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Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (2-28-13)

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Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona.  When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Line-sides fishing is Decent!! Same song and dance: rain, rain, rain.  The lake is stained from Little River all the way to […]

DNR Offers Shotgun Patterning Days

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Turkey season opens on March 23, 2013. Although some politicians would prefer us to hunt with slingshots (until they are outlawed as weapons of mass destruction), we remain free to use shotguns in the great state of Georgia. In fact, our Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division and the Georgia State Chapter of the National Wild […]

Winter Means Crappie Fishing!

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Winters are short in Georgia, but they’re long enough to provide excellent crappie fishing.  Several of our reservoirs offer rewards for anglers willing to brave the bitter cold temperatures. “Crappie fishing brings a lot of action, which means it is an excellent time to engage the entire family or to introduce someone new to the fun […]

GA’s New “Title Ad Valorem Tax” — TAVT

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Georgians are familiar with the “ad valorem” tax. [Ad valorem is a phrase that roughly translated means, “Happy Birthday, Sucker!”] Every year around our birthdays we pay fees to get our “tags.” The more valuable the vehicle, the more annual tax we pay for the right to get tags – which we pay for separately. […]

Names of Bear Poaching Suspects Released

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“Operation Something Bruin” bagged more than 80 people who are believed to have broken conservation laws in the killing of bears and other wildlife. The Operation Something Bruin task force of federal and state investigators spent four years tracking down people accused of illegal poaching in North Carolina, Georgia and adjacent states. Eight defendants are from […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (2-21-13)

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Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona.  When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Line-sides fishing is Fair at best!! The lake is stained from Little River all the way to the dam.  The water is […]

DNR Law Enforcement Report (2-9-13)

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Astute Rangers from the Wildlife Resource Division of the Department of Natural Resources smelled something fishy while out on patrol.  Soon, poachers were caught and reeled in to face the law. The latest Law Enforcement Report reveals this illegal activity: Confiscation of gill nets and approximately 150 pounds of illegally taken game fish – Greene […]

Tellus Museum’s Hottest Topic: The Sun

Tellus Museum's Hottest Topic: The Sun

Solar Max is what scientists are calling the peak of an 11-year sunspot cycle that will hit Earth in 2013.  The solar flare-up will bring more coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms and auroras than we have experienced in quite some time. Tellus Astronomer David Dundee will tell you everything you’ll ever want to know about these fascinating […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (2-15-13)

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Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona.  When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Line-side fishing is Fair at best!! The fishing this week is the same as last week’s.  I don’t expect anything to change […]

DNR Law Enforcement Report (2-2-13)

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I have no idea which parts of alligators are illegal to possess, and I do not want to know.  Do you? We have Rangers from the Wildlife Resource Division of the Department of Natural Resources to do that stuff for us.  Good thing. The latest Law Enforcement Report proves that Rangers are enforcing the law: Illegal […]