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MOON BEAMS AND STRIPERS
Linesides continue to work their come-hither magic on east
coast fishermen well into the fall, and one of the last great
love feasts of the year is the Deep Sea Club’s Full Moon Tour
nament staged out at Montauk. This year, under the fullness of
October’s moon, we joined the devotees gathering at the chill
eastern tip of Long Island for one more encounter with striped
bass.
We got out early on tournament day, trailering the Garcia
Ambassadeur, Al’s 19-foot Mako, along the narrow dunes high
way that skirted the sea. We hurried along and talked of the
big cow stripers which run in the great fall migrations, and
the thrill it would be to pick off a 50-pounder.
Ours was one of the first boats out, and as we passed the
point of land we sighted a sure sign of stripers a school
of threshing menhaden. We got busy right away with power
ful Mitchell 486 saltwater spinning reels and medium action
7-foot Conolon rods and began casting surface swimming plugs
in among the bait fish. Six school-size stripers hit our plugs
and were boated before the baitfish scattered. It became the
afternoon’s tempo a sighting of bait fish, quick, furious
hitting by schoolies, then the scattering. But no stripers of
tournament size.
In between sightings of baitfish, we spied haul-seiners in the
distance, working the inshore
waters. With nets strung be
tween trucks rolling along the
beach and open boats limp
ing along outside the surf,
the seiners blanketed the wat
ers for striped bass.
We could only wonder in
disgust when this reckless
assault on the migratory
striper schools would kill off
the species for sport fisher
men for all time. We also
wondered when the state
would consent to designate
this great game fish as a hook
and line fish, as other east coast states have already done.
A 1 voiced our fears when he said, "For a few dollars apiece,
here are a handful of guys ripping apart these great schools.
If the fish don’t show up next year, what do you tell the 200,000
New York striper fishermen?”
We dined leisurely that evening, and then with the rising of
the moon went out again in the Ambassadeur. The moon was
high and flooding the waters around us with its brilliance.
We were filled with the anticipation that only the full moon
brings to night fishing. Conditions are near daylight, and the
fish are more secure. They’re not spooked by the phosphores
cent glimmers moving line and lures set up in otherwise pitch
black water. The moonlight penetrates the water and good
monofilament, like Bonnyl, seems again to disappear while
unwary fish approach to attack attractive lures.
We began trolling Alu plastic eels on long lengths of 40
pound test Bonnyl leaders attached to wire line. We were
using Mitchell 624 conventional reels and the heavy duty 6-
foot Conolon wire trolling rods. Almost at once we had action
and as the silvery forms were drawn to boat-side we could
discern the gill-to-tail body lines which spell striper.
We had steady fishing until midnight, but couldn’t take any
thing above the 25-pound mark. The fishing pressure from the
many near-by boats was intense, -And the possibility was good
that the big cow striper which would, take the tournament
would be boated this night. But we were' shiyering now in the
cold and thought only of securing our mess of'fisly at dockside
and tramping indoors for a warming toddy which, is what
tournaments are about, too.
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Strong Code
AMERICUS, GA.
(PRN)-State Rep. Charles
M. Jones, chairman of a
legislative committee drafting
a new state code of ethics, said
he doesn’t agree with many
Georgians who say a strong
code won’t be passed by the
1970 General Assembly.
“I believe a code with
enforcement teeth will be
passed next year,” he said.
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present
G e neral
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the people
of Georgia
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government posable.”
Jones pledged that his
committee will introduce in
January a code of ethics that
will have “a strong
enforcement provision.”
“The code will apply to all
branches of state
govern men t--legislative,
judicial and executive,” he
said.
Jones, House Majority
Whip who is a possible
candidate for lieutenant
governor next year, pledged
that the new code “will cover
conflict of interest,
wrongdoing of any type, and
unethical conduct of any
form.”
The Hinesville lawmaker
said he believes members of
the General Assembly are
“concerned” about a recent
public opinion poll taken by
Georgia State University
which discloses a large number
of people lack confidence in
their state government.
“Legislators today are
anxious to upgrade state
government,” he said. “They
realize that Georgians must
have confidence in their
government if this is to be a
reality.”
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ATLANTA (PRN)—This
has been one of those crazy
years for me, when little has
gone right. Not going into
tales of woe before hunting
season, suffice it to say that
deer season escaped with me
hunting only part of one day,
due simply to lack of time.
In addition, duck and quail
seasons have been open for a
few weeks now, and my
scattergun is still collecting the
dust it began gathering at the
end of last season.
There just have been too
many things going on to spend
enough time to go the
distances necessary and spend
the needed time to hunt,
though I hope to change that
very soon.
Anyway, realizing that time
was precious, I decided to
concentrate on doing a little
more fishing this fall than I
normally do, since hunting
always takes precedence at
this time of year.
Recalling a few years back
when I had very little place
and opportunity to hunt that I
fished a good deal in the fall,
and that fishing at that time of
year was very good indeed, I
thought this might be the
answer since I might be able to
get away for a few hours
occasionally.
I recalled that most waters
had many fewer anglers on
them than during the spring
and summer months, and that
hotrod boaters were all but
non-existent. And as an added
attraction, fishing was usually
nearly as good as in spring,
and sometimes at least as good
as spring.
Well, apparently, I lost my
touch. Trip after trip, I’d go
out and get skunked, or
perhaps catch one, maybe two
small bass. One day I did
manage to get four or five, but
none were big enough to keep.
I gave up.
