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Fishing
Blue Ridge: Level: 2.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 76-78 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Welch reports, “The lake is starting to drop, and the temp is, too. The first couple of hours in the morning you can target breaking fish around Morganton Point and around the flats and points on the main body.…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.2 feet below full pool. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: Creeks have some color; river is clear. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “In October, you can pretty much fish topwater all day. Most people will fish buzzbaits, but I like a Whopper Plopper topwater plug. A lot of people fish walking baits,…
Allatoona: Level: 2.2 feet low. Temp: 76 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing in the month of October is really good. Even in late September, we started seeing schooling activity. Plenty of fish to be caught on the Spro McStick and Duo Realis Spinbait. This month, the creeks, bluffs and the…
Turkey hunters are a passionate bunch, especially in light of a number of years of poor hatches that have resulted in lower bird numbers. Now is the time for that passionate bunch to speak out. WRD just rolled out their draft on the “Strategic Management Plan for Wild Turkeys In Georgia (2017-2026).” “This long-term strategic…
Thomas Lamb, of Americus, killed a buck in Sumter County on Sept. 15 that could end up being a new county bow record. The symmetrical 10-pointer grossed 153 6/8 inches and netted 149, only 1/8 of an inch from the current No. 1 bow buck. In July, Thomas and his friend, Hilton, put out corn…
My partner and I have owned 460 acres in Crawford County on the Flint River since 1994. Our largest buck to date has been a 138-inch buck that had 20 inches in deductions for symmetry, so it netted 118 points. So, no real shooters in all that time, and I have always used the deer season…
Recent congressional steps were taken that could eventually bring some relaxed seasons and better bag limits for Georgia’s recreational offshore anglers. The goal would be to allow more flexibility to the federal folks when setting recreational seasons and bag limits for species like red snapper, grouper and cobia. Several saltwater fishing leaders, including Spud Woodward,…
When George Perry caught his immortal world record 22-lb., 4-oz. largemouth in a backwater slough near Montgomery Lake in Telfair County on June 2, 1932, he unwittingly caused Nickie Rich and a handful of other singular Georgia bass anglers a great disservice. By setting such an imposing and seemingly unbeatable record, many of the exceptional…
The 2016 rut was just getting underway, but for Carl Higgenbottom, the season was already off to a rough start. Carl’s truck had broken down two days before, but, fortunately, his friend Tony Langley agreed to stop by early that Sunday morning and give him a ride to their hunting land in Haralson County. Carl…
Sinclair offers you many bass-fishing choices in September. If you like probing deep, main-channel point ledges for bass in current, Sinclair is a good choice this month. Meanwhile, you can also catch bass shallow around docks and find some feeding on bream in pockets around grass and wood. Sinclair is an old Georgia Power lake…
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