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Wednesday, July 4,2018
8-U Softball travels to state tournament
For the Dawson County News
The Dawson County 8U Softball All-stars traveled to Boynton the weekend of June 22 to compete in the Dizzy Dean Softball State Tournament. Though they
did not bring home a victory, the girls played with all of their hearts and took home a sportsmanship trophy. Included on the team were Shelbee Kirby,
Kaelyn Utech, Jemma Tuner, Ava Kay Polman, Carley Etta Grizzle, Eva Wilson, Kylie Turner, Laila Woody, Kylee Grace Pulley, Kadence Rhodes, Sarah
Shelnutt and Preslee Partee. Coaches were John Pulley, Chris Grizzle, Kyle Woody, Nolan Utech, Lanicia Shelnutt andThomy Edwards.
For the Dawson County News
Pictured from left to right are Gregg Adams, Rusty Geiger, Nate Umberger, Jake Williams and Jim Evans.
Two receive scholarships for wrestling
From staff reports
Two Dawson County High School grad
uates, Nate Umberger and Jake Williams,
recently received scholarships from the
David Bruce Wood Jr. Memorial Fund to
recognize their accomplishments in the
wrestling program at DCHS.
The David Bruce Wood Jr. Memorial
Fund was established in 2014 after Wood
died in an accidental drowning on Lake
Lanier at 20 years old.
Wood was an avid wrestler and athlete
in Dawson County, and the fund allows for
his family and others to keep his memory
alive by helping other local wrestlers with
their college education.
The scholarship is based on both athletic
performance and academic performance,
as well as potential financial need. A one
time payment of $500 is made directly to
the school where the scholarship recipients
attend.
The Wood family has given scholarships
to DCHS wrestlers every year since 2014
and will continue to offer the scholarship
in the future, according to Wood’s mother,
Ethelyn Geiger.
During the DCHS Senior Honors Night
May 10, Umberger and Williams received
the scholarships for their involvement in
the wrestling program and their academic
performance.
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Summer
“If we can do that, all the other goals
will take care of themselves,” he said.
The girls’ team also finds themselves
in an excellent position to continue the
winning ways they have established
over the last several years. Losing only
one senior, Marley Hamby, and com
ing off a rebuilding year that featured a
second place finish at regionals,
Beusse thinks “this could be one of the
strongest girl’s teams we have had in
several years.”
“While we spent much of last season
simply trying to gain the experience
necessary to win, this year should be
completely different,” he said.
Returning runners Frankie Muldoon,
Jenna Lecours, Evion Reinhardt,
Mattie Grant and Molly Muenchen
form the core of the team. New-comers
Avery Young, Kathryn Menoche, Bri
Ray and Isabelle Kinsey have all
shown the ability to make an impact
throughout the season.
Much like the boys, the girls have
made no secret about their desire to
win the regional tide, but their motiva
tion is very different. 2017’s second
place finish was the first time in four
years that the DCHS girls’ cross coun
try team did not win their region.
“When you come so close to win
ning it all, it has a way of making you
even hungrier than ever,” Beusse said.
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Stripers
piles with a swim bait or
top-water plug, then move
over this cover and struc
ture to pick off as many
fish as possible with your
sonar and a drop-shot rig.
My electronics always
account for a couple fish I
would’ve missed without
owning the best electron
ics. On other days, every
fish we catch may come
while “video-game fish
ing” with our electronics.
They are key tools for suc
cessful fishing.
Another finesse-fishing
method that deserves
mention is casting a
Spybait over brush piles.
These little finesse, sub
surface, prop baits have
grown greatly in populari
ty over the past few years.
The secret to being suc
cessful is to cast around
fish that are eating. Make
a long cast past a brush
pile, and let the lure fall to
where fish are located.
Engage your reel, using a
slow-and-steady retrieve.
The bites will be light, so
let the fish load up before
setting the hook.
Striper fishing has got
ten better as the thermo-
cline is starting to truly set
up on the main lake.
The thermocline is that
level where the colder,
lower layers of water meet
with the warmer surface
layers of water. This tem
perature separation is
where you will often find
bait fish and the active
predator fish that target
them.
The stripers are starting
to move away from the
humps and points to navi
gate to the lake and river
channels and the ditches
from 25 to 60 feet deep.
These deeper fish will be
found eating herring from
the thermocline down and
over the channels.
The down-line is your
go to technique this week.
Yes, you may encounter
stripers on the surface
early and later in the day,
but the majority of fish are
closer to the river chan
nels. Keep a top-water
plug, swim bait or SPRO
Bucktail at the ready to
cast to any surface fish
that you see.
Deploy your down-lined
herring and shad at around
25 to 35 feet deep. Four-
to 6-inch herring or simi
lar-sized gizzard shad
seem to be the best bait
this past week. Fresh bait
is essential, so make sure
to purchase several dozen
fish and change out bait
frequently.
It’s important to keep a
lively bait on at all times.
When you get ready to
change a bait, drop the old
bait to the bottom and
power-reel it back to the
surface to try to trigger a
reaction bite.
The spoon bite has not
really gotten started, but
there have been a few
reports about dropping
and quickly retrieving a
big Ben Parker Spoon.
When you see spaghetti
on your electronics screen,
it may be worth power
reeling a large spoon up
through the school of fish
you’re marking.
Crappie fishing: The
daytime bite has been best
early in the day.
Cast small crappie rigs
to brush that tops out in 15
to 25 feet of water. This
action may pay off for
dedicated perch jerkers.
The best bite continues
to occur after dark for
crappie, so use Hydro
Glow lights around bridg
es. Crappie and other
predator fish in Lake
Lanier will be attracted to
these lights. Fish a small
live minnow or crappie
jig, or even try casting a
small Spybait around the
lights to score a variety of
species.
Trout fishing: Anglers
have been able to enjoy
some more slack genera
tion times below Buford
Dam. If you can get out
for a few hours when the
water is low, then you can
just about pick your favor
ite method to catch these
fish this week.
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small lures are all worth a
try.
The almost daily after
noon showers are keeping
the rivers and streams in
North Georgia flowing
well. During or after the
rains, fishing will be a lit
tle tough, but when the
water clears, fishing will
be good.
Bank fishing: The rains
have kept bass and brim in
the shallows both on Lake
Lanier as well as on your
local subdivision and farm
ponds. Take a variety of
small lures and a spin
casting or spinning reel,
and you should be able to
catch bass and brim by
fishing from the shore.
Eric Aldrich is an outdoor
writer, marketing specialist
and bass angler. Reports
are based on personal
experience and permission
from a close network of
friends. He would love to
hear from his readers, so
please email him at esal-
drich@yahoo.com
Remember to take a kid
fishing.
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