James K. Pressley

Lake Oconee Striper Club VP Darcy Flynn with a double on a mini-Mack rig. CONTRIUBTED

Outdoors: Summertime heat

Thursday, August 31, 2023

How many of you are sitting there saying, “Well, summer is over, and football is about to start.” Be honest. You are probably the same ones excited about pumpkin spice lattes and wearing Ug boots. Well, I hate to tell you this, but a Georgia summer doesn’t ever really end. It just has breaks.

Kevin Harris with Go Fish Lake Oconee stacking them up still. CONTRIBUTED

Outdoors: Gas station food and summertime eating

James K. Pressley

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Recently, I was running from our shop to the government center in Eatonton and I was hungry. Well, it being past 12:30 and me not having had breakfast that morning I was getting towards the hangry stage of dangerous. Trust me. Big boys like me ain’t fun to be around when we enter that phase.

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Outdoors: In the heat of the night (and day)

James K. Pressley

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

The heck with summer, y’all; this is too hot! It’s been so hot I saw a bird the other day blow on a worm before he ate it. I saw a hummingbird leave the shade and burst into flames; he was so hot.

Henry Cowen and Beau with a nice top water spotted bass CONTRIBUTED

Outdoors: Fishing with Henry Cowen

James K. Pressley

Thursday, July 27, 2023

You all know I have been booking and using guides most of my life. Well, I have recently had to change my opinion on not fishing with normal folks. Now don’t get me wrong. I still firmly believe the more a whacked-out guide fishes the better he is, but there are exceptions to the rule.

A fine young man and a fine striper on board Kevin Wahl's Wild Side Charters from last weekend. CONTRIBUTED

Outdoors: Summertime fishing is here

James K. Pressley

Thursday, July 20, 2023

I realize we have been discussing wake boating, manners, food, and many other things lately but no fishing reports and no fishing content relating to Lake Country. Well, let’s fix that today! Fishing is still excellent in the lake country!

A wakeboarder on Lake Sinclair over the holiday weekend. CONTRIBUTED

Outdoors: Manners matter

James K. Pressley

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Recently, the Georgia Legislature and DNR got together, and I am sure thought this through clearly, concisely, and with great patience. However, it is probably like most things, a swing, and a miss. What am I talking about? The new 200-foot law for wake boats. House Bill 121 states: 1.

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Pressley: Dockside at the lake

James K. Pressley

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

An entertaining thing to do is just sit by the dock on a Friday afternoon. Last Friday, I was out at the Boat House on Lake Oconee. You know the place. In the old days, it was a catfish joint and now it’s got storage and gas, right off the backside of Harbor Club.

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Pressley: Summertime in the Peach State

James K. Pressley

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Well, it was slow starting, we had a cool spring, a lot of rain, and a lot of wind but it is now summertime. I’m a little sunburnt already. I’m tired from late nights on the lakes and I’m a little sore from wakes. So yes, it’s summer.

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Pressley: A new wave of lake activity

James K. Pressley

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Question: How many of you have seen the big boats throwing a big wave filled with people? Yep. I thought so. You are probably mumbling unkind things under your breath right now. Well, let me tell you something. Wake boats and wake surfing aren’t going anywhere anytime soon except up! Why?

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Pressley: Spot Choker – the ultimate underspin

James K. Pressley

Thursday, April 27, 2023

A few weeks ago, I told you guys about catching hybrids and stripers on Sinclair with Spot Choker underpins, Pulse jigs, and Cast Prodigy baits. Well, Mr. Spot Choker himself, Rob Williams, reached out to me and we started talking about getting together to fish.

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