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Bass Fishing
Does catching 100 bass a day sound good, even if they are smaller spotted bass? Lake Russell is full of spotted bass in the 11- to 13-inch range to the point of being badly over crowded with these aggressive bass. That makes Lake Russell a great place to go this month to hone your hook-setting…
Trent Thomason, of Toccoa, has been going back to Lake Yonah for the past three years trying to catch the record largemouth for the lake. On June 23, he finally accomplished the feat when he landed a 6-lb., 11-oz. bass. Trent said he goes to Yonah every Father’s Day weekend with his dad to fish,…
It’s a rare feat when experience combines with youth to produce the utmost success. That doesn’t mean it never happens. Upcoming high school sophomore Owen Moss and recent high school graduate Spencer Childers, of Pickens County High School in Jasper, recently won the Georgia BASS Nation State Championship at Lake Eufaula. Their next step is Kentucky…
Bill Haines, of McDonough, has put himself in the Lake Jackson record books with the largest ever recorded spotted bass at 6-lbs., 0.02-ozs. He caught the new record spot on June 8. Bill spends most every Tuesday and Friday nights at Berry’s Boat Dock Marina participating in the fishing tournaments put on by the marina.…
As I slid my vessel into the fertile waters of Weiss Lake, my mind drifted back to 1985 and a time when life was simpler and youthful ignorance was bliss. My first boat was a gift from my father for an honor roll school year that both he and I knew was hard earned, and…
Sherry Vann, of Valdosta, was one of the first anglers to drop in at the newly opened Tired Creek Lake in Grady County on May 26, 2018. Being there on the second day the lake opened to the public paid off with a monster catch, a 14-lb. largemouth. Sherry and her boyfriend, JT Vickery, hit…
Clint Brown and Matt Baty are two of the best bass anglers to ever fish Lake Seminole. Now I know that is a big statement to start a story out with, but hear me out, and I think you will agree. With several hundred wins on the lake between them, and close to half a…
Why take a trip to the beautiful Georgia mountains for a summer fishing trip to Lake Blue Ridge? How about lots of aggressive spotted, some quality largemouth, and your best chance to catch a Georgia smallmouth. Fish rocks and brush in deeper water while watching for schooling fish on Lake Blue Ridge this month to…
The Chattahoochee. The Flint. The Ocmulgee. For many Georgia anglers, the mention of these three rivers can bring up fond memories of years past. Some remember fishing as a kid with dad and paw-paw, chasing bream and small bass with crickets and red wigglers. Others might think back to an overnight fishing trip with high…
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…