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: Sports
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 …
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 …
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 …
Take the Lake Lanier Association Survey
The Lake Lanier Association (LLA) is a stalwart ally in the fight to keep Lake Lanier full, clean and safe. Lake Lanier Association’s Executive Director Joanna Cloud does a marvelous job pursuing the goals set by the non-profit group’s board of directors. To help set future …
Guide to Olympic US Canoe & Kayak Team
Do you think canoes are just for paddling with your honey in the moonlight? Do you think kayaks should be outfitted with sensors to detect banjo music? Sure, you’re right. But there’s more! Pretty soon your eyeballs will be glued to your big screen TV to …
Forrest Wood Cup Bass Tourney Comes to Lanier
Mamas, let your children grow up to be professional bass fishermen. There’s money in them there lakes. Lots of it. The 2012 Forrest Wood Cup comes to Lake Lanier’s Laurel Park on Thursday, August 9th through Sunday the 12th. This is the big leagues of …
Bogus Reporting on Kile Glover’s Medical Bills
The Media Circus covering Kile Glover’s tragic accident while tubing on Lake Lanier on July 6th has been filled with distortions. One website starts a rumor and a thousand others quote it as the truth, without attributing the “facts” to a verifiable source. That’s not news …
2012 Cracker Fly-In Pictures
I have no idea whose idea it was to begin the Cracker Fly-In 44 years ago, but it was a stroke of genius. As John Pittman — President of Chapter 611 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (EAA) in Gainesville – told me, it is …