Toccoa River Trout Stocking

| August 30, 2011 Read This Post...

Everyone needs to give a big thank you to John Damer, GADNR’s fisheries biologist for pulling some strings and negotiating a trout stocking from the Buford hatchery today. We stocked 1800 rainbows this morning by boat and private access. It was a huge success and we hope there will be more of these stockings coordinated [...]

Happy 13 Year Old Out On The Lake

| August 30, 2011 Read This Post...

Eric Welch recently took thirteen year old Ryan Bass out for a half a day of guided bass fishing on Lake Chickamauga. Ryan has only been bass fishing for two months and he’s already mastered fishing a baitcaster. That often takes years for some anglers. What an enjoyable boy to fish with. We taught him [...]

Gink & Gasoline – What are You Looking At?

| August 22, 2011 Read This Post...

Gink & Gasoline – What are you looking at?  I’ve recently blurbed about the new blog I’ve launched with my friend and commercial photography Louis Cahill on our Facebook and Twitter pages, but I wanted to showcase it to all of my loyal followers in case you missed the postings. We just got back from [...]

August Bass Fishing with RJF

| August 16, 2011 Read This Post...

With the trout fishing so tough right now due to low water and warm temeperatures, Reel Job Fishing has been pushing guided lake trips. Bass fishing generally is more consistent this month and offers anglers a more enjoyable experience on the water. Eric Welch has been doing a great job putting his young clients on [...]

Father & Son Trip ends with Trophy Trout

| August 10, 2011 Read This Post...

Chip Smith and Son Carter fished a half day with me yesterday at Noontootla Creek Farms. Conditions were tough, but working as a team and fishing hard ended up paying off big time for us. Below is a rainbow trout that we taped at 24 1/2″. This was Carter’s first trout on a fly rod, [...]

We Always Keep it Reel

| August 3, 2011 Read This Post...

We always keep it reel with what’s going on with the fishing in our area. If conditions are tough we’ll be the first one’s to tell you. Right now it’s August and with water levels low and water temperatures high, fishing as usual this month, has become pretty tough. We’re still catching fish but we’re [...]