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Largemouth bass should be a nature for a license plate

...to be caught and on what lure or bait. For example, in Mims Creek (a.k.a. Mims Branch) next to the Fort Gordon Recreation Area, he lists black bass and crappie as the predominate species. Plastic worms, Shysters (an inline spinner...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/2012-08-30/largemouth-bass-should-b
Lake was dangerous after waves brought on by high winds

...National Championship will be held Oct. 23-25, 2013, on Thurmond Lake.Thanks to Phil Morris, of Saluda, S.C., and William Hooker, of Grovetown, for the tip. The tournament was held out of the Fort Gordon Recreation Area in 2010.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/fishing/2012-11-01/lake-was-dangero
Hybrids decided not to cooperate on recent fishing trips

I have a VHS tape at home that shows Billy Westmorland and I casting for schooling hybrids across from the Fort Gordon Recreation Area on Thurmond Lake. The program was taped during the late 1970s and one scene shows breaking fish as far as the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/fishing/2011-10-06/hybrids-decided-
Around the Block

...of the 382nd Field Hospital, along with their relatives, are invited to a reunion at noon Saturday at the Fort Gordon Recreation Area, Thurmond Lake, Appling, Pavilion 3. For more information, contact retired Col. Willie Frazier at (706...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/richmond-neighbors/2011-10-12/around-block
Windmill Plantation

...center, Evans Town Center and Mullins Crossing Nearby attractions: Thurmond Lake, Mistletoe State Park, Fort Gordon recreation area, Wildwood Park, Savannah River, Patriots Park Neighborhood activities: Several seasonal events, including...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/10/04/liv_550395.shtml
Life & style | Greenbrier High School
Monarchs might aid anglers

...William Sasser reported seeing the fish break the surface "as far as the eye could see" from the IBEW cove to Fort Gordon Recreation Area. "I caught a bunch on the Zoom Super Fluke," Brown said, "before I decided I'd better find some bass...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/08/15/fis_469552.shtml
Fishing
Mosley Creek is the hot spot for hybrids

...chasing hordes of blueback herring to the surface in the Mosley Creek section of Little River across from the Fort Gordon Recreation Area on Wednesday afternoon. The schools were pinpointed by diving, screaming gulls. After negative results from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/11/fis_179961.shtml
Fishing
Huge schools of hybrids, stripers mean more action is on the way

...looking for schooling fish. I've found morning and afternoon schoolers around Little River Bridge and the Fort Gordon Recreation Area swimming beach. Schoolers also have been seen around Ridge Road Campground, Little River side. Dale Gibbs...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/09/21/fis_144536.shtml
Fishing
Schooling fish are a welcome sight

...size from a half-pound to a bit more than 2 pounds. Even better fish have been reported schooling near the Fort Gordon Recreation Area swimming area and also across from the area's marina. Fishermen are finding small fish on top, and deep-jigging...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/09/07/fis_142809.shtml
Fishing
Great catches can be found around humps

...complain, but fished right through it, catching a nice mess of quality crappies in 25 feet of water around the Fort Gordon Recreation Area. Lia Tillman, of Evans; my daughter, Autumn, and wife Donna and I fished with live herring in 50 feet of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/07/06/fis_134877.shtml
Fishing