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Wednesday, May 9,2018
Bass fishing steady with over-full Lake Lanier
By Eric Aldrich
Lake Lanier is over three quar
ters of a foot over full pool. The
lake is 1,071.82 or .82 feet above
the normal full pool of 1,071.
Lake surface temperatures have
risen into the mid 60’s and will
rise up to 70 degrees or higher in
the shallower pockets on sunny
afternoons. Main lake and lower
lake creeks mouths are clear to
slightly stained. The upper lake
creeks and pockets are stained to
very stained and the rivers are
stained to very stained.
The Chattahoochee River
below Buford Dam is clear.
Check generation schedules
before heading out to the river by
calling 770-945-1466.
Bass fishing has been steady
and there are plenty of bass up
shallow where they are easier to
catch. The same pre-spawn and
spawning methods are continuing
to work well, but post spawn
techniques are starting to come
into play.
There are a lot of fish out on
secondary points and shallow
humps. These fish are replenish
ing after their spawn and will
attack your lures if properly pre
sented. Smaller top water plugs
fished close to the vegetation
lines on secondary points leading
out of the pockets have been scor
ing some aggressive strikes.
These fish are feeding on herring
and gizzard shad, but for some
reason the smaller plugs have
worked best.
There are also plenty of bass up
shallow around the docks in the
pockets. These fish are suckers
for small shaky heads or whacky
rigged plastics. The last several
docks in the backs of the coves
seem to be best but don’t ignore
those isolated deeper docks that
are on the outsides of the coves to
catch staging fish.
Crank baits like a SPRO
RkCrawler or Fat Papa have been
scoring some bigger fish toward
and after sun down. Fish the lure
up shallow around rocky banks in
the mouths of the creeks, Cast the
up shallow so that the lure makes
contact with the rocks. The bass
will load up on these crank baits
after dark!
Striper fishing: The weather is
showing signs of leveling out
which should help to get the
stripers biting more consistent. I
have seen a lot of gizzard shad up
shallow on the secondary points
in the creeks. As the water tem
peratures increase, we should
also see the herring spawning
very soon.
Anglers should start to concen
trate in the creeks and lager coves
both up and down lake. The strip
ers will follow the bait up shal
lows where they can be caught on
shallow planner board, jerk baits,
flukes and jerk shads or your
favorite top water lure.
Outfit your rig to fish shallower
this week. You can run flat lines
out back of your boat in addition
to several planner boars to get
you baits up shallow close to the
bank. Try to run a herring or shin
er up close to the bank cover. Run
your baits outside of the sub
merged weeds to trigger bites
from shallow stripers.
Although I mention the shal
low bite some anglers are catch
ing schooling fish out on main
lake in the mornings on flat lined
herring and also while casting
Redfins to the points. Keep a top
water plug tied on at all times and
get ready. Top water time is just
starting to get going!
Crappie fishing has been hit or
miss as of this writing, but it
should improve drastically with
the warming weather.
The docks in the backs of the
coves will hold some fish that
have finished spawning. The
coves and rip rap around the
bridges are holding some fish that
will bite minnows under a bobber
and small jigs fished slowly
around brush and laydowns.
Trout Fishing: Trout fishing
has been really good and you can
pick your preferred method to
catch fish. Fly fishing, spin fish
ing or live bait, it will all work
when fished in the right areas.
Both wet and dry flies are
working but the dry flies have
been the best producers. Watch
for hatches and fish rising to
match the hatch. Small midges
and elk hair caddis are good
choices below Buford Dam.
Eric Aldrich is an outdoor writer,
marketing specialist and bass
angler. Reports are based on per
sonal experience and permission
from a close network of friends.
He would love to hearfrom his
readers so please email him at
esaldrich@yahoo.com Remember
to take a kid fishing!
FROM 1B
Boys
weren’t doing them any favors.
Any time a run from North
Murray was interrupted with any
kind of contact, a foul was called
with several Dawson County play
ers going so far as to receive a yel
low card, but whenever the Tigers
were able to muster a run, any
contact from North Murray was
deemed acceptable which in a
high-stakes playoff game, was
extremely frustrating for the play
ers, coaches and even the fans on
the Dawson County side.
