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Catfish : Altamaha's Surefire Monsters

Bed Time For Burton Bass
Lake Burton, north of Atlanta near Helen, is a 2,200-acre jewel nestled between the foothills of north Georgia. Deep and clear, it shares the characteristics of most mountain lakes, but Burton has an added attraction. This beautiful body of water is surrounded by some magnificent homes. In fact this lake is more likely known as a playground for the wealthy than its angling opportunities. For goodness sake, Nick Saban has a house there.

All the same, Burton is a pretty good bass...

Jet Boats for Serious Fishermen
Bass
As a fisherman, Chris Powell is most at home when he is on the pointy end of a bass boat with rods scattered at his feet and a target in range of his next cast. If that bass boat is on Lake Hartwell,...

Understanding bass movement on a specific lake gives anglers a big advantage. It’s a foregone conclusion that largemouth bass move to the shallows to spawn when the water starts to warm back up....

I have been blessed to fish all over the country, and I’ll be totally honest with you—Lake Seminole is one of the best lakes you will ever have the opportunity to fish.
Saltwater
It’s Time for Sheepshead!
Bait Stealers! Convict fish! Heads! One charter guide even calls them a “seven striped jetty snapper.” Whatever you call them, sheepshead are some of the most overlooked saltwater fish in Georgia. They fight hard and are really great to eat. But, for some people, catching them is a real chore. One look at the near perfect row of front teeth and you see why they are so aptly named. They really do look like the teeth of a sheep!

Lots of sheepshead are caught on the nearshore artificial reefs up and down the Georgia coast in the winter. Guides can make a really good trip on a nearshore venture in the winter and load the boat with ’heads. But now the sheepsheads are migrating back inshore from their winter homes. They spawn every spring around the inlets and cuts up and down the southeast Atlantic coast. Big schools and concentrations of these good-eating fish can be found in the spring, especially around the many inlets with jetties.

Trout
Dukes Creek: Trophy Trout On Public Water
If you’re one of the many Georgia trout anglers whose ideas of Peach State trophy trout streams involve private water, fat trout, pricey guides and hefty access fees, it’s time to think again.

Dukes Creek, in the Smithgall Woods Conservation Area near Helen, blows those...

Other Fishing
New Lake and River Records Set For Toccoa Rainbow and West Point Flathead
We’ve got a couple of impressive new records to report this month, a big Toccoa River rainbow trout and the coveted West Point flathead catfish record.

Last year at this time, GON was reporting on trout populations devastated in the Toccoa River tailrace by warm-water discharges associated with construction at Blue Ridge Dam....

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