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Fishing
Tap, tap! The underwater thumps on my little plastic 4-inch offering resonated down the graphite rod to my hand. I pointed the rod tip to the water, took up the dip in the line, and drove the thin-wired, razor sharp 1/0 Gamakatsu home. Shortly after crossing his eyes, and sharp as a ray of sunshine…
At 3 a.m. I was receiving my boat instructions to ensure a safe journey 65 miles east to the blue waters of the Gulf Stream. “Get comfortable. We have a four-hour ride,” said Capt. Ryan Howard. Ryan would be our captain aboard the 31-foot Crap Shoot, a Custom Carolina boat made by Clem Willis that…
When Brian Lee, of Covington, announced to me as day was breaking on Feb. 7 that we’d be running up the rivers that feed into Lake Jackson to look for a bass bite, I was thrilled. I wasn’t sure if there was a bite going on, but I didn’t care at the moment. I was…
About 50 teenaged girls from all over the country recently visited Old Hudson Plantation in Sparta to get some hands-on experience with shooting sporting clays. “This is one event that I wouldn’t miss,” said Ron Hess, of Putnam County, who volunteered as a shooting instructor for the afternoon. The unique event was facilitated by TeenPact,…
Blake Jeffers offers a great video tour of all the GON Outdoor Blast has to offer. See some of the great vendors, events like the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out and Duck Calling Contest, go along for a Chevy Ride and Drive. Blake even gives the Kids Zone a whirl on a bucking bull. Also see the raptors…
If you happen to find yourself in a boat just off the barrier islands this month, don’t be surprised to see big silver fish blasting bait out of the water. And while our ocean waters are known for a healthy shark population, that’s not what I’m talking about in this case. What you are very…
Paradise PFA located just outside of Tifton offers up some of the best bass fishing in the state this month. With 68 lakes and ponds totaling 525 acres of water, the fishing possibilities are endless. And, you can bet as temperatures plummet and we get hammered by cold front after cold front, the fish will…
The waters along the southeast Georgia coast have long been known as having a large shark population. While this information is daunting to some, for others, it represents the most accessible large-fish angling opportunity within easy driving distance. “Lots of people come to southeast Georgia just to fish for sharks,” said Justin Bjorneby, of Darien.…
Thirty yards ahead of me in the pitch black of a moonless March night stood Josh Watts, of Clarkesville, and his lifelong buddy Kyle Rogers, of Cleveland. They were standing in a massive, freshly planted Lee County cornfield, and they were hog hunting. Before them were three pods of hogs numbering 12 to 25 head…
There are five things this article is going to do for you. And improving on an increasing trend here at GON, this article will be enhanced with supporting video. This article is about catching stripers on Lake Lanier in March. Much of what you find here applies in one way or another to stripers in…
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