the 35 to 42 feet of…
Randy Massie, of Cumming, did what not a lot of public-land turkey hunters have done. He swapped his man card for a pink Barbie bicycle and rode 2.9 miles into Dawson Forest WMA. But you know what that joker did? He rolled a gobbler less than five minutes after fly-down time. Props. Man card returned.…
Clayton Faircloth, of Milledgeville, submitted a video and photos of a largemouth he caught from the Oconee River that very well could have broken the river record had it been weighed on certified scales. The current Oconee River (below Sinclair dam) largemouth record weighs 10-lbs., 3.2-ozs. and was caught in 2017 by Tracey Jackson. On…
Sinclair: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 70-72 degrees. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Joshua Rockefeller reports, “The fish are starting to move on the shad spawn. We caught several decent fish Saturday (April 13) on a Buckeye Lures spinnerbait fishing along the deeper seawalls in the rivers. The water is muddy in some places and…
Out of the gloom, a large, scaly creature materialized at the water surface in the transition zone where a bubble of light merged into clutching darkness. Suddenly, a heavy barbed projectile flashed through the thick, humid air, smacking into the beast. Water churned as it went through its death throes. Another very large carp met…
We’ve had some interesting comments of late. The annual Rate Your Deer Season and VOTES survey always encourages the GON community to let each other know how we’re feeling about important issues. Again this year, many took us up on that. One email in particular stood out, and not in a good way. It was…
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