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Aldrich: Plenty of stripers shallow in backs of creeks
jerk baits, and they are
working well for the
shallower fish in the
ditches.
On warmer days the
bass will get out of the
ditches and roam
around looking for bait
fish and crayfish. Target
docks that have deep
water close by or rocky
banks that warm up in
the sun.
Stripers: Striper fish
ing remains good and
there are plenty of strip
ers up shallow in the
backs of the creeks and
in lake pockets that con
tain baitfish.
There are also some
stripers that are a little
deeper midway back in
the creeks.
Two methods seem to
be working best — live
bait and umbrella rigs.
Live bait is usually the
easiest and best method
these deeper fish,
Often 1 cast my lures
out and stair step them
down the drop offs, but
often I will position my
boat directly over the
fish and fish vertically
while watching my
Humminbird graph.
Often I can see the
fish rise up to strike my
lure and, as many peo
ple know, this is my
favorite way to fish. It's
like playing a video
game but much more
fun!
If fishing deep is not
your thing, there are
plenty of bass in the
shallow ditches right
now and they will eat
the same lures as the
deep fish but they will
also strike jerk baits and
crank baits too. We have
been casting a SPRO
Mcßips, which runs a
little deeper than most
RACING
NASCAR stakes future on new car
More significant to
the sport’s so-called
Super Bowl in February
are plans to renovate
Daytona International
Speedway. Track presi
dent Joie Chitwood pro
vided just a “initial
taste” of the project,
which is advancing with
the collaborative efforts
of Rosetti Architects, a
company out of
Michigan.
“For us it’s charting
the course for the next
50 years,” Chitwood
said. “But this isn’t
about changing a seat
here and there. This is
about changing the
structure of the front
stretch grandstands.
This is about massive
gates and entry ways.
This is about an archi
tectural skin that is rem
iniscent of major sports
stadiums in this country.
“If we're going to
continue to be the world
center of racing and
host NASCAR’s Super
Bowl every year, we
have to make sure we
live up to that from a
fan-amenity side and
infrastructure side.”
Chitwood said he
hopes to have more
details during
Speedweeks next
month. The speedway
opened in 1959. There
are still some original
seats in place that date
to that time.
Fans call the shots
NASCAR and Sprint
are attempting to take
fan interaction to a new
level in the first big
event of the season —
By George Diaz
McClatchy Newspapers
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
— In a gathering best
described as a media
conference sprinkled
with bits and pieces of a
pep rally, NASCAR
officials laid out their
vision for the sport,
embedded in the hope
of a new car energizing
the fan base and of
refurbishing the iconic
Daytona International
Speedway.
Much of NASCAR’s
success is literally rid
ing on the new Gen 6
model, which looks
very much like a car
anybody can buy —
minus the revved-up
engine. The adage “win
on Sunday, sell on
Monday” has been
evoked many times dur
iig the current
NASCAR Sprint Media
Jour hosted by
Charlotte Motor
Speedway. It took a stop
at the NASCAR Hall of
Fame on Tuesday for a
state of the union
address — under the
banner “Racing to
Innovate” — headed by
CEO and chairman
Brian France and presi
dent Mike Helton.
“So far all the indica
tors are telling us that
we’re on the right
track,” Helton said of
the Gen 6 model, which
replaces the “Car of
Tomorrow.”
With the COT clearly
in its rear view mirror,
NASCAR is hoping the
stars align to make the
drivers shine as much as
the car moving into the
new season, starting
with the Daytona 500
on Feb. 24.
“I think we’ll measure
(the new car) by lead
changes. We’ll measure
it by how it races. We’ll
measure it by how the
drivers feel about it and
— knowing that not
everybody will always
love every rules pack
age or thing that we do,
that’s for sure — we'’ll
look at it very simply,”
Friance said.
“Everything is designed
to have closer competi
tion. I'm quite confident
that 1 know we're going
to make improvements.”
Other elements of
NASCAR are in for
changes, too. France
announced that the
sport is moving to a
new track-drying sys
tem that is more effi
cient and could improve
the time by 80 percent.
The system will use
compressed air instead
of a jet engine and, as
Helton described it, a
series of “pipes behind
a pickup truck that the
air is being pushed
through as opposed to a
jet dryer.”
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little closer to the chan
nel. Rig umbrella
rigs witlQ:‘RO or
Captain Macs buck tails
with Hyper Tails and
swim bait trailers and
troll these rigs at right
around 2 miles per hour
behind the boat.
Keep a SPRO Buck
tail, Bomber long A or a
McStick ready to cats to
any stripers you see
swirling on the surface.
Crappie: Crappie
fishing is good and
there are some schools
of these tasty fish swim
ming in the pockets and
creeks this past week.
