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Bass Fishing

Emmanuel College Pair Wins State College Title On Lanier

Parker Guy teamed up with Tyler Campbell to represent Emmanuel College in the Georgia Bass Nation state championship that was held on Lake Lanier Oct. 8.  They won with five bass weighing 17.58 pounds and had big fish with a 4.49-lb. spotted bass. Their weight beat out 17 other college teams, and the win earned them…

Fish Small Baits To Catch Fall Bass

Fall is in full swing now, and we’re quickly making our way toward winter. The bait is plentiful and shallow. The backs of the pockets, bays and creeks are loaded with shad, and so the bass have plenty to choose from when dinner time comes.  During this time of the year, you’ll need to swap…

November Bass Map For Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson bass are on the move, following schools of shad into creeks as the water cools. Go into creeks and fish deep, rocky banks this month to catch spots and a few largemouth. Jackson is an old Georgia Power Co. reservoir on the Alcovy and South rivers and forms the start of the Ocmulgee…

Allatoona Tournament Benefits Families Of Slain Cobb Officers

A bass fishing tournament this Saturday, Oct. 29 at Lake Allatoona will provide proceeds and donations to benefit the families of two Cobb County deputies shot and killed while serving an arrest warrant on Sept. 8. The tournament will fish out of the Blockhouse Ramp and will begin at safe light until 3 p.m. The…

Lake Russell Bass Mapped For Fall

Lake Russell spotted bass are feeding up as the water cools down, and you can catch a bunch from topwater down to deep brush—and everything in between. Choosing the right places to fish in October will increase your numbers and size.  Russell is a 26,650-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Savannah River…

Catch Bass On The Fall Shad Migration

Fall is in the air. The temps are dropping, the leaves are changing and the smoldering hot summer is but a fading memory. There are few things in the South as refreshing as those first couple of cool nights of fall. The same relief comes to the bass just a few weeks later, as consistently…

Emanuel College Team Places Fourth In BASS College National Championship

Three years ago, Parker Guy was a junior at Irwin County High School and was named a BASS High School All American. He was featured in the June 2020 GON Map of the Month article on Eufaula and was on the cover with a pretty 7-pounder he caught there. After his stellar high-school fishing accomplishments,…

September Bass On Lake Eufaula

At times, Lake Eufaula bass seem a bit confused in September. You can catch them from shoreline grassbeds, and on the same trip you can catch some bass 30 feet deep on ledges, so it can be confusing to try to figure out a consistent pattern. You will have to try a variety of things…

Fish Water Willow For Early Fall Bass

Water willow is one of the most common forms of cover found across many of our local lakes, rivers and creeks here in the Southeast. This vegetation is often generically referred to as “grass” by many anglers, but what we’re all collectively calling grass is actually Justicia Americana, in case you’re interested in brushing up…

Tennessee Team Takes Lead In Bassmaster High School National Championship On Lake Hartwell

  ANDERSON, S.C. — Ty Trentham and Chase McCarter recovered from a slow start to catch 17-lbs., 15-ozs. to take the lead on Day 1 of the Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors on Lake Hartwell. The Sevier County High School juniors hold a 2-oz. lead on Livingston…