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Clarks Hill: Level: 1.3 feet above full pool. Temp: Low 80s. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Good. Tournament fisherman Jon Hair reports, “It has been taking 15 to 18 pounds to win tournaments. Fish are being caught both deep and shallow. If you want to fish deep, stay around the 18- to 20-foot range, and throw Greenfish Tackle…
Carters: Level: 0.1 feet above full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear; 8-foot visibility. Bass: Good. Guide Louie Bartenfield reports, “The bite is good despite this crazy weather. We’re still able to count the number of 90-plus degree days on one hand. It’s raining every other day, but the fish are where they would normally…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Light stain.Bass: Tournament director Dennis Hudson said Bartletts Ferry has been a tough lake to crack all year, but one tournament team has finally found the secret. The only problem is that no one, it seems, can duplicate the success. “They are throwing…
Allatoona: Level: 0.6 feet above full pool. Temp: High 70s. Clarity: Clear.Bass: Tournament fisherman Matt Driver reports, “The month of September is good. Even though size has been down, the numbers of bass being caught are up from recent years. The drop-shot worm is still the best bet, and bass are holding in 12 to…
WRD Biologist Reggie Thackston gets a child-like grin on his face when you talk about good dog work and a south Georgia covey rise on a cold morning. Along with enjoying a good quail hunt, Reggie has been instrumental in the state’s success of its Bobwhite Quail Initiative program. He contacted GON a few weeks…
New Browning Game Cameras Browning has introduced a new line of multi-feature trail cameras that do about everything from HD video to telling the owner the time, date, temperature, moon phase and camera ID on every image. The Range Ops Series, the Recon Force Series and the Spec Ops Series have a 32 GB SD…
As the host team, there were expectations for Brad Rutherford and Matthew Peeler of Young Harris College to fish well on the mountain reservoir in the backyard of their college campus. The pair didn’t fold to the pressure, placing second at the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship tournament on Lake Chatuge Aug. 1-3. Brad…
It takes some competition duck callers years to win a major title and qualify for the World’s Championship in Stuttgart. Alex Ciraulo did it in the first year he was eligible. Alex, a 17-year-old from Buford, recently won the Georgia State Duck Calling Contest. In addition to joining an elite group of Georgia state champions,…
Each year, WRD works hard to plant public dove fields for Georgia hunters. The big question this year is how has all the rain affected these fields. In some cases the water has slowed cutting and burning. However, other fields are right on schedule and should have plenty of feed in the fields. The following…
I’m lucky to have access to some suburban wooded tracts in the outskirts of Atlanta. We all know about the quality of bucks holed up in these pockets and ribbons of woods. An oasis of wildlife habitat nestled between neighborhoods and businesses can hold a world-class buck. A couple years ago I began trying to…
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