Posts by Hannah Housworth
Lake Blue Ridge Record Walleye
Greg Bergman (right), of Kennesaw, was fishing with his buddy Victor Shelquist (left) on Lake Blue Ridge when Greg boated this 9-lb., 4-oz., walleye. The record fish was caught on Jan. 7, 2001. Greg’s huge Georgia walleye beat the old Lake Blue Ridge record, caught in 1995, by 4 pounds.
Read MoreChattahoochee River Record Striped Bass
Mike Coombs caught this 35-lb., 3.04-oz. record striper on the Chattahoochee on May 15, 2000.
Read MoreLake Blue Ridge Record Smallmouth
Jim Ezell, of Blue Ridge, holds the Blue Ridge lake record for smallmouth bass with a 6-lb., 14-oz. bronzeback caught in on May 15, 1998.
Read MoreWest Point Lake Record Black Crappie
Edward Cagle, of Tyrone, holds the record for the biggest West Point Lake black crappie ever verified, a 3-lb., 6-oz. slab caught in 1996. For feature articles on crappie at West Point, along with archived fishing reports, click here.
Read MoreAltamaha River Record Largemouth Bass
The official record bass from the Altamaha has stood the test of time, but it wasn’t recognized for most that time. Discovering a bucketmouth from the past is like finding an old Boone & Crockett buck, but it’s much more difficult. An old buck’s rack can be officially measured, but and old fish had to…
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