Posts by Kevin Dallmier
Catch The Coosa River Striped Bass Run
Storm clouds were gathering, and across the state line in Alabama a tornado warning was in effect and headed toward Georgia — the makings of what promised to be a stormy, early spring evening. Striper guide Cy Grajcar and I had waited for weeks to take our trip to the Coosa River in search of…
Read MoreFish With the Wind To Catch Blue Ridge Smallmouths
The winds of change are blowing at Blue Ridge Lake, and all it takes to put together a mixed-bag string of hefty smallmouth bass, spots and large- mouths is to let the wind take you to the fish. On an April morning, that’s exactly what north-Georgia angler Heath Pack, of Morganton, and I did, let…
Read MoreFish The Thickest Timber For Heath Lake Slabs
Spring crappie fishing is supposed to be as easy as falling off the proverbial log, right? Well, for a few glorious weeks on Heath Lake at Rocky Mountain Recreation and Public Fishing Area (PFA), it is. When the crappie move into the lake’s shallow timber coves to spawn, catching them is as easy as casting…
Read MoreHow To Catch Carp European Style
What if I told you that right here in Georgia you can almost be guaranteed a 10-lb. fish every time you go fishing. After you say “yeah, right” the next thing I might tell you is while not guaranteed, a 20-pounder ought to come every couple of trips, and at least once every season you…
Read MoreFollowing The Bass Spawn At Lake Weiss
The hardwood ridges of north Alabama were still brown, but the Bradford pears blooming around valley homes were a sure sign that spring had sprung. A day of fishing on Alabama Power’s Lake Weiss was in store, and with spring on the way, the hope was to find some prespawn bass. By mid April the…
Read MoreFind Old Wood And Spawning Slabs At Weiss
It’s nearly spring, and springtime means crappie. There is no better time of year to catch slab crappie, and there is no better place in the Southeast to do it than Alabama’s Lake Weiss. This 30,000-acre Alabama Power impoundment spans the Georgia-Alabama border on the Coosa River. Although the lake spills into two states, all…
Read MoreJuly Stripers At Weiss With Live Bait On Ledges
No sound is music to the striper fisherman’s ears like an Ambassadeur 6000’s baitclicker sounding off. Your heart jumps in your throat and anticipation mounts as the first few slow “click, click, click” signals the fun is about to begin. When the sound changes to a loud, raucous “clikikikikikikikikikikikik” it is the ringside bell signaling…
Read MoreRocky Mountain PFA QFA: Quality Fishing Management
One of the best things Georgia anglers have going for us is variety. No matter what species is your passion, you can probably find a good place to fish for it in Georgia. Even better, for certain species, different bodies of water offer different opportunities. Want big fish? Go to Lake Catchabiggun. Want lots of…
Read MoreMay Bass In The Weiss Grass
They say the best laid plans of mice and men (and bass fishermen) often go astray. Such was the case when Frank Cobb and I decided to get an early taste of Lake Weiss’s famous springtime weedbed bassin’. In the only stroke of good fortune we encountered, after an initial batten’ down the hatches forecast…
Read MoreCoosa River Spring Striped Bass
Some Georgia anglers are fortunate enough to get in on one of the annual fishing rites of passage, the spring white-bass run. During this wonderful season, hard-fighting white bass are plentiful and easy to catch. Okay, take that fishing experience and multiply it by 100, and you have what northwest Georgia anglers have. Not only…
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