Then, Thanksgiving Day
dawned bright and clear, and
pretty warm, and I fell into
conversation with a fella I’D
just met. He opened the door.
“Sure would be a dandy day
to go fishing,” he said. Well,
you know how it went from
there.
In very short order, we
were at this private pond
where he had exclusive rights
to fish. Right on the dock
where I started, I broke the
ice.. My third cast brought in a
bass of 2V< or three pounds.
My new friend, just a cast
away, moved to a location. I
tossed a plug to the area he
had just left, and in two casts I
had another hit but apparently
didn’t set the plug well
enough, and a moment later
the fish was gone.
It didn’t matter too
much .. .1 began working my
way around the three-acre
pond, and by the time I met
him on the far side, I’d strung
seven bass. All this in an hour
and a half of fishing. He
hadn’t had a sign of a strike.
And while he watched me, I
got another stike, but this one
snapped the line when he hit.
Apparently, it had gotten
frayed in the previous battles.
That was the only good
■ plug I had with me. I’d left my
own tackle box at home, and
had borrowed my seven-year
old’s box. That one plug, a
Heddon Sonic, was enough.
It’s a real killer in early spring
and late fall, particularly when
conditions were as right as
they were that day.
It’s going to cost me
though. My new friend wants
a copy of that plug, and my
son assured me I have to
replace his that I lost! And
while I’m at it, I guess I might
as well get one for myself.
FISHING REPORT
NORTH GEORGIA
Allatoona • 14’ low. Fair to
good for bass with large
minnows. Burton - Low, clear.
Poor for all species. Chatuge -
Very low. Fair for bass and
poor for all others. Lanier -
Fair for bass and poor for all
other species.
MIDDLE GEORGIA
Bartletts Ferry - Normal.
Fair to good for all species.
Goat Rock - Normal, clear.
Fair for all species. Clark Hill •
Normal, clear. Fair for baas
and crappie. Poor for all
'then.
BY DEAN WOHLGEMUTH
Georgia Game and
Fish Commission
It Isn’t Too Late
To Find Fishing
SOUTH GEORGIA
Blackshear - Normal, clear.
Good for white bass and fair
for largemouth bass and
crappie. Seminole - Normal,
clear. Good for crappie and
fair for bass. W.F. George -
Normal, clear. Fair for crappie
and bass and poor for bream.
Worth - Normal, clear. Good
for bream and white bass.
RIVERS
Alapaha - Low. Poor for all
species. Canoochee - Normal,
clear. Good for crappie and
fair for catfish and bass. Poor
for all other species.
Chattahooche - Normal, clear.
Fair for catfish and poor for
all other species. Coosa -
Crappie fishing is fair to good
using minnows. Etowah -
Clear, low. Fair for all species.
Flint - Normal, clear. Fair to
poor for all species.
Ochlockonee - Normal, clear.
Good for catfish. Ocmulgee -
Low, muddy. Fair for all
species. Oconee - Rising. Fair
for all species. Savannah •
Low, clear. Fair for all species.
COASTAL REGION: Good
for bass and trout offshore.
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Rough Year For Crops In State
By: Walter H. Rucker
This has been a pretty rough
year for crops in Georgia. The
State Crop Reporting Serivce
says the production of corn, co
tton and tobacco will be down
from last year. On the other
hand, peanuts and soybeans will
be up slightly.
It is far too early to tell
just what the farm income from
crops will be in the state this
year. Any loss here may be
made up in increased returns
from livestock. And Georgia’s
giant poultry industry
broilers and eggs--will contri
bute a sizeable chunk to the
overall farm income.
Whatever the final 1969 figure
is, it almost certainly will be
above the $1 billion mark for
the third year in a row.
VALUE ADDED
In anybody’s language, $1 bi
llion is a lot of money. But
that is only part of the picutre.
that is only part of the picture.
Look what happens to the eco
nomy as our farm products go
through the various agri
business processes on the way
to the consumer.
Latest estimates are that the
$1 billion-plus farm income is
multiplied four to five times by
the agribusiness industry. That
makes the total agricultural
complex--farming and farm bu
siness—the biggest industry in
our state.
A recent survey showed that,
even in Atlanta, 38 percent of
the people who are gainfully
employed are in agribusiness.
GETTING BIGGER
What is an agribusiness? A
simple definition would be any
business that primarily serves
agriculture or depends upon ag
riculture for its raw mater
ials.
And this business of agri
business is a growing business.
Dr. Tyrßs R. Timm, head of
the agricultural economics de
partment at Texas A & M Un
| iversity, said in his keynote
1 address at Georgia’s first agri
business conference last month
i that the industry is 35 percent
I bigger than it was ten years ago.
He added that the next ten
' years will be the same thing.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, CUMMING, GA., DECEMBER 18, 1 969
“It will be the same song, se
cond verse. We are in an agri
cultural revolution that is irr
evocable and accumulative.”
BENEFITS ALL
Whatever we are in, it seems
to be working. The variety and
volume of our food production
is just tremendous. It is the
envy of all the world. It is so
efficient that the average U.S.
family has to spend only 17
percent of its income to eat.
This is far less than the peo
ple of other nations have to sp
end for food.
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ization, the Cooperative Exten
sion Service, has been closely
associated with farming and
farm progress through the
years. At his particular season
of 1969 it seems we could all
well be thankful for farmers
everywhere who till the soil
and make our abundance poss
ible.
And so to everyone—but es
pecially to our farmer friends
best wishes for a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year!