Freshwater Fishing

This article about growing up on a stream first appeared in the Griffin Daily News and won third place in the daily newspaper category in the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association Excellence In Craft competition for 2011 articles.

Do you have similar memories? Share them in the comments section below.

picture (c) Ronnie Garrison

A Stream Can Be A Magical Place

This year ice went out of lakes early and fishing for walleye got good sooner than normal. But even though fishing has been good, you can do better if you are not using jigs for walleye this time of year. Bob Jensen explains how to rig your jig, which kind to use, and how to best fish them for walleye right now.

picture (c) Tony Roach

How To Use Jigs for Early Season Walleye

Captain Mike Gerry is on Lake Guntersville fishing and guiding other fishermen almost every day. His reports on what the fish are doing will help you plan your trip and catch more fish. He concentrates on bass and Lake Guntersville is famous for big largemouth. He also posts fishing tips here that will give you specific ideas on how to use different lures and what to look for on Guntersville, which can help you on your home lake, too.

picture (c) Captain Mike Gerry

New Lake Guntersville Fishing Report

At the Georgia Outdoor Writers Association Spring Conference at Lake Eufaula I took Wm. Hovie Smith out bowfishing. He got a gar and showed me how to clean it. These pictures and instructions will help you clean one if you want to try it. The filets Hovie cut out were good when I sauteed them with butter and lemon.

picture (c) Ronnie Garrison

How To Clean A Gar

Costa Del Mar sunglasses are known as excellent fishing sunglasses. I recently bought a pair of their new Islamorada sunglasses at a Georgia Outdoor Writers Association auction and they are great.

picture (c) Costa Del Mar

Costa Del Mar Islamorada Sunglasses Review

She was my first fishing partner and she is the reason I am such a fanatic about fishing now.

Fishing With My Mom

I usually practice catch and release when bass fishing but sometimes it is catch and hot grease. There is nothing wrong with keeping fish to eat as long as you follow the law. No one should abuse fish populations but keeping everything they catch but most fishermen don't even consider that. Here are some reasons I think keeping some fish is ok. Post your comments in the section below.
Catch and Release Fishing

I don't know if my mother instilled my love of fishing in me or if she just allowed it to grow. Either way, I got it from her and her mother. Both of them would rather fish than eat - proved to me many times when meals were skipped to go fishing.

Most of us have great memories of fiishing trips with our family. Share yours in the comments section below or share your memories and pictures in a Show and Tell.

Mother's Day Fishing - Freshwater Fishing

Cathy Lewandowski tells how she continues the fishing legacy started by her mother - and should make every parent realize how important fishing with their children can be to their future.

Remembering Mother- Freshwater Fishing

My fish profile sheet on freshwater drum says they are not very good to eat. I have never tried to eat one but Donna Fernstrom disagrees. She says drum are very good and she will target them as food fish in the future.

At the bottom of Donna's comments and at the end of the profile of freshwater drum is a "Reader Responds" section. I posted part of Donna's comments there. Add your comments to this section - tell all of us if you eat drum, how you cook them and how good they taste.

Can You Eat Freshwater Drum?