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Fishing

Sportsmen Step Up To Clean Chattahoochee WMA

Trash and litter left or dumped on any piece of property is a problem, and when it’s on otherwise beautiful public land in the north Georgia mountains, leave it to sportsmen to step up and take action. Kyle DeLaigle, of Homer, and 10 other good Samaritan’s — Eddie DeLaigle, Jeremy Brooks, Tracy Worsham, Wes Garrett,…

Wheelchair Hunter Takes Big Buck From Union County

Will Arrant, of Blairsville, took down a Union County 10-pointer, his biggest buck to date, the evening of Oct. 19. Hunting is one of his favorite hobbies, despite the fact that Will is in a wheelchair. That evening, Will and a good friend, Randy Hooper, went to a some leased private land where they had…

Big-Stick Stripers On Top at Nottely

“Bum bum bum bum bum bum,” went the unwavering staccato drumbeat of the sawed-off wooden curtain rod that Jeremy Seabolt tap-tap-tapped off the floor of his 238 skiff. He was hunkered down on his driver’s perch intently watching his digital reconnaissance on his graph as he drummed. If you want to catch stripers at Nottely,…

WRD Area Manager Helps Capture Thieves

On most days, Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) Area Manager Eric Wood can be found watching over Coopers Creek WMA southwest of Blairsville. But on Monday, Sept. 17, Eric’s trip home for lunch put him face-to-face with two area burglars. “I came home around 11:45 that morning and found two men in my driveway,” he…

Lake Winfield Scott 14-Pound Bass

Justin Dooley, of Rayle, could see the giant, 14-lb. largemouth suspended on the top of a log under the bridge at Lake Winfield Scott. This 18-acre lake is in Union County and is federally managed. While fishing from the bank, Justin was trying to get the big female to bite a six-inch, Texas-rigged Zoom worm…

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