Pattern Travel Routes For Clarks Hill Linesides

Striper fishing on Clarks Hill can be a lot like another popular November pursuit… deer hunting. Want to know why? Ask guide William Sasser, a veteran of the better part of 30 years on the lake. On a recent evening, I caught up with William, owner of William Sasser Guide Service, and picked his brain…

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Fishing “Slowly, Fast” For Allatoona Summer Bass

As outdoorsmen, we have all had the proclivity to proclaim at one time or another how much better things were back when. After all, some wise old country gent once said “dead bird dogs and past loves are remembered as better than they actually were.” However, were you to ask Dwight Woodall and his son,…

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Humps, Docks Attract April Clarks Hill Crappie

If you’re a gambler (which I am not due to a streak of bad luck as wide as the Savannah River), there aren’t many things you can make easy money on. However, were you to place a friendly wager with a fishing buddy you could start counting your winnings on a few facts. First of…

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Run-And-Gun West Point Red-Clay Banks In March

A quarter of a century spent on a body of water will teach a man a few things. Mike Squires, who has been fishing on West Point since 1982, has figured out a few sure-fire ways to catch bass on the reservoir. Mike, who grew up in Riverdale, moved to Newnan a few years ago…

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Spider-Rigging For Lake Weiss Cold-Water Crappie

Sometimes it’s easy to forget how the cold can cut you to the bone, but there was no time to worry about that. I was standing on the deck of a Triton boat, right foot crossed over left with the butt of a 16-foot B&M rod wedged between my knees. In my right hand, which was…

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December Trophy Stripers At Lake Nottely

Lake Nottely sits high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Georgia. Being so far from Atlanta, the lake doesn’t see the fishing pressure of many reservoirs. In December, the pressure will be even less. For Josh Garrison, owner of Garrison International Inc. Fishing Guide Service, the lack of pressure is what makes the lake…

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Goodson’s November Plan For West Point Bass

Glenn Goodson casts a long shadow. He is a tower of a man who teaches at Callaway Middle School. In addition to his duties as a math teacher, he is a coach for the school’s baseball and football teams. On the water, he is quite a professor as well. His extensive knowledge of bass and…

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October Spells Fun Bass Fishing At Clarks Hill

The never-ending heat wave was back. With temperatures tickling triple digits and not a cloud in the sky, eight hours on the deck of a boat had Clarks Hill feeling a little like Clarks H-E- you-know-where. However, two key variables turned less-than-ideal fishing conditions into a pretty good day on Georgia’s largest lake. First, a…

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Sinclair Bass On Mayfly And Shad Spawn

Ahhh, springtime in Georgia… is there a more glorious (or fickle) thing on earth? Temperatures had been in the upper 70s and early 80s for two weeks, but when I had arranged to meet Mark Denney, of Bonaire, at Lake Sinclair, it had been cold and windy for three straight days. It had been just…

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