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From
the Editor 25 February, 2006
What's Been Goin'
on Here at GRF?
How 'bout a 6 pound, 7 ounce shoal
bass?!? Shoalieman strikes again! This monster was released
unharmed.
Happy belated
New Year everybody! I hope you like the new look of the website!
I've attempted to streamline things a bit, and hopefully everyone
will be able to get around a little easier. There are a bunch of
pictures and articles that aren't over here yet, but I'll get pretty
much everything that was on the old site over here as soon as I can.
Despite the cold
weather and reduced fishing time in the winter months, Georgia River
Fishing has been anything but dormant. As a matter of fact, we had a
crew of 30 or so folks ring in the New Year together on the banks of
the Ocmulgee River on January 1st. We mainly ate burgers and dawgs
(big thanks to Moxdawg!) and shot the breeze, but there were a few
nice fish caught between all the socializing.
January 1, 2006 at the Ocmulgee
River
GRF was also
present at many of the fishing-related expositions that pop up
around the state this time of year. BasserDrew represented GRF at
the Shallow Water Fishing Expo at The Outside World's
booth and helped introduce a load of people to the art of kayak
fishing in rivers. Too bad he can't teach all of us how to lay a
spinnerbait within an inch of a downed tree at 30 yards the way he
does.
Tricky, Billres, Sparky, and
Blackwater Bill talk fishin' with some folks at the Perry Fisharama
The Atlanta and Perry
Fisharama's were next in early February, and thanks to the dozen or
so GRFers who helped out with this. It was a hoot telling folks
about a type of fishing many had never really thought about, but I
was also amazed at the number of folks out there who have already
found GRF on their own. Both of the Fisharamas were a lot of fun and
I can't get over how willing GRFers are to give up their time to
help promote river fishing. This is a truly special bunch of people.
With the debut of
American River
Fishing and the new sites in
Alabama,
Florida,
South Carolina,
North Carolina, and
Tennessee, I hope that river anglers in other states will soon
be able to enjoy something similar to what we have here at GRF.
Sparky catches a GRF record 7
pound, 12 ounce largemouth in late February. Released unharmed.
Of course, GRF has
been active on the water as well. Since we have been keeping records
on these things, the first two months of 2006 have seen GRF records
broken for largemouth, spotted, and shoal bass! If the year were to
end right now, it might go down as one of the best in GRF's short
history. Luckily for us, the fishing season is just getting started.
Thousands of people will find GRF for the first time, and hopefully
we can continue to show more and more people how to fall in love
with our rivers.
Fishing Addict and Spotzilla! A 5
pound, 15 ounce spotted bass. Released unharmed |
