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Fishing
Robert Attaway caught a 1-lb., 1.6-oz. bluegill on the Savannah River on March 31, 2016 that set a benchmark river record for the Savannah River stretch from the Clarks Hill tailrace to the coast.
March weather is fickle, and fishing can be set back with a single front. Now, with April finally here, things have settled down, and the fishing is wide open. Bass are feeding and spawning, and they are as easy to catch right now as any time of the year. Clarks Hill is just about the…
April bass fishing is what we have been dreaming of all winter. Make your dreams come true with a trip to West Point this month. West Point is a 25,900-acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Alabama/Georgia line. It has a lot of good spawning pockets off the Chattahoochee River and major feeder…
With unpredictable weather fronts this time of year, fishing can be iffy. There are, however, fish to be caught this time of year that can’t be caught any other time of year. We’re talking about striped bass, hickory shad and American shad. Specifically, the American and hickory shad are in the heart of their run…
The lower Toccoa River’s waters flow from the depths of Lake Blue Ridge in north Georgia, creating a cold, clear tailrace river that has long sustained an outstanding trout fishery for a 15-mile stretch all the way to McCaysville. My long-time fishing buddy, George Montecino, and I have avidly fished the lower Toccoa River since…
David Stacy, of Covington, recently stayed up all night just to catch the fish of a lifetime on Lake Jackson. The night of Feb. 14, David couldn’t wait any longer and decided to drop his boat in the water in hunt for a massive catfish. “I grew up fishing. I used to cut grass just…
Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield (FS/HAAF) is located near the city of Savannah and serves as home to the United States Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. However, it is also home to some great fishing opportunities, and it is open to the public. This 285,000-acre installation hosts a variety of managed recreational fishing ponds, two rivers and…
Everybody gets excited about March Madness, but for bass fishermen it has nothing to do with basketball. Big bass move shallow this month, and March is an excellent time to catch a lot of bass with a good chance at a personal best. Lake Oconee is one of your best bets in the state for…
Wassaw Sound is grumpy. Its muttering is clearly audible as the boat sloshes slowly and heavily eastward toward the rising sun and open water. From the looks of things, we’re not going to be seeing much of that sun. Beyond the headland, its trees swaying, the sea and dull gray clouds appear, somewhere far, far…
There are five things this article is going to do for you. And improving on an increasing trend here at GON, this article will be enhanced with supporting video. This article is about catching stripers on Lake Lanier in March. Much of what you find here applies in one way or another to stripers in…
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