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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 1,1969
The following fishing report is compiled each Friday morning by
the Houston Home Journal. Lake, weather and fishing conditions are
reported by telephone from contacts listed at the end of each report.
If you would like additional lakes or rivers listed, please call the
newspaper at 987-1823. If you would like a free picture of a catch you
are proud of printed in the paper, we will be happy to shoot and
publish the photo.
Fresh water report
SEMINOLE Black bass have started hitting a little better. They're
catching 'em on the grass lines on topwater buzzbaits and jerkbaits.
Some are using spinnerbaits and worms in the morning when the sun
comes up. Hybrids and whites have just about quit. Bream are still
good. A good bunch will come in just about anytime. Crappie are still
slow. We've got a full pool. It's pretty murky in the Flint and Chatta
hoochee, Spring Creek's not as bad. Water temperature is 74 degrees.
Reported by Seth Oliver, Wingate's Lunkar Lodge.
BLACKSHEAR The river is full and 73 degrees. We're still getting
a dad gum lot of rain. Stripes are jumping a little bit up in the slews, bit
ing on silver spoons. Largemouth are striking a little on the edges in the
slews, on Rat-L-Traps. A few are catching catfish on worms. Re
ported by Gary Brewer, Spring Creek.
SINCLAIR We've got a full pool. The upper end around Cedar
Creek and Little River is dingy, with the lower end clear to clearing.
Fishing is fair to good. Bass are biting on the points 12 to 14 feet deep,
on worms. Some few are using deep crankbaits. Crappie are mainly at
night under the lights, fishing the open water with live minnows. Hybrids
are biting at night around the lights, using crankbaits. Catfish are biting
on live worms. Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River
Park.
JACKSON Fishing's been good. Bass are doing real good. People
all week have been getting their limit by the middle of the morning. There
are not a whole lot of big fish being caught. They're using worms, off
points and humps and around under docks. Crappie and bream are still
slow, but one man caught a lot of nice crappie and one said he caught
some good bream. You can catch catfish about anytime you want. The
lake is normal full and clear. Reported by Van Kersey,
Kersey's Fish Camp.
WEST POINT Fishing has been excellent. Bass are on the main
and secondary points, around the Yellow Creek area and the lower part
of the lake, with Keeper worms pumpkin seed and June bug. Hybrids
are excellent, using live bait on the lower part of the lake and around the
railroad trestle. Crappie continue to be slow. Most are being caught at
night under bridges, on minnows. The lake is full and water color is
good. Water temperature is 81 degrees. Reported by Jack Bay
tos, Highland Marina.
EUFAULA The lake's about 3 inches below normal pool. Fishing’s
very good. Bass are hitting on just about anything. Early in the morning
try the shallows in the grass and weeds. After about 9 they're heading
for the deeper water, on the ledges and in trees. Bream are hitting good
on crickets and crappie are biting on minnows. It's been a successful
week for just about everybody. Reported by Art Cunningham,
Lake Point State Park Marina.
OCONEE It's been kind of slow. This weather wont let anybody out
on the lake. But a lot of bass are being caught. They're biting just as
good as the catfish have been, but there aren't that many big ones.
They're catching them on pumpkin seed worms in the middle of the day,
and spinnerbaits and buzzbaits in the early morning and late afternoon,
around the rip rap and off points. Catfish are still biting 24 hours a day,
on live bait. Crappie are still mighty slow. The lake is down close to 10
inches. The Apalachee arm is stained, and the Oconee arm is muddy.
Reported by Jacky Lord, Blue Springs Marina.
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JULY II EXCELLENT TIMES || GOOt) TIMES
