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2B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, November 28,2018
DCHS wrestling team opens with clean sweep
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
High School wrestling
program opened their
season with a 4-0 sweep
of the Lambert Duals
hosted by Lambert High
School on Nov. 20.
The Tigers opened
their day against the
team from Johnson
High School and quick
ly established them
selves as the team to
beat as they won by an
overwhelming 72-12
margin.
Berkmar High School,
followed by Lambert
High School rounded
out the morning match
es for the Tigers and
they handily defeated
both teams putting up
scores of 66-12 and
60-21 respectively.
The toughest contest
of the day came from
the 8-AAA West Hall
Spartans who fought a
series of determined
matches to keep it close.
In the end, the Tigers
pulled out their fourth
victory of the day with a
42-36 final score.
Individual results
have been delayed due
to the holiday break.
The Tigers looked to
continue their early suc
cess as they hosted
Riverside Military
Academy Nov. 27.
Results were unavail
able as of press time.
LAKE LANIER FISHING REPORT
Bass are biting at varying levels
ERIC ALDRICH
Columnist
The CORP continues
to pull water in an
attempt to keep up with
inflow and to get the
lake down to winter
pool. Lake Lanier’s
water level is at
1,070.51 or .49 below
the normal full pool of
1,071. Lake surface
temperatures are hovering around
60 degrees.
The main lake and lower lake
creeks are slightly stained to stained
from recent rains and lake turnover.
The upper lake and rivers are stained
to muddy from lake turnover and last
week’s rain inflow. The
Chattahoochee below Buford Dam
remains very stained.
Check generation schedules before
heading out to the river below
Buford Dam at 770-945-1466.
It’s the time of year for us all to
count our blessings. Most people
have turmoil in their life and our
family is not immune. Sickness,
injuries, money problems and other
troubles exist for many people. Hard
times are when we need God the
most. When I count my blessings
and they far outweigh my troubles. I
am thankful the most for my family
and friends and the blessings to be
able to do what I love for a living. I
wish our readers a very blessed
Thanksgiving!
Bass fishing is good. Because the
thermocline has broken up, the fish
can be caught anywhere from a one-
foot deep on down to 50 feet as we
are in full lake turnover. Usually,
lake turnover produces a tough bite
but if you keep several different baits
on deck and move around, you
should get decent results.
We had started to concentrate on
the ditch bite before the rain last
week changed things up. This bite is
still OK, but it should resume and
get better as water levels stabilize
and the lake water gets colder.
Study your maps and make sure
you still keep a few ditches in your
rotation.
We have basically been “junk
fishing” as we run and gun our most
productive areas. The term junk
fishing refers to when anglers can
fish several different lures in differ
ent locations and catch fish on just
about anything.
I had a couple of trips this past
week and everyone caught bass.
Still, start your day around the
ditches as that is where the fish
have been. Usually, the fish will be
in the shallow gut
where the ditch channel
meets the bank but look
for other productive
areas close to these bass
highways. We have
been casting SPRO
Crank Baits, spinner
baits and jigs while we
stay on the trolling
motor and watch our Lowrance
Electronics. The fish can be just
about anywhere that brush, rock
and clay banks transit into deeper
water.
Concentrate on the steeper banks
because these areas are where bass
can move deep without expending
much energy.
I love to fish crank baits because
they catch both numbers and quali
ty. You want to have a sensitive rod.
They don’t get much better than my
Kissel Kraft Custom Rods.
Spooling your reels with quality
line, like the new Sniper FC Crank,
will increase the sensitivity so that
you can feel your crank baits dig
ging into the bottom.
Use a deep diver like a SPRO Fat
Papa or Little John DD and cast the
lures shallow, then slow roll them
along the bottom. Bites will occur
both when your baits deflect off of
objects under water and also when
your lures dive deep enough to
break away from the bottom.
You can also catch some good
fish on spinner baits by running and
gunning rocky banks out in the
wind. You can get some quality
bites by simply staying out in the
wind as you move from spot to
spot. Fish the lures at a medium
speed and keep moving.
The jig bite has also been work
ing well around these same steep,
rocky banks. Fake Fanier’s bass
love crawdads and a jig is the per
fect match to mimic these tasty bass
treats. Cast your jigs to the bank on
out deep and pay attention to the
depth where you get bites then con
centrate on that same depth as you
move down the bank.
Striper fishing has been hit and
miss. The secret seems to be fishing
around areas where stripers are
feeding on shad. The stripers will
bite larger offerings, but medium
shiners seem to be working best.
Casting a SPRO Buck Tail front the
front of the boat while you pull
baits has also been producing a few
fish.