“It’s frustrating especially when
so many calls don’t go your way,"’
Waters said. “We keep trying to
talk to the guys that we got to try
to play through that and not let
that have an outcome on the game.
We really tried hard not to let that
effect the game.
“We tried the best we could
especially in the atmosphere. It’s a
very emotional game anyway, so
it’s hard sometimes once our guys
get that in to dial it back away
from it and get (those bad calls)
out of your mind and keep play
ing, but I’m proud of the effort
they put in and not giving up.
Despite the loss, a Sweet 16
appearance is something Waters
wants his players to be proud of
especially with all the adversity
this team and this community
faced with the passing of Coach
Jed Lacey in August.
“There are no real morale victo
ries,” Waters said. “But aside from
all the adversity that’s come in to
play this season from the begin
ning of the school year, all the
questions that (the players) had to
have. You know, the trust that they
were able to put into us (the
coaches), the trust that we put in to
them and the way that we all
pulled together and kind of relied
on each other to get where we
are...could not be more proud of
them for getting here.”
Colin Ochs Dawson County News
Senior Nathan Blythe attempts to get around a North
Murray defender in the second half of the Tigers second
round playoff matchup on May 2.
FROM 1B
Girls
eyed postgame speeches, thank
ing their teammates for their
support and wishing them the
best of luck in the future.
From a soccer standpoint, the
future looks bright for the
Dawson County team that fin
ished the season 12-3 and
ranked No. 4 in the Class AAA
rankings according to
Eurosport.
Freshman Molly Muenchen,
who dedicated this season to
Lacey and Sheer, shattered the
school-record for most goals
scored in a single season.
Muenchen’s 36-goal season,
which included two games with
six goals apiece (another school
record), broke the previous
record of 23 goals set by
McKay Shively.
Adding to the Dawson
County record books this sea
son was sophomore Katie
Clouse, who tied the school
record for most assists in a sin
gle season.
In addition to Muenchen and
Clouse, All-Region First Team
defender Mackenzie Kimbral
and goalkeeper Fallan Lacey
(13 saves in the loss to
Westminster), as well as sec
ond-team forwards Rachel
Rajczak and Ruthie Pittman
will be returning to the Lady
Tigers next season.
“We have a lot of offense
coming back,” Hamby said.
“We essentially have the whole
team coming back, so we’re
excited about that. We’re hop
ing that we can continue to
develop them and they can con
tinue to grow as players. We
definitely have a bright future.”
Despite falling short of the
ultimate goal and storybook
ending of a state championship,
a Sweet 16 appearance amidst
all the adversity before and
even during the season is some
thing that Hamby hopes these
girls will one day be able to
fully appreciate.
“Life’s not easy as we all
know,” Hamby said. “Things
happen and what you’ve got to
be able to do is just keep fight
ing the battle that comes your
way and that was all instilled in
them by Coach Lacey from a
soccer standpoint, but also from
a life standpoint.”
FROM 1B
Falcons
that the Falcons are bring
ing in a couple other people
at the same center position
as him to try out as well.
“It’s just whoever the
best man is at this mini
camp is probably going to
be the one who ends up
getting the contract and
signed,” Vaughan said. “So
honestly the impression
I’m trying to make is to go
over there and let (the
Falcons) know that I’m the
one, I’m the guy out of all
the people that are there
that they need to sign.
“You got to give me the
chance and I’ll show you
what I can do. Let them
know that they didn’t make
a mistake in giving me a
chance.”
All Vaughan has ever
needed was a chance. Not
highly recruited out of
Dawson County, West
Georgia gave him a chance.
He got on the field with
West Georgia and now the
Falcons are giving him a
chance to do the same.
“The thing I’ve learned is
that if you can play foot
ball, and you’re good
enough, (the NFL) will find
you,” said Vaughan about
his journey to this point.
“And they will give you a
chance and all you need is
one chance regardless of
where you’re at.”
Vaughan will look to
become only the second
ever Dawson County High
School alum to suit up for
an NFL team. Punter Chad
Cunningham (Class of
2006) had a brief four-year
career as a member of the
Tennessee Titans.
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