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Fishing Reports
It ain’t quite over, but we’re about to put a period on another Georgia deer season. For us at GON, by the end of November it feels like our deer season might last forever. Then one day you look up, and the Truck-Buck entries stop coming in, and so do the emails and phone calls…
Lake Sinclair bass are on their winter pattern. Many fish spend idle time in deep water, but they move up shallow to feed around rocks and wood. They will hit while holding deep, too, so you have many options of where and how to fish this month. Lake Sinclair has been on fire for big…
This recipe is from outdoor writer John Phillips and his wife Denise’s cookbook: “The Best Wild Game and Seafood Cookbook Ever.” The stew sounds easy to fix and yummy and perfect for a cold January night. 1 can tomato soup 1 can condensed beef broth 1/2 cup water 2 lbs. venison stew meat 1 can…
Currently, the state’s waterfowl season must end on the last Sunday in January. This results in a floating ending date between Jan. 25-31. However, beginning with the 2019-20 duck hunting season, Georgia will be able to select season dates that can end on a fixed date of Jan. 31. This would result in the last…
Mentor Background O.J. Greene: Started hunting in 2012 and is president of a quality-managed deer club with seven members on 465 acres. He is primarily an archery deer hunter. Mentee Background Mark Watson, 35, works in upper education and is not originally from Georgia. He is an avid squirrel hunter but had never been deer…
A Spartanburg, S.C. teenager caught a largemouth bass the day after Christmas that will stand as the family’s personal best. In a story released last week from lakerecord.net, the bass reportedly weighed 18 pounds on a Moultrie scale, one used more commonly for weighing deer. Hayden Lee, 16, was on a hunting trip outside…
Larry Davie, of Waycross, went to check his hog trap and found six dead hogs in the trap, torn to pieces. “Glad I had the trail camera on the trap,” said Larry. Otherwise, he might not have known for sure what occurred on the Ware County hunting property. In the final trail-cam picture in a…
One of the favorite hunting books around the GON office over the past several years has been Duncan Dobie’s “Dawn of American Deer Hunting.” Duncan’s compilation of historic deer hunting photos was also popular with other folks, enough so that Duncan has authored another version. If you enjoyed Volume I, you’ll love Volume II of…
West Point: Level: 7.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 50s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Fair. Guide Keith Hudson reports, “Fishing has been a bit of a roller coaster so far this fall and winter. Up and down water temps, up and down lake levels, clear to muddy water, wind or no wind, generating and not generating—all…
Weiss: Level: 3.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 40s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Guide and tournament angler Capt. Mike Carter reports, “Weiss Lake should be working its way down to its winter pool level, but with all of the recent rains we’ve had, it will go down a couple of feet then back up again. With these…
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