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Fishing Reports
Chip’s Nation Pediatric Cancer Foundation will host the 3rd annual Hunting, Fishing, Praying for a Cure (HFPC) event on Feb. 23. This event is the foundation’s largest annual fundraiser, and the goal for HFPC 2019 is to raise $200,000 in one night. In August 2010, Chip Madren was a regular 13-year-old 7th grader who loved…
This is my new favorite venison dish! Makes ‘em call you a chef! 3 lbs. venison backstrap 6-oz. fresh blackberries 3/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar Juice & zest of one lemon salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pat backstrap dry with paper towels.…
This past weekend I took a weekend trip to Asheville. Driving through the curvy mountain roads gave me time to reflect on this past hunting season and what I wanted to accomplish this coming year. This past season I didn’t hunt as much as I wanted, due to work and school, as well as for…
West Point: Level: 6.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Predicting the fishing has been really tough so far this winter. Up and down water temps, lake levels, clear to muddy water, wind or no wind, generating and not generating—all of these varying conditions affect the bite. With the…
Weiss: Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide and tournament angler Capt. Mike Carter reports, “Weiss has been constantly changing water levels with all of the hard rains. With these constant changes, it can also make the fishing conditions a little tough. Still, this is the time of year that getting out…
Sinclair: Level:0.6 feet below full pool. Temp: High 40s to low 50s. Clarity: Stained to muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Tucker Sweat reports, “The bass fishing is tough, but if you come across the right area you can certainly catch a few in a hurry. The bass are abnormally shallow right now due to the recent rains around Lake…
Seminole: Level: 1.8 feet above full. Temp: 54 degrees. Clarity: Lots of stain. Bass: Guide Aaron Crews reports, “The temperature on the main lake varies due to rains and water released from the lakes upstream. Saunders Slough, Fish Pond Drain, Spooner Fields and Cypress Pond Drain areas are clear to slightly stained. These clearer areas have better grass, and most…
Saltwater: Inshore: Capt. David Newlin reports, “February is sheepshead time. We are catching sheepshead now and will catch them great through the next couple of months. Inshore and offshore drops will have sheepshead on them. A live fiddler crab is always the best bait. Catching a good day to go offshore in February can be tough. A…
Russell: Level: 0.3 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 50s and dropping. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Tournament angler Kerry Partain reports, “The water is finally clearing up on most the lake, and the temperature is dropping with the cooler weather coming in. The bass are really starting to bunch up with the baitfish and are feeding heavily a couple of…
Oconee: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid 40s. Clarity: Muddy from both the Oconee and Appalachee rivers down to Lick Creek. Stained from Lick Creek to the dam. Richland Creek is muddy for first 1/2 mile, then stained down to dam. Bass: GON’s Karl Pingry, a tournament angler, reports, “Brutally slow. Fishing has been tough with the heavy rains and…
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