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My Best Hunt(s) Fall 2025 By Leon Scott

Understanding The Rut Fall 2025 By John Trussell

Fights Between Whitetail Bucks Fall 2025 By Terry W. Johnson

We Were There Fall 2025 By DaWayne Spires

Biggest Bucks Of The Decade Summer 2025 By Jimmy Jacobs

A Deer’s Best Friend Spring 2025 By Susan Lindsley

Mineral Licks And New Ponds Winter 2025 By Susan Lindsley

Blanton Creek Whitetails Winter 2025 By Jimmy Jacobs

Making Sense Of Deer Fall 2024 By Tom Seegmueller

It’s Tree Stand Awareness Time Fall 2024 by Ken Cook

Baggin’ A Peach State Gator Fall 2024 By Polly Dean

Georgia’s 2023-24 Biggest Non-Typical Summer 2024 By Ben Baker

Will Georgia Have Deer In 10 Years? Summer 2024 By Susan Lindsley

Remembering Uncle Bill Summer 2024 By Jon Wongrey

Poachers Are Not Robin Hood Spring 2024 By Susan Lindsley

Turkey Hunting Is Time To Scout For Big Bucks Winter 2024 By Susan Lindsley

A Young Hunter’s First Deer Winter 2024 by Wm. Hovey Smith

Don’t Wear Blue Jeans On A Deer Hunt Fall 2023 By Terry W. Johnson

To Cull Or Not To Cull Fall 2023 By Susan Lindsley

2022-23 Georgia Big Deer Contest Winners Summer 2023 By Jimmy Jacobs

Chronical Of Two Deer With Abscess Summer 2023 By Susan Lindsley

PEACH STATE FACT FOR THE WEEK

October's Record Fish

Suwannee bass. Photo by Jimmy Jacobs.

While a lot of Georgia’s outdoorsmen are in the woodlands hunting whitetail deer, now is also a good time to be fishing. In fact, three of the Peach State’s freshwater state-record fish were caught in the month of October. Interestingly, all three were caught from rivers.

The record Suwannee bass was caught by Laverne Norton from the Ochlocknee River in 1984. That bass tipped the scales at 3 pounds, 9 ounces. In 2003, Glenn Settles set the record for yellow bullheads with a 4-pound, 15-ounce cat taken from the Ogeechee River. Finally, Tim Trone was fishing in the Chattahoochee River in 2020, when he caught a blue catfish that weight 110 pounds, 6 ounces.

This just might be the time to do a bit of river fishing. For a complete list of Georgia state-record freshwater fish, click here.

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