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Shoal bass anglers gearing up to fish Yellow Jacket Shoals need to put the brakes on those thoughts. After hearing that new legislation designed to protect fishing access to navigable streams has passed its final step, some may have thought that section of the Flint River was back open to public access. Although Senate Bill…
Currently, anglers who fish the Yellow Jacket Shoals section of the Flint River without landowner permission are trespassing. The state of Georgia on March 23, 2023 settled a lawsuit brought by landowners along the banks of the Flint River at Yellow Jacket Shoals that appeared to resolve the long-simmering issue of whether the public could…
Do you remember your first buck? If you’re like many hunters, it was a cool November morning when an immature basket rack or spike stumbled out in front of you looking for a doe to chase. But for a very special group of hunters, like 21-year-old Bryce Spillers, of Thomaston, their first buck will likely…
The Conservation LE Corner is designed to highlight the efforts of Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division (LED) officers who, among their many duties, protect Georgia’s wildlife, sportsmen and natural resources from game-law violators. The following account is provided from DNR LED. Tattnall County: At about 8 a.m. on Sunday morning, Sept. 5, 2021 Ranger Jordan…
A conflict has brewed for more than 40 years between landowners of riverfront property on the Flint at Yellow Jacket Shoals and anglers who wade the beautiful area to fish for shoal bass. In the 1980s, a No Fishing sign was erected at the shoals, but it was not an edict ever enforced by DNR…
Anglers on the Flint River in the Yellow Jacket Shoals area recently might have seen No Fishing signs posted along the river. Apparently, a guide/outfitter is attempting to restrict access to the area by obtaining a lease from private landowners. Under Georgia law, navigable streams are those “capable of transporting boats loaded with freight in…
Week 3: Darrell Hudson, 147 0/8 typical County: Upson Date: Oct. 4 To know there’s a huge buck on your property, but you don’t hunt him for weeks because the wind is wrong— that takes resolve and patience many hunters just don’t possess. Darrell Hudson faced it last season. “I’ve been a longtime GON guy,”…
GON subscriber Tommy Lathem recently did a little more cleaning up at the hunting camp than he had anticipated after he took a shovel and a shotgun and killed 50 rattlesnakes in a small woodpile within just 10 feet of his clubhouse. “Every time you would move a board, there would be a baby snake…
GON subscriber Tommy Lathem recently did a little more cleaning up at the hunting camp than he had anticipated after he took a shovel and a shotgun and killed 50 rattlesnakes within just 10 feet of his clubhouse. Tommy, of Jasper, was not the first to arrive on Saturday, Aug. 31 at his 1,200-acre Upson…
Jeff Rooks, of Griffin, harvested a deer of a lifetime in Upson County on Nov. 12. The deer is a main-frame 10-pointer with 18 scoreable points. “I’ve never even seen a deer that big much less been fortunate enough to have one walk out in front of me,” said Jeff. Jeff said him and seven others lease…
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