Posts by John E. Phillips
Lake Weiss For June Crappie
Each year more than 500,000 anglers from all over the nation come to Weiss Lake, an Alabama Power hydroelectric lake known as “The Crappie Capital of the World.” Many of them come to catch some big, tasty slabs. June of this year marks the 58th year anniversary of the Weiss impoundment, and this lake today…
Read MorePublic Gobblers With National Champ Caller
Winning the most prestigious turkey calling contest against the nation’s best is a crowning feat for any competition caller. David Owens, of Acworth, earned the 2018 National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Senior Open Division title last year in Nashville during the NWTF’s 48th annual Convention and Sport Show. Combine that with another accomplishment that…
Read MorePredator Trapping For More Turkeys
Michael C. Johnson, of Plainfield in Dodge County, started trapping and harvesting predators about nine years ago to have more wildlife on his property. A paramedic instructor and an ambulance service supervisor, Michael is passionate about having the most wildlife possible on the 4,000 to 5,000 acres his friends and family either own or allow…
Read MoreEat A Bass?
There is a beautiful and basic concept in America, an interwoven web that involves hunting, fishing, proper management and a resulting bountiful and endlessly renewable resource. Are you missing out on part of your state’s natural resources by participating in catch-and-release bass fishing? Does your farm pond have a bunch of small bass and just…
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