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Over the last few years, the jig-and-minnow technique has taken the bass fishing world by storm. Coupled with the latest forward-facing sonar (FFS), and this is an incredibly effective technique on just about any body of water. Since the release of FFS, social media has been riddled with conflicting opinions from anglers who either think…
The lure floated dreamily down into less than a foot of water, drops spraying the lake’s grassy edge. The cast appeared almost too good to be true; and as every bass fisherman has experienced—it was. Twenty feet back toward the boat, the line draped squarely over a partially submerged stump, sickly 3-foot limbs sprouting just…
May is just about as good as it gets when it comes to river fishing in Georgia. This is the month when all the pieces finally come together, as we transition out of spring and into the warmer weather, but before the flat-out scorching-hot days that lie ahead. The Canoochee River has quickly moved up…
Largemouth bass staging on creek ledges… bass feeding on bedding bream… bass hunting for the tail-end of the shad spawn… and bass eating bream around mayfly hatches. The choices for bass fishing on Lake Eufaula during the postspawn period in May are wide and varied. Walter F. George Reservoir, Lake Eufaula to most fishermen, is…
I normally write fishing and hunting articles in this publication, but I’m meandering off the proverbial beaten path with this piece. It’s only fitting that as I sit down to write this piece, our (really) mean rooster, Darryl, is directly outside of my office window to my right, crowing like his life depends on it.…
The largest and possibly most remote wild lands in Georgia lie within the Cohutta Wilderness. Located in the northwest part of the state in Fannin and Murray counties, this designated Wilderness Area on Chattahoochee National Forest property comprises 36,977 acres and is managed as the Cohutta Wildlife Management Area (WMA), which totals 96,583 acres. Cohutta…
Charlie had just come to full draw with her recurve and released a practice arrow at the paper turkey target 15 yards away when it happened. At the exact same time her arrow hit the target, a real live turkey let loose with a spine-tingling double-gobble. She was practicing out back behind the Home Place.…
The first time I ever heard a turkey gobble from the back deck of my house was a cold, winter morning. The bird wasn’t on my property, but he was easy to hear, and I began to dream of the day I might kill a bird on my own property. The problem was, or so…