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Fishing
If you’re a bream fisherman in Georgia, the month of May is as good as it gets. From the mountains up around Lake Blue Ridge to the humid rivers of south Georgia—and everywhere in between—the bream are biting right now. And whether you like drowning worms, dunking corks, twitching a popping bug, or pitching a…
Mix postspawn bass and blueback herring, and you can be in for a fast and furious bite. Lake Hartwell bass are mostly finished spawning by early May, and they are munching herring to recover from the stress of the spawn. Meanwhile, the herring make it easy for the bass because they are spawning, which concentrates…
When a lake or river record sits open, which means no angler has certified a weight on a particular species for that body of water, often GON will accept a weight as a benchmark. A 7 1/2-lb. largemouth bass caught from the Etowah River fits that bill. Eric Black, of Cartersville, holds the Etowah River…
Does your business cater to anglers, boaters and others that recreate on the lake? Now you can feature your business on GON’s Lake & River pages. Choose the lake or river that is best for your business, and your ad will appear every time that page is loaded. There’s limited availability on each page, so…
Lake Juliette, just a few miles north of Macon, in Monroe County, is one of those great lakes that I really like to striper fish. When you find a school of hungry stripers, you can limit out pretty quickly, but they are like roaming cows on a 3,600-acre pasture, and the clear water can make…
There’s still $14,000 worth of largemouth bass swimming around Lake Jackson right now. Sound too good to be true? Larry Cason, of Newborn, will tell you it’s true. Less than two weeks ago, he found himself $5,000 richer after catching a Lake Jackson bucketmouth. It’s been about a dozen years since Bobby Berry began what is called the “Hawg Pot”…
Mason Tompkins, 11, of Milledgeville, had the catch of the day with his 46-lb. Lake Nottely striper on April 9. Mason was fishing with his parents Tim and Dawn, his 8-year-old brother Kolby and Jeremy Seabolt, who runs a guide service on Lake Nottely. “We were trolling freelines,” said Jeremy. “The fish hit in open water…
Trout fishing in Georgia takes many shapes—from the methods used by trout anglers to the sites where those fishermen put those tactics in play. From world-class destinations to simple fishing venues, trout fishermen across north Georgia display a wide range of skill, focus and intent across waters that range from powerful tailwater flows to small…
We have all heard the old saying, “When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade,” but what about when life gives you strawberries? Rutland Farms, located just outside of Tifton, can answer that question. You make syrup, jams and jellies, and as a aside you create one of the best small-lake and farm-pond fishing destinations…
On the drive in to work, I can’t help but notice the bright pink flowers of an early dogwood bloom. Another sure sign that Old Man Winter’s time is short, yellow pollen will soon blanket everything. Of all the things indicated by dogwood blooms, biting fish is decidedly my favorite. Many sportsmen will be looking…
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