Seventy-five years ago today, on August 14, 1937, the final section of the original Appalachian Trail (AT) was completed — after at least 16 years of planning and hard labor. The AT has been rerouted and reblazed countless times since then, primarily to avoid walking …
Category: Lake Lanier News
Tornado Siren Test
There’s a 20% chance of rain for Hall County on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, but there’s a 100% chance that many residents will be hearing what we commonly call tornado sirens. Starting at 10 AM, Hall County Central Communications/E 9-1-1 is scheduled to run a three-minute …
Wheeler Catches Bass Worth $8,333.33 per Pound
Jacob Wheeler won the Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament by landing 60 pounds of fish from Lake Lanier in four days. His prize came to $8,333.33 per pound — or $500,000 for those of us who fish better than we can multiply. Wheeler had won other tournaments …
$500K Prize Luring Wheeler in Forrest Wood Cup
Jacob Wheeler proved once again why it’s called “fishing” — not “catching” — with an impressive win on Day One of the Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament on Lake Lanier … followed by a rather average day … followed by another haul that put him …
Motorcycle Ride Raises Funds and Hope
You couldn’t find a more gentle, giving crowd anywhere in Georgia than the hundreds of motorcyclists who turned out to support the family who tragically lost their two little boys in a boat collision in July on Lake Lanier. We gathered together to encourage the …
Forrest Wood Update and Correction
We want to clear up a couple of errors in our August 8th story about the Forrest Wood Cup fishing tournament on Lake Lanier. • Forty-six of America’s best professional bass fishermen are in the tournament, not 78. • The top prize given to the …
Prince Brothers’ Memorial Motorcycle Ride August 11th
The weather is looking good for “Rumble in the Streets” — a police-escorted motorcycle ride and Classic Car Cruise-In to benefit the Griffin & Jake Prince Memorial Fund — on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Griffin & Jake are the brothers who perished in a boating accident on Lake …
Forrest Wood Cup — The Super Bowl of Fishing
The Forrest Wood Cup is the “Super Bowl of Fishing.” Seventy-eight of the greatest professional fishermen are going lunker hunting in Lake Lanier the weekend of August 9th through the 12th, vying for the Forrest Wood cup. After every bass is caught and weighed, the …
Drowning on Lake Lanier
Bolding Mill Park was the scene of Lake Lanier’s latest drowning on Monday, August 6, 2012, when a 25-year-old man from Gainesville died while swimming. Melissa Cummings, from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said Spencer Obe Dye began to struggle while swimming with a friend. …
Calculate Which Boat Ramps are Closed on Lanier
Water levels in Lake Lanier rise and fall daily, depending on variables such as rainfall and the amount of water required downstream to keep snail darters darting. Lower levels create uncommon hazards to skiers, swimmers and especially to those who rely on the 104 public boat ramps …