For fishing & hunting for Ashing & hunting
1989 A.M. | P.M. A.M. P.M.
SAT. 1 10:20-12:20P 11:50* 1:50A 4:15- 5:45 440-6:10
SUN. 2 11:10- 1:10P 11:30- 1:30A 5:05 - 6:35 5:25 - 6:55
• MON. 3 12:00 - 2:00A 12:20 - 2:20A 5:55 - 7:25 6:15 - 7:45
" TUE. 4 12:50 - 2:50 1:10 - 3:10 6:45 - 8:15 7:05 - 8:35
WED.S 1:35- 3:35 1:55-3:55 7:35 - 9:05 7:55 - 925
THU 6 2:20 - 4:20 2:45 - 4:45 8:20 - 9:50 8:45- 10:15
FRI. 7 3:10 - 5:10 3:35 - 5:35 9:10-10:40 9:35- 11:05
SAT. 8 3:55- 5:55 4:15- 6:15 9:55-11:25 10:15- 11:45
SUN. 9 4:45 - 6:45 5:05 - 7:05 10:45-12:1511:10-12:40A
MON.IO 5:30 - 7:30 5:50 - 7:50 1 11:35- 1:051155- 125
I TUE. 11 6:20- 8:20 6:45- 8:45 12:25- 1:55 12:50- 2:20
WED.I2 7:10 - 9:10 7:30 - 9:30 1:15 - 2:50 1:35 - 3:05
THU. 13 7:55 - 9:55 8:20-10:20 2:00 - 3:30 2:20 - 3:50
FRI 14 8:45-10:45 - 4:20 3:10- 4:40
SAT. 15 9:35- 11:35 9:55- 11:55 3:35 - 5:05 3:55 - 5:25
SUN. 16 10:15-12:15P 10:40-12:40A 4:15 - 5:45 4:40 - 6:10
MON. 17 11:10- 1:10P 11:35- 1:35 5:10 - 6:40 5:35 - 7:05
OTUE. 18 12:05- 2:05 12:25- 2:25 6:00 - 7:30 6:20 - 7:50
WED 19 1:00 - 3:00 1:20 - 3:20 6:55 • 8:25 7:15 - 8:45
THU. 20 1:50 - 3:50 S:10- 4:10 7:45-9:15 8:05- 9:35
FRI. 21 2:35 ■ 4:35 3:00 - 5:00 8:35- 10:0! 9:00- 10:30
SAT. 22 3:25- 5:25 3:45- 5:45 9:20 -105( 9:45- 11:15
SUN. 23 4:15 - 6:15 4:40 - 6:40 10:10- 11:4(10:35-12 05
M0N.24 5:05 - 7:05 5:30 - 7:30 1105-12:35111:20-12:50A
3 TUE. 25 5:55- 7:55 6:15- 8:15 11:50- 1:20P 12:10 - 1:40A
WED. 26 6:45 - 8:45 7:05 - 9:05 12:40 - 2:1( 1:00 - 2:30
THU. 27 7:35 - 9:35 7:55 - 9:55 1:30 - 30( 1:50 - 3:20
FRI. 28 8:20-10:20 8:40 -10:40 2:15- 3:4! 2:35 - 405
SAT. 29 9:05-11:05 9:30-11:30 300 - 4:3( 3:20 - 4:50
SUN. 30 9:55-11:55 10:15-12:15 3:50 - 5:2( 4:10 - 5:40
M0N.31 10:45-12:45P 11:05- 1:05A 4:35 - 60! 5:00 ■ 6:30
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PERRY. GEORGIA’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS. CALL 987-1823
Ducks Unlimited state convention
honors two men and one 'old coot'
My wife Irene and I spent several
days last week at Sea Island, Ga.,
attending the State Convention of
Ducks Unlimited.
This is always one of the high
lights of the year for us as it gives
us an opportunity to see old friends
who have worked long and hard for
conservation.
There are always new people
there who are just joining the fight
to save wetlands. I have never been
associated with a belter group of
people than the Ducks Unlimited
members on the local, state and na
tional level.
One of the highlights of the
weekend was a visit to the Anslcy-
Hodges Waterfowl project at the
Altamaha Wildlife Management
Area near Darien.
This project is being constructed
and named in memory of two men
from the coastal area who were
leaders in Ducks Unlimited.
David Ansley worked for the
Department of Natural Resources
and had served as the Area Chair
man for the Golden Isle Chapter of
DU. He died of cancer about two
Local bow hunters aimed high and won
at last weekend's Sandy Run Bonanza
By OLIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
Dennis Lewis of Perry won the
Masters Limited class, and Gary
Land of Macon won the Masters
Unlimited at the seventh annual
Sandy Run Bow Hunter Bonanza
shoot last weekend.
