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Blue Ridge: Level: 4.8 feet above full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Eric Crowley reports, “Pretty standard summer pattern for this lake. Spots and largemouth seem to be holding in 25 to 40 feet of water upriver on submerged structure like roadbeds, rocky points, fish attractors and bends. They are holding tight to…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: 84-86 degrees. Clarity: Creeks have a good stain; river is clear. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “My advice is to go early. You can catch a few bass at daylight on topwater on a Spro Poppin Frog, but it doesn’t last long. I caught four…
Allatoona: Level: 0.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 84-85 degrees. Clarity: Visibility 6 feet. Linesides: Guide Robert Eidson reports, “Allatoona lineside fishing is great! The full moon phase has passed, and the bite is back on. The downline bite is nothing short of incredible. The south end of the lake is the place to be…
Sitting on a dove field in early September waiting on the first doves to fly in has a certain appeal to it, despite boiling hot Georgia temperatures. Dove hunting, one of Georgia’s greatest hunting traditions, kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 2. With it, fields that were prepared in the spring will be filled with hunters…
Browning Footwear, which is returning to the market with force, has announced the arrival of the signature boot in its new hunting line, the Buck Shadow. Browning describes the Buck Shadow as, “Our signature big game hunting boot with a lightweight construction and welded overlays. The Buck Shadow is built for spot-and-stalk hunting in demanding…
Don’t laugh. The freshwater drum is a close relative to the saltwater redfish, which is considered a delicacy. I tried this and told everyone it was redfish, and everybody thought it was pretty danged good! 2 lbs. drum filets 2 qts. peanut oil for frying 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp salt…
By John Seginak and Brandon Adams The big doe and her two fawns were bedded in a thick privet patch on the very edge of a large beaver swamp. A thunderstorm had rolled through earlier, and now at sunset the heat and humidity were almost unbearable. It was early September, 2010, and if the damp,…
For the first time in Georgia’s rich hunting history, a competition is being held to encourage licensed hunters to carry someone new to the woods. We are excited to roll out the inaugural “Georgia Mentor Competition” this year. The competition will run Aug. 15, 2017—May 15, 2018, and we will be selecting and awarding prizes…
Personally and professionally I have taken people of all ages hunting. However, one of my most rewarding experiences was when I was mentoring an adult from an urbanized background in our Field to Fork program last year. Evan Stout, an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, and I were 20 feet up a cedar…
An avid Chambers County, Alabama fisherman was killed on Bartletts Ferry Lake on Friday night, July 21, after being struck by lightning, authorities said. There were four others in the boat at the time of the lightning strike. Two required medical attention for minor injuries, and two others did not. Those who were not injured…
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