Target brush piles and
sunken trees in 5-15
feet deep with live crap
pie minnows or small
crappie jigs.
If you prefer to cast
jigs, work them through
the brush and timber.
Trolling a spread of
for catchh;f stripers.
Pulling flat lines and
planner boards in shal
low water has been
working well this past
week, but look for the
colder weather to pull
the bait and stripers out
a little deeper.
Watch your electron
ics and vary your depths
according to where you
mark bait and fish on
the screen.
Switch over to a down
line if you mark fish
deeper than 20 feet, but
you can also add a quar
ter or half ounce split
shot to your flat lines to
get them down deeper.
Trout and herring are
your best baits to use
right now.
Trolling umbrella rigs
in the creeks can be a
very productive method
when the fish pull out
of the coves and move a
pit stop and elimination
will close at various
times throughout the
race broadcast.
Sprint is encouraging
fans to follow @
NASCAR and @
MissSprintCup on
Twitter to engage in the
#SprintUnlimited con
versation throughout the
voting process.
A goody line
While launching a
promotional multi
media campaign for
Goody’s headache pow
der, NASCAR legend
Richard Petty was asked
his most memorable
“Goody’s moment” dur
ing his career.
Sharp as ever, Petty
The Sprint Unlimited At
Daytona (aka The Bud
Shootout).
Fans will determine a
number of crucial ele
ments in the 75-lap
non-points race that will
be staged Feb. 16. An
interactive component
will allow fans to vote
on the number of laps in
each segment, the type
of pit stop a team makes
after the first segment,
and how many cars will
be eliminated after the
second segment.
They also will get to
vote on which fire suit
Miss Sprint Cup wears
at Victory Lane.
“Giving fans such a
strong voice in the
design of the race is a
fitting way to launch
our 10th season in the
sport,” said Steve
Gaffney, Sprint vice
president of corporate
marketing.
“We are giving them
the ultimate access to
the sport, the decision
making power to sculpt
the type of race they
want to see. With
today’s technology, they
can make these deci
sions in real time as the
race is happening.”
Votes can be cast on
NASCAR’s new official
mobile app —
NASCAR Mobile ‘l3
— or at NASCAR.com/
Sprint Unlimited. All
votes made through the
NASCAR Mobile ‘l3
app will count twice.
Although the voting
window for the race for
mat will close on Feb.
13 at 11:59 p.m. ET, the
voting deadlines for the
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Cast these minnow
imitators upstream and
work them with a jerk
and pause retrieve down
through the rapids and
in the deeper pools
below the rapids.
Bank mglgz
Casting large plugs from
the banks is a great tech
nique for catching shal
low stripers.
Concentrate on areas
that have gulls and
loons working the water
as these locations are
where the bait and strip
ers will be.
Use heavy line and
cast Bomber Long As,
Redfins or McStick
110 s out and reel them,
back slow and steady.
These lures are great
for fishing from the
banks because they run
less than 5 feet deep,
which will prevent
snags.
jigs behind the boat is
starting to be a produc
tive method, but watch
your electronics closely
and vary your depths
and speed based on
what you see on your
screen.
Trout: Trout fishing
has been good up in the
mountains, just fair on
the river below Buford
Dam, but is better
downstream.
Fly fishing with wet
flies in the creeks is
working well and you
may try some small dry
flies like small nymphs
in the afternoons if you
see any hatches going
on. The small insects
will hatch on sunny
days.
A Count Down
Rapala or a Yo Suri Pins
Minnow are both excel
lent choices for fishing
for trout in winter.
tinues in NASCAR.
Denny Hamlin became
the newest proud papa.
He announced the arriv
al of his daughter via
his Twitter account.
“Introducing Taylor
James Hamlin! Born
Jan 20 at 20:20!
Weighting 61b, soz and
20 inches in length.”
Jordan Fish, Hamlin’s
longtime girlfriend, is
the child’s mom.
Hamlin, 32, and Fish,
25, met six years ago at
a Charlotte Bobcats
game while Fish was
performing as a member
of the Lady Cats, the
Bobcats dance team.
Hamlin was sitting
courtside and she
caught his attention.
alluded to the 1976
Daytona 500, in which
Petty and David
Pearson tangled on the
last lap as Petty passed
him to take the lead.
Both drivers lost control
after slamming into a
wall. Petty’s car stalled
20 yards from the finish
line after skidding into
the grass.
“There wasn’t enough
Goody’s in Volusia
County to get over that
headache,” Petty said.
Petty, a long-time
spokesman for Goody’s,
will work with Dale
Earnhardt Jr. in the
campaign.
Hey, baby!
The baby boom con