Posts by Roy Kellett
Finesse Cranking For Blue Ridge Smallmouth
What is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and is able to leap several feet out of the water with a single bound? If you guessed Superman, thanks for playing. Enjoy your parting gifts. What I’m talking about is a Georgia fishing treasure: the smallmouth bass. A largemouth is a sneak…
Read MoreLake Allatoona Wintertime Lineside Frenzy
Like many Georgians, I have been fishing as long as I can remember. Heck, my grandfather was king of the pay-lake catfishermen as far as I knew. I have been blessed with good friends and an experimental streak of my own, allowing me to discover the joys of catching everything from redbreasts to redfish with…
Read MoreBullseye Crappie At Lake Jackson
April is the time of year to be on Georgia’s lakes in search of slab-sized crappie. The fish can be caught using a variety of methods including trolling with minnows, pitching jigs to brush or even fishing bridge pilings. However, if you crappie fish any Georgia reservoir, especially those with lots of docks, shooting jigs…
Read MoreSaving Georgia’s Quail
When my best friend and I were just a couple of years out of college, one of our favorite pastimes, outside of hunting and fishing, was talking to old men. Their stories were timeless. Real-life memories of what life was like in our town when they were young were fascinating, and hunting stories were particularly…
Read MoreApril Bass At Rocky Mountain PFA
Only minutes before, Steve Marchant had his first bite of the day, but the bass shook loose Steve’s crankbait about halfway to the boat. Now we were fishing a rockpile, the top of which was visible just below the surface of the water of Antioch Lake at Rocky Mountain PF A in Floyd County. Steve…
Read MoreCranking, Jerking And Spinning For Lanier Spotted Bass
Wouldn’t it be nice if the weather was always great when we planned to go fishing? Most times of the year it is, but in the late winter and early spring, it seems like we get a few warm, beautiful days followed with intermittent cold fronts that sew shut the mouths of every bass on…
Read MoreFinesse Cranking For Blue Ridge Smallmouth
What is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and is able to leap several feet out of the water with a single bound? If you guessed Superman, thanks for playing. Enjoy your parting gifts. What I’m talking about is a Georgia fishing treasure: the smallmouth bass. A largemouth is a sneak…
Read MoreCarters February Bass Blast
It was a Friday in January that felt for all the world like a Friday in April. However, in just a few hours, a bad-looking storm that had barrelled through the Great Plains was supposed to rip across Georgia, bringing heavy rains, cold temperatures, gale-force winds and a chance of snow with it. This is…
Read MoreGolden Rules For Varner Bass
I remember the planning meeting when the GON editorial staff was sitting around a table deciding which lakes to hit in February. Brad Gill, the in-house Lake Varner expert said, “February is the time to go roll a big un.” I was pleased to draw such a plum assignment because I had never had the…
Read MoreAllatoona’s Shallow January Spotted Bass
The day on Lake Allatoona was perfectly suited for duck hunting. A storm had dumped two inches of rain across much of the state for the previous day and a half, and the low, slate-gray clouds overhead continued to open intermittently during the trip. The weatherman had predicted temperatures in the 40s, but I must…
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