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Fishing
January weather here in Georgia often makes bass fishermen dream of a trip to Florida. But you donat Lake Seminole. There the bass fishing is often way ahead of the rest of our state. Seminole is a shallow, flat lake with lots of grass and channels snaking through spawning flats. There are stumps and standing…
Seminole: Level: 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Jack Wingate said crankbaits are the thing on Seminole right now. “We had a boat go out on December 20, and he caught nine bass on crankbaits, including two over six pounds,” Jack said. Throw crankbaits around grass lines. The Mann’s Deep…
In south Georgia, the month of March can take on many different faces. One day shows signs of beautiful, spring-like weather. The next day, you will swear we are still in the firm grasp of “Old Man Winter.” All things considered, one thing is for sure: March is a month of change. The days are…
Lake Seminole is a sprawling impoundment located in the extreme southwest corner of the state, covering more than 38,000 surface acres at full pool. The lake was formed when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed Woodruff Dam just south of the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers. In addition, it has two other…
“Come here to your sweet daddy!” Jack Wingate cackled as he swung the bream into the boat. “You are going into the Crisco!” he announced to the fish, as he unhooked the popping bug from its mouth. The mayflies are hatching on Lake Seminole and some of the most fun fishing of the summer has…
Twenty five years after fishing in the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society’s (BASS) first tournament, the late Jack Wingate, the legend from Lake Seminole, returned to Springdale, Ark. and Beaver Lake to fish the Bassmaster 25th Anniversary tournament. Jack was among 19 of the 106 anglers who fished the premier tournament who also participated in the…
As far as GON knows, this is the only photo there has ever been of the lake record largemouth for Lake Seminole. The fortunate angler was Charles Tyson, and his record-setting bucketmouth weighed 16-lbs., 4-ozs. and was caught May 23, 1961. If anyone knows the Tyson family or has access to additional photos, we’d like…
“Man, I love to catch them ole fish on topwater. You know the old timers didn’t fish with any of this underwater business. Except for a Hawaiian Wiggler, all they used were topwater baits. When you heard one of them say he ‘got a rise,’ that’s exactly what he meant. The fish had to rise…
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