Competitors shot a course of 30
3-D targets at unknown distances,
with the average shot being 30 to
40 yards.
Groups of three or four shooters
completed the course, made up
mostly of deer targets in woods and
field, with some shot from tree
stands, and one large bear target out
to 70 yards.
The shoot was held at the Sandy
Run Box Hunters Archery Club's
range off Highway 96 about a quar
ter mile east of U.S. 41.
The club holds tournaments
monthly, and the range is available
to members every day.
There was a three-way tie in the
speed shoot event, in which com
petitors had one minute to shoot
rabbit, bobcat, coyote and two deer
targets from a deer stand at un
known distances.
Winners of that event were
Lewis, Ken Parker and Billy
Williams.
The running deer event, in which
a deer target was rolled across the
course at 30 yards, was a lie be
tween Land and James Kilgore.
Jerry Whitney loves to go for big fish, hunt
for all kinds of game, from squirrel to bear
By OLIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
Jerry Whitney has lived in a
wide variety of locales, and he has
taken the opportunities to hunt for
a wide variety of game.
Bom in Spokane, Wash., Jerry
said he started hunting pheasant
with a friend in Sacramento, Calif.,
when he was about 12.
"I really enjoyed it," he said. "I
went out and bought a setter, and
I've been doing it ever since. I've
hunted everything from squirrels to
bears, including antelope and elk.”
He still likes to hunt, though he
has to fit it into his work schedule
and doesn't get to go on many ac
tual hunting trips.
"Two or three or four days is my
deer hunting season now," he said.
"I like the peace and quiet," he
said. "To get out and relax, to think
you do a lot of thinking to
get out away from everybody."
Jerry is quite a fisherman, too.
He enjoys fishing for bass in
Houston Lake and local ponds, but
Perry woods n water
A weekend roundup of outdoor activities for sportsmen in the Perry & South Houston County area
years ago.
Jimmy Hodges was a golf pro at
The Cloister and had also served as
area chairman for the Golden Isles
Chapter, He was killed in a plane
crash last year.
The local DU committee decided
to build a Marsh Project in memory
of these two conservationists. They
approached nine potential donors
and asked for a Life Sponsorship of
SIO,OOO each for the project. Eight
of the men responded, raising a to
tal of SBO,OOO for the project.
The Department of Natural Re
sources matched $40,000 of this
money with funds from the sale of
Ducks Stamps and Prints and a 42-
acrc impoundment was constructed
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Dennis Lewis demonstrates the form that wins tournaments
...He shoots a 91-pound, 300 feet per second Martin Onza
Lewis, a nationally recognized
shooter, also placed first in the
Masters Limited at the Mid-South
Nationals annual shoot just above
Macon June 17-18, and was high
overall at the Triple Crown of the
Southeast tournament in Manning,
S.C. at the end of March.
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Jerry Whitney (right) with Gil Barfield and sailfish Gil caught
...Jerry loves the challenge of saltwater fishing
whal he really likes is saltwater
fishing.
"Whenever I gel the chance, 1
love to go down to the ocean," he
which can be planted for feed for
waterfowl and then flooded.
The local committee also decided
to construct a sister project in the
Maritime Provinces of Canada with
the remainder of the funds. This
will also carry the Anslcy-Hodgcs
name after being constructed by
Ducks Unlimited.
These projects arc a very fitting
memorial and tribute to two men
who were dedicated to conservation.
They will continue to carry on the
work of Jimmy and David for many
years to come.
I received an award at the state
convention and it may seem like I
am blowing my own horn when I
write about my receiving the award.
Lewis uses a 91-pound Marlin
Onza bow, which fires an arrow at
better than 300 feet per second.
He said he hunts almost daily,
and his wife Tammy hunts and
competes in tournaments, too.
"But not in the heat of summer,"
Lewis said.
said. "I love the challenge of bring
ing in a big fish."
In his early 20s, Jerry operated a
charter boat out of Key Largo and
I think after you hear the criteria for
the award you will wonder why I
even mentioned it. Several people
have asked that I print the presenta
tion speech in this column so here
it is:
The Old Coot Award - 1989
Our intent is to create a tradi
tion. Traditions bring back
thoughts of the past. