Much of the PGA world was focused on The Players Championship at Sawgrass (which features one of golf’s best fishing holes: the island green of 17), but one pro, Vaughn Taylor was too busy thinking about a fish of a lifetime on the water near his hometown of Evans, Ga. to golf in Florida this [...]
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PGA Pro Golfer Lands Record Striped Bass on Savannah River, Georgia
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13-Plus-Pound Bass Found in Georgia Public Fishing Area
Georgia is home to one of the most famous bass ever caught, the George Perry, 22-pound, 4-ounce bass landed in Montgomery Lake is still recognized as the largest largemouth ever landed, but there is a bass in Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area that’s gaining on it. During a Georgia Department of Natural Resources survey, officials found [...]
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Flathead Record Caught in Flint River, Georgia
The Appaloosa or flathead catfish is the prize of the Flint River, and that prize just got a bit bigger. Tiff Thompson was fishing the river in Sumpter County, Ga. around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13 when he landed a 43 pounder, the largest he’s ever seen come out of the Flint on a [...]
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Avid Angler Bubba Watson Wins Masters
Most of the sports world was watching a thrilling Masters this weekend in Augusta, and after a two-hole playoff a guy named Bubba who just bought one of the General Lee’s from the original Dukes of Hazard took the Green Jacket. Watson’s had a busy year, adopting a son with his wife just days before [...]
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Georgia Parks Charge Everyone Who Uses Fishing Lands
Finally, another state is following in Virginia's footsteps and charging wildlife viewers to use public fishing areas. In certain areas of Georgia, parks are charging non-fishermen a fee to use fishing areas even if they do not plan to fish. Park goers who want to hike, camp, picnic, or sight-see in public fishing areas will [...]
December Lake Lanier fishing report
December Fishing Report Happy Holidays to you all. December has been a much better month on the lake. The lake turnover has completed lakewide and the fish have turned on. We have caught fish from Young Deer to above Clark's Bridge this week. The key every where on the lake is to find the bait and when [...]
Was A Record Walleye Caught and Released in Georgia
We're hesitant to trust a report from a group that calls themselves "The Liars Club," but this walleye looks to be every bit of the 12 pounds they say it was. On their blog they posted this photo of a recently caught walleye that they report tipped the BogaGrip scales at a hair over 12 [...]
Mysterious Fish Kill Puzzling Georgia Officials
On Georgia's Commissioner Creek in Wilkinson County, officials discovered between 4,000 and 5,000 dead fish in late September. This accounts for about 40 percent of the fish in that stretch of the creek, and no one knows what's killing them. Everything from high acidity levels to pollution has been speculated to be the cause, but there's [...]
