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The Led County Ledger Thursday, November 22, 2001 - Page IB New Boat Ramp Available On The Kinchafoonee Creek Construction has been com pleted on a new concrete boat ramp on the Kinchafoonee Creek announces the Georgia Depart ment of Natural Resources (DNR), Wildlife Resources Divi sion (WRD). The ramp is located on the Department of Transportation's (DOT) right-of- way at the State Route 45 Bridge over the Kinchafoonee Creek in southern Webster County. "I am pleased that the new 'Bottsford Public Boat Ramp' is now completed. It will make launching small boats at this lo cation on the Kinchafoonee Creek much safer and easier," said Russ Ober, WRD Regional Supervisor for Fisheries Manage ment. "While this creek is fairly small, it does produce some good fishing - even when the water is low and anglers have to spend time pulling their boats over downed trees that partially block the stream channel." Anglers who visit this area of the Kinchafoonee Creek can ex pect to catch largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill and red breast sunfish. Ober said that during a recent visit to the ramp site he watched a fisherman haul out a nice two to three pound bass within a few minutes of starting to fish beneath the bridge. "I truly appreciate the coopera tion that DOT Commissioner Tom Coleman and his staff ex tended to our Department in help ing to make this new public ac cess area a reality," said DNR Commissioner Lonice Barrett. "Commissioner Coleman's work ers upgraded the access road into the site and did the initial site preparation, while our staff con- NOW OPEN NENE’S COUNTRY KITCHEN SERVING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. 7S9-1008 NEXT TO BRANCH DEER PROCESSING ON HWY 377 AND 195 Branch Deer Processing ixidermy USD A Licensed Foy Ferrell Hog Processing OPEN THANPSYING DAY v\ Contest 7 MILES 195 N □ COURT HOUSE LEESBURG Old Fashioned Smoked Sausage, Salami Big Buck Contest - Win a Browning A-Bolt centrated on building the ramp. By working together, our two de partments were able to complete this ramp in a very short time. This was a real team effort." State Senator George Hooks of Americus. along with State Rep resentative Bob Hanner of Parrott, pushed for the building of this new boat ramp. Senator Hooks said he was proud that DNR and DOT were able to work together to provide this new fa cility for the sportsmen of south west Georgia. Several years ago, Senator Hooks was approached by a group of area citizens that were concerned that there was not enough good public access to the Kinchafoonee Creek. Through Senator Hook's work with Rep resentative Hanner, the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, and employees from DNR, local anglers now have good access at this location and also at the Henry Binns Ramp completed last summer and lo cated just south of the State Route 118 Bridge on the Kinchafoonee in Terrell County on the Terrell County - Lee County Line. While these two ramps have opened up the Kinchafoonee for a lot of good public fishing, an glers are reminded that the land on both sides of the stream is pri vately owned and the property rights of the landowners must be respected. 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U -12 BLAZERS Front Row: L to R, April Bailey, Kali Bailey, Anna Haines, Colleen Finney, Nichole Remington, Cheyenne Goodman, Katie Pressley, Toni Goodwin, Lauren Pressley, Amber Griffen, Cydnee Tyson. Back Row: Coach Daniel Costallanos, Cheerleader/ Flagman Gary Bailey, Coach Linda Goodman. Lee Youth Soccer Blazers Win League Title and Tournament Championship Lee Youth Soccer U-12 Blazers finished first in the YMCA's Fall Recreational Division League with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, then captured first place in the End of Season Tournament, Satur day November 10 at the YMCA Sports Park in Albany. The Blazers won a hard fought final match against the Sherwood Christian Academy Eagles on Saturday. The teams played to a 0 to 0 tie after 50 minutes of regulation play. They remained tied through two 5 minute sudden death periods. The game then progressed to the penalty kick phase. At this point both teams took 5 penalty kicks, each made one and the tie remained. The Eagles took the next shot which was blocked by the Blazers goalie Lauren Pressley, the Blazers then sent Katie Pressley up for a shot, her shot found the mark in the right corner of the net to give the Blazers the win. With Lauren Pressley in goal, sister Katie Pressley, Cydnee Tyson, Colleen Finney, Toni Goodwin, Nichole Remington and Amber Griffin rounded out the Blazers defense. While Cheyenne Goodman. April Bailey, Kali Bailey, and Anna Haines comprised the Blazers offense. The Blazers are Seminole by Jack Wingate This scribler notes that the City of Atlanta has installed 3 huge electric water pumps in the Chattahoochee River where Peach Tree Creek comes in. If those pumps were installed at Blountstown they would dry up the Appalachacola River completely. No farmer can get a permit to pump a drop of water from the Three Rivers, but Atlanta gits all it wants. It is amazing how little they think of So west Ga, So east ALA & the folks along the Appalachacola River & bay. We all mite need to call them another kind of ant. but for now fire ant will do. They are simply not folks. Ducks season opened with a Big Roll of Gunfire at the appointed time, it rolled from stem to stern of this lake. Lots of young people were out enjoying the sport of decoying the duck. That is a sport that the young people seldom coached by Linda Goodman and Daniel Costellanos. Ramlins forget, one boat with 2 people had a limit of the Ring Necks, 4 tons of water turkeys were in the Flint and from the mouth of Big Jim's to grassy flats there was one on every stump. 90% of them need shooting. We have low water on the Lake but the fish continue to bite. The top is in the mid 60's & is basic clear most everywhere. Wind is varying from So. East to N East. I think of selling my tackle & buying kites. There has been lots of Bream taken on crickets at a depth of up to 12 ft, I took a few in 4 ft on 1/ 32 oz. Jigs, brown in color. The tackle shops are still selling crickets going & coming. The specks are doing fine for most everyone who goes for them. Some hitting so shallow that sometimes you can see the flash when they hit the bait, while others are hitting at 22 ft deep. We just took pictures of a couple of young men from Cairo. Ga, Steve Dollar & Bradley Jones with a limit of big ole Perch. They were taken on minows. Many more were taken that I didn't see. The "sparks" flew from the heavens Saturday nite & the turkeys gobbled like springtime Sunday morning. Flowers blooming too early, why? To submit articles and pictures to The Lee County Ledger, you may e-mail them to leeledger@aol.com or mail items of interest to P.O. Box 715, Leesburg Georgia. Pain Relief Today... Health For A Lifetime! 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