Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

Lockmaster appointed for New Savannah Bluff passage

This spring, New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam will once again offer boaters the opportunity to lock through between the downtown area and the lower Savannah River, much like captains have done ...
By Rob Pavey

Outdoors Calendar

FRIDAY: The South Carolina Natural Resources Board, the policy making body of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, will meet 2 p.m. at the Marine Resources Division’s Marine ...

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

Students compete in fishing team

There's a group of 13 middle school and high school students in North Augusta calling themselves the North Augusta Outdoors Fishing Team.
By Bill Baab

Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

Scientists search for contamination

Scientists are midway through a project to collect and analyze more than 500 samples of sediment that has washed into the 250-acre Langley Pond since its creation around 1870.
By Rob Pavey

Friday, Feb. 3, 2012

Officer and canine partner honored for poaching bust

One of the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division's top honors was bestowed recently to Thomson-based law enforcement Corporal Mike Crawley and his canine partner, Storm.
By Rob Pavey

Ponds, fish are aging in the area

Back in George Perry's day and before, fishing records weren't considered important. When he caught his world record largemouth bass on June 2, 1932, there really wasn't the hoopla that such a ...
By Bill Baab

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Fishing Tournaments

Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flier or information to Fishing Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, Ga. 30903-1928. Fax number ...

Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012

Georgia's Go Fish program is small fry

ATLANTA — The Go Fish program was spawned in controversy, and now that it’s operating, it continues to draw critics as it falls below expectations.
By Walter C. Jones

Friday, Jan. 27, 2012

Issues limit Savannah River striper recovery

The reopening of Savannah River striper fishing in 2005 marked an important milestone, but the quest to recreate a fishery that can survive on its own is as elusive as ever.
By Rob Pavey

Fishing Tournaments

Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flier or information to Fishing Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, Ga. 30903-1928. Fax number: ...

Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012

Dog was angler's 'fish hound'

Most of us have been joined on trips to Thurmond Lake by individuals who shared our passion for fishing. In time, many of them became our fishing buddies. But how many of us have experienced the ...
By Bill Baab

Friday, Jan. 20, 2012

Bird feeders are just one link in Mother Nature's food chain

Bird feeders can bring countless birds to your home. However, they can also provide an easy target for predators.
By Rob Pavey

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012

Stripers, hybrids biting on live herring at Little River

Unseasonably warm weather has kept Thurmond Lake's surface temperatures in the low to mid 50s and fishing conditions have warmed up as well.
By Bill Baab

Fishing tournaments

Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flier or information to Fishing Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, Ga. 30903-1928. Fax number: ...

Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012

Peacocks thrive in Martinez

Columbia County’s unincorporated bedroom burg known as Martinez isn’t famous for much, but it does harbor one of the few sustainable colonies of peacocks.
By Rob Pavey

Outdoors calendar

Jan. 17: The Sierra Club's Savannah River Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 3501 Walton Way Ext.

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012

Fishing tournaments

Sponsoring a bass, crappie, catfish or other fishing tournament? Mail or fax your flier or information to Fishing Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, Ga. 30903-1928. Fax number: ...

White perch made impact at Thurmond Lake

Looking back on Thurmond Lake during 2011, if there was one species of fish that really stands out, it has to be the white perch. They were everywhere.
By Bill Baab

Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012

Teacher bags big bear

North Augusta resident Vilena Hunt spends most of her time as a teacher at Aiken County's Schofield Middle School, but her long Christmas break included an interesting adventure:
By Rob Pavey


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