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movement are good choices for gener
ating strikes from these sometimes fin
icky fish.
Stripers are eating trout and herring
pulled on flat and down lines in the
creeks and up in the rivers. As with the
bass, we have found stripers very shal
low in the pockets as well as out deeper
in the creek mouths.
My Humminbird 998¢ Side Imaging
actually shows me what is happening
several hundred feet out to my left and
right. With his technology I can view
baitfish, stripers, trees and many more
objects below the water on my graph’s
screen. If I see that the majority of bait
fish schools are located deep than that
is where I start fishing.
If 1 see the majority of bait fish
schools are on or around the surface,
then I will start my day pulling flat
lines and planner boards. Trolling an
umbrella rig at different depths or
using a Cannon Down Rigger to get
your baits at the exact level are both
good methods to try.
Crappie: Crappie fishing is starting to
pick up and some of these fish have
already moved shallow into the pockets.
Trolling crappie jigs or “lake raking” is a
good technique to try as the crappie start
their migration process. Crappie follow
the bait fish into the creeks in late winter
where they feed heavily before the
spawn.
Trolling crappie jigs, Hal Flies or even
small crank baits can be effective for the
next few months. Locate the schools of
crappie with your electronics, then troll
your jigs at or slightly above the level
where you mark fish. Anglers can also
cast minnows below and float or small
jigs around the pockets during the day.
Trout: Trout fishing has been hit and
miss this past week and the pattern
seems to revolve around the rainy days.
When it rains, the rivers and streams
receive run-off that muddies up the
water and also washes in earth worms,
insects and other food sources for trout.
The trout seem to bite less after a hard
rain, but you can still catch them. Bright
colored in-line spinners and small min
now imitating plugs are good choices.
Bank Fishing: Because of the
warmer than normal temperatures,
many different varieties of fish may be
caught from the bank this week. Cast
medium to large shiners below a slip
bobber to catch stripers, bass, catfish
and other fish this week. Rooster Tails
or shallow running crank baits are also
good choices to try.
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United
Thursday to play in
an annual tournament
that he uses to test
out potential new
players,
Doehring said it's
often difficult to
attract athletes who
were once talented
college or semi-pro
fessional soccer play
ers because their com
petitive nature makes
it difficult for them to
accept playing the
game at a slower
pace.
Doehring is also
constantly on the
lookout for business
es who want to con
tribute to the team
‘somehow, but spon
sorships, much like
elite players, are hard
to find.
He has, however,
managed to keep a
sense of humor about
it.
“It’s tough to get
sponsorships in the
age group we're in,”
Doehring said.
“Somebody [joked]
maybe we should
contact Geritol.”
As in any sport at
any age level, injuries
occur, but Doehring
said the benefits of
playing have out
weighed the risks for
most of the players.
“Most of the guys
are not on any medi
cations,” Doehring
said. “It helps a lot of
people to be involved
in some physical
[activity].
“It’s more than just
kicking a ball. There
are friendships that
develop, [too].”
For more informa
tion about becoming a
member or sponsoring
the Georgia United
soccer team, call
Dietmar Doehring at
(770) 887-1242 or
(678) 687-3671.
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Its liftoff for Falcons
By Jeff Miller
McClatchy Newspapers
ATLANTA — For the
Falcons, it was a great day.
For the Seahawks, a rough
day.
For the monkeys, a travel
day.
No matter where you
turned in the Atlanta locker
room Sunday, you could hear
someone talking about pri
mates, invisible primates.
And people thought Brent
Musburger’s recent football
related observations were
bizarre?
Tony Gonzalez hadn’t won
a playoff game in 16 seasons.
Matt Ryan hadn’t won a play
off game in three tries. Mike
Smith hadn’t won a playoff
game as a head coach.
The Falcons hadn’t won a
playoff game since they were
quarterbacked by Michael
Vick.
All those monkeys jumped
Sunday, freeing all those
Falcons backs, when Atlanta
beat Seattle, 30-28.
It truly was a sight to
behold, a complete defection
— to steal a line from “The
Simpsons™ — from chimpan-
A to chimpanzee. Even if no
one saw it.
“This wasn’t all about me,”
Gonzalez claimed, though in
many spaces afterward —
including this one — it was all
about him. “It wasn’t all about
Matt or Smitty, either. It was
about the Atlanta Falcons win
ning a playoff game. That was
the biggest thing.”
It does make for a great
story, though; despite the fact
sometimes the stories are
concocted.
Gonzalez’s tale was more
legit. The greatest tight end in
NFL history, a player who has
achieved more than anyone
ever at his position, finally
winning in the playoffs, in
what he says almost certainly
is his final season, very much
is a big thing.
“I’ve never cried on the field
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before,” Gonzalez explained,
“at least after a win."
But football is an exercise
with so many moving parts, a
game so dependent on strate
gy that someone invented
X-and-O shorthand to explain
it, that to define an individu
al’s reputation for all-time by
a team’s success in a com
pacted tournament can be,
well, pure monkey business.
“This is my third year and |
already have a playoff victo
ry,” said Michael Palmer, one
of Atlanta’s other tight ends.
“Tony has been around 16
and he just got his first.
“But it's not like that was
his fault. Football is the ulti
mate team game.”
And when one of those
games is decided like
Sunday’s was, with two lead
changes in 23 seconds of the
final minute? Let’s just say
something as profound as his
tory can be determined by
something as whimsical as
the wind.
Even in a domed stadium
like Atlanta’s.
Think of it this way: Had
the Falcons not come back to
win in the final 31 seconds,
the winning point would have
come from a guy who, before
Sunday, never before had
even played for the Seahawks.
Kicker Ryan Longwell,
whose extra point gave
Seattle a 28-27 lead, had just
signed with the team five
days earlier.
He was that close to
becoming a Seahawk legend,
even as he had teammates so
new they didn’t even know
his name.
And that’s almost how
Gonzalez, Ryan, Smith and
all these Falcons remained
monkey laden.
] think the one thing that
I've learned in my five years,
specifically in the postseason,
is that it’s hard,” said Ryan,
his simplicity sharp enough to
slice through the baloney. “1
mean, it is difficult to do.”
So the Falcons righted
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everything, even as they blew
a 20-point fourth-quarter lead
and nearly lost to a team with
a 5-foot-11 rookie quarterback
and a bow-legged running
back, a team that had traveled
8,215 miles in fewer than
seven days and lined up for the
opening kickoff as their body
clocks struck 10 a.m.
The quirks of fate are like
every intercom ever installed
in a public transit system.
Difficult to understand.
“Think of the pressure Matt
was under,” Gonzalez said,
and he was talking about Matt
Ryan not Matt Bryant, even
though the latter had to con
vert a 49-yard field goal to
free all those monkeys.
“For weeks, he was ripped
for never winning in the play
offs,” Gonzalez continued.
“That’s not fair, but that’s the
way it is. I heard Aaron
Rodgers say this, and it’s true.
The regular season is when
you make your money, but the
postseason is when you make
your legacy.
“But, man, that’s a tough
way to remember a football
player.”
That’s easier for Rodgers to
say, of course, with his Super
Bowl place already set.
For Ryan, he now has a 1-3
record in the postseason,
which still doesn’t sound like
much, huh?
That’s OK. It didn’t sound
like much, either, when
Peyton Manning had the same
mark.
“I thought that collectively
as a team and as a coaching
staff nobody flinched,” Ryan
said after his final two com
pletions set up Bryant. “We
stuck with the plan. We kept
doing what we do.”
That’s usually the course
pro athletes take. It’s all that
training and repetition, every
man drilled to do his job.
What path an individual’s
legacy follows, however,
often is decided by something
far less under his control —
the rest of the team.
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