There is a saying in the Air Force
that says “Trust your instruments”
and that also applies to our fishing
electronics. My new Fowrance
units have made finding the produc
tive areas a lot easier. My eyesight
is not what it used to be and the
Fowrance Carbon 16 really makes
it easy to detect what’s under the
water.
Run flat lines and down lines
around the depth where you mark
fish. Trust your electronics and
when you see bait and fish then
that’s the area to target. If you uti
lize planner boards that will greatly
increase your odds as you can a
wide spread of shallow baits near
the bank on one side with some
deeper baits on the other.
The more lines that you can fish
effectively, the better the odds are
that you will connect with fish.
There is still some good school
ing action early and this can also
occur through out the day so keep a
buck tail at the ready at all times.
The night Bomber and McStick bite
is still pretty good. Get out just
before sunset and fish the banks
around the islands and in the creek
mouths. You should do well.
Trout fishing has been good in
the North Georgia streams and riv
ers, and below Buford Dam when it
is not generating water.
Five earthworms are hard to beat,
but spinning gear with small inline
spinners and fly fishing with both
dry and wet flies has also been pro
ducing some fish.
Bank fishing: Fast week, we talk
ed about striper fishing from the
banks and that continues to be a
great choice for bank anglers. You
can catch bass, stripers, white bass
and even catfish on live or cut shad.
Farger stripers get that way by
running alone and doing different
things. Cut bait has a reputation for
producing the biggest stripers in the
lake. While your bites will not
occur as often as live shiners or
shad, the size of fish you catch on
cut bait is worth the wait.
Many bait shops sell frozen giz
zard shad and herring. Get out your
weighted lines and rigged them
with a cut up gizzard shad. Secure
your rods well because you just
may could land a trophy.
Eric Aldrich is an outdoor writer, mar
keting specialist and bass angler.
Reports are based on personal experi
ence and permission from a close net
work of friends. He would love to hear
from readers, so please email him at
esaldrich@yahoo.com.
FROM 1B
Tigers
Cumberland’s Mason
Fowe proved unstoppable
in the second half as he
racked up 21 of his 24
points on the night and
drove the Patriots to the
buzzer to claim the cham
pionship.
It was a stark difference
compared to the Nov. 19
game against Fandmark
Christian Academy when
the Tigers, once again led
by Chism, outscored the
War Eagles in every peri
od.
“We were hoping to
open with a fast-paced
game,” Pittman said.
“They have some good
players on film, but this is
the first time we have
played them.”
Eli Burruss, Campbell
Reed and Trey Pruitt all
contributed points to the
board as the Tigers
opened a first period lead
18-12.
Gibson began his run in
the second period as he
continued to come free on
the 3-point line and the
Tigers extended their lead
to 31-23 at the half.
Chism broke loose in
the third period, dropping
four buckets and going 4
for 6 at the line to move
the game out of reach for
the War Eagles.
The team returns to
action after the holiday
break with a game
against the Flowery
Branch High School
Falcons in Flowery
Branch on Nov. 29.
Bob Christian Dawson County News
Coach Linda Sperin works with members of
the Dawson County swim team at practice on
Nov. 12.
Strong showing for
Tigers swim team
in Darlington
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
High School swimming
team showed signs of
improvement as they
participated in their
second competition of
the season in an invita-
tional hosted by
Darlington High School
just before the
Thanksgiving break on
Nov. 15.
Despite warm water
conditions and a long
day of competition the
Tigers saw their times
improve in the individ
ual races and in their
relay swims.
“The new swimmers
are feeling better, faster
and more confident,”
said Head Coach Finda
Sperin. “Rachel
(Rajczak) swam in her
first meet and did a
good job in the relays.”
Reading the way for
the Tigers were Will
Mulberry and Wiley
Dennis as they captured
third and fourth place in
the 500 yard freestyle
and contributed, along
with fellow swimmers
Garret Perez and
Matthew Wood, to a
scoring finish in the 200
yard medley relay and
400 yard freestyle relay.
Wood also posted the
team’s top finish of the
day with his third place
run in the 100 yard but
terfly.
Ayla Miller added
points with her time of
1:15.9 in the 100 yard
freestyle and pushed the
Fady Tigers relay team
(consisting of her, Kara
Starr, Findsey FeBaron
and Anna Mulberry) to
respectable finishes in
both the 200 yard free
style and medley relays.
Ultimately the day
belonged to the Calhoun
High School Yellow
Jackets as their team
scored points in every one
of the 24 events on the
day.
“Our times weren’t too
good overall,” Sperin
said. “The water was
warm and the meet was
long but I told them that’s
all part of it.”
The team will head
back to Rome for their
third event of the season
on Nov. 29.
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“The most loving small church
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Isn’t it time you came back?
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Just Down from the Tractor Supply
Sunday School 9:30
Worship 10:30
Dr. Bob Strachan 706-216-5516
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Humane Society
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