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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 22, 1956
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
CARL BROOME EDITOR and PUBLISHER
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Blackshear Man
In Accident on
U. S. Highway 38
A Calhoun truck driver suffer
ed severe head injuries Wednes
day, morning, Nov. 14, when his
two-ton truck and a huge tractor
trailer truck sideswiped about 12
miles west of Waycross on US
Highway 82.
State Patrol, Cpl. G. L. Sims,
listed the injured men as J. C.
Whitfield Jr., 37, of Calhoun and
reported him in critical condition
at Waycross’ Memorial Hospital.
Sims said Whitfield’s truck was
traveling West on US Highway
82 and sideswiped with a tractor
trailer driven by Carroll Kick
lighter of Blackshear. The Kick
lighter truck was loaded with
pecans and patrolmen said the
impact of the accident scattered
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Coastal Fishing Pressure Increasing
THE spec trout are running in South Georgia, and the
coastal towns are buzzing with tourists from all parts
of the country.
In the past couple of years, the
fishing pressure has increased along
the coast as more people realize that
fishing is just as good here as in some
areas in Florida. Accommodations
have improved with the addition of
several new fishing camps, and new
motels and restaurants have sprung
up all along Highway 17.
In one of the fishing camps near Bruns
wick recently I saw a fisherman pull into
the dock with 24 spec trout that would
have easily averaged over a pound apiece. He had been
fishing for about three hours near a point off Sapelo Island.
Many of the fishermen tell me that they had rather
fish for spec trout than anything else. And I suppose
this type of fishing has just enough excitement for the
average sportsman, while at the same time yielding
an adequate number of fish to keep him interested.
Most of the fishermen bring along their own motor
and rent a boat from one of the camps nearby. A small
boat is usually all that’s needed to take them in and
out of the sounds around the several islands that lay
off the coast.
Live shrimp is the usual bait for this type of fishing,
and most of them use an ordinary salt-water rod and reel.
They pick a good spot off the point of one of the marshes
where the oyster beds lay and where the water is shallow.
A brightly painted cork several inches long is used, and a
large sinker is attached to the line about a foot above
the hook. When the fish grab the bait my usual tendency
is to jerk the line and try to sink the hook into its mouth,
but I lose a lot of fish this way and most of the better
fishermen give the fish time to sink the hook himself.
The big nemesis of fishermen is always the weather,
and this is particularly true on the coast. If there is
a north easternly wind blowing into the sounds, the
best thing to do is just play gin rummy in your cabin
until the wind stops blowing. And, of course, the tide
has a big effect on the fishing. During low tide is the
best time for this type of fishing and most of the fisher
men consult the tide table before they go out. Inci
dentally, the coastal fisheries office at Brunswick keeps
a supply of these tide tables and anyone who wishes
can pick one up.
At this time of year, most of the sport fishing around
the coast is for spec trout, although a few people still go
up in the sounds to catch a few channel bass (or “reds”
as the local people call them) and a few groupers and
croakers.
During the summer, there is some deep sea fishing.
This past summer there was a large increase in the
* number of people doing this type of fishing. There
were quite a few tarpon caught and some of the guides
around Brunswick tell me that Florida guides from
Carrebelle were bringing tourists up to the Georgia
coast to fish for tarpon.
I asked several people around the coast why so many
tourists go to Florida to fish and by-pass good fishing on
the Georgia coast. Some of them think that Florida’s tre
mendous advertising campaigns over the years are largely
responsible. Florida is primarily a recreational state and
usually when people think of fishing they automatically
think of Florida. Also, until the last couple of years ac
commodations on the Georgia coast haven’t been adequate
to take care of very many people during the peak seasons.
Another reason is probably that commercial fishing has
always played a large part in the lives of the people on
the coast, and they haven’t been too interested in having
a great number of tourists in their fishing waters.
A few years back a visitor could ask one of the
local fishermen where a good fishing spot was and the
reply would be “there’s not any.” But now, as they
realize the value of the tourist dollar, the people on
the coast are helping the tourists to find good fishing
sites and the results are that many people are finding
that fishing is better here and far less expensive than
in Florida.
pecans approximately a quarter
of a mile up the road.
No charges were .made by
patrolmen, pending further in
vestigation. Sims reported an es
timated $3,000 damage to the
Kicklighter truck and its con
tents and another $1,500 damage
to whitfield’s vehicle.
The accident occurred at 1 a.m.
last Wednesday morning.
TRACTOR NUMBERS GROW
Georgia farmers are rapidly
making use of new technology in
their operations. For example,
the number of tractors on Geor
gia farms increased 47 percent
from 1949 to 1954.
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