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Fishing
Blackshear: Level: Full pool. Temp: Mid to high 70s. Clarity: Light stain. Crappie: Rusty Parker reports, “It seems like the crappie are feast or famine lately. Most of the reports I am getting lately have been that the crappie are biting great and the spawn is just about over with. For the past couple of weeks,…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.1 feet below full pool. Temp: Low 70s. Clarity: Some stain. Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson reports, “The bass spawned early here. We saw bass guarding fry the first week of April. The best thing going now is throwing Trick Worms around boat docks and along the seawalls. It’s pretty tough right…
Allatoona: Level: Full pool. Temp: 73 degrees. Clarity: Very clear. Bass: Tournament angler Matt Driver reports, “Fishing is great. The month of May is a very fun time on Lake Allatoona. With most bass coming off the bed, we get into the postspawn time of year. Fish are looking to eat after being on the…
Well, we are officially on the other side of the hill now. The downhill slide. The second half of the season. Since I tagged out last weekend, I spent a couple of days this week trying to help some other people get a bird. My good friend, Lee Baird, of Putnam County, and I went…
I can’t think of anything outside of Six Flags that puts you on a roller coaster more than turkey hunting. Emotionally and physically, it will test you like nothing else. That’s how it’s been for me this season, and I really didn’t expect anything less. While Week 3 was winding down, so were my chances…
Lake Juliette, just a few miles north of Macon, in Monroe County, is one of those great lakes that I really like to striper fish. When you find a school of hungry stripers, you can limit out pretty quickly, but they are like roaming cows on a 3,600-acre pasture, and the clear water can make…
There’s still $14,000 worth of largemouth bass swimming around Lake Jackson right now. Sound too good to be true? Larry Cason, of Newborn, will tell you it’s true. Less than two weeks ago, he found himself $5,000 richer after catching a Lake Jackson bucketmouth. It’s been about a dozen years since Bobby Berry began what is called the “Hawg Pot”…
Mason Tompkins, 11, of Milledgeville, had the catch of the day with his 46-lb. Lake Nottely striper on April 9. Mason was fishing with his parents Tim and Dawn, his 8-year-old brother Kolby and Jeremy Seabolt, who runs a guide service on Lake Nottely. “We were trolling freelines,” said Jeremy. “The fish hit in open water…
The GON Outdoor Blast is thrilled to announce that Mountain Man Beard is joining the 2017 Blast Bargains campaign and will be offering their products at a very substantial discounted price during the show. Blast Bargains is a special part of the three-day Outdoor Blast—we’re bringing pre-season deals back to hunting shows. Outdoor Blast vendors will…
Trout fishing in Georgia takes many shapes—from the methods used by trout anglers to the sites where those fishermen put those tactics in play. From world-class destinations to simple fishing venues, trout fishermen across north Georgia display a wide range of skill, focus and intent across waters that range from powerful tailwater flows to small…
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