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Fishing
GON was well represented at DNR’s public input meeting for Georgia’s next deer management plan that was held at the Civic Center in Gainesville yesterday, March 7. This meeting followed others in Statesboro and Jackson and was the final opportunity for in-person input on the next statewide deer management plan that will guide deer hunting…
When a suburban buck takes on legendary status, hunters from miles around spend every waking hour trying to figure out a way to get permission from landowners to hunt him. You must admit that Levi Sullens’ approach to get permission was unique. He got his foot in the door by not offering cash, but chicken…
Ryan Locke was named DNR’s 2020 Game Warden of the Year. Locke is assigned to one of the busiest lakes in the nation as the Boating Safety Officer on Lake Lanier. Away from the lake, he investigated a poaching case and gathered enough evidence to identify 63 violations on seven different poachers. The violations included…
If you have visions of big spotted bass smashing topwater plugs, and you’d like to make those visions a reality, head to Lake Lanier this month. The Lanier spots stack up on brushpiles on points and humps, and these mean and feisty bass will rocket to the top to smash topwater lures most days. And…
By Briana Gerrin I began my morning going to meet my dad for our usual Saturday morning hunt. We loaded up the truck carrying the same 30-30 Marlin rifle my dad shot his first deer with in 1984. This same gun was stolen along with every gun Dad owned in 1997. In 2013, Dad got a…
Week 15 North (Dec. 19-25) 1. Briana Gerrin (l), Hall Co. 131 6/8 2. Grace Seay (y) (l), Coweta Co. 110 6/8 3. Abe Loggins, Banks Co. 95 0/8 4. David White (pl) (m), West Point WMA 93 4/8 Week 15 South 1. Patrick Brown, Thomas Co. 151 7/8 2. Drinda Lancaster (l), Stewart…
Tristan Thomas and Dakota Crumley from Georgia’s East Hall High School pulled off an unforgettable fishing tournament win on Sept. 26. The pair pulled out a first-place finish in the one-day tournament with a five-fish limit that weighed 12-lbs., 3-ozs. during FLW’s Student Angler Federation Southeastern Conference Championship tournament. They barely edged past two high-school…
Jared Wagoner, of Cumming, reeled in what most anglers would consider a catch of a lifetime July 4th weekend—a new lake-record flathead catfish of almost 35 pounds. But Jared feels there are many more larger flatheads in Lake Lanier. Jared and friends fished Thursday night, July 2, for roughly two hours, and they caught six…
Northeast Georgia’s Lake Lanier is one of the premier lakes for striped bass fishing in the Southeast, and June is a great month to catch your limit of these hard-fighting fish. June is a transition month for striped bass as they move from their late-spring shallow-water pattern to their summer deep-water pattern. Typically, June starts…
Want to catch some magnum spots this month? Or maybe you prefer to catch lots of keeper-size spots, still with a chance of a big one. No matter which you prefer, head to Lanier right now. You can choose from a variety of patterns that can produce a huge spotted bass or great numbers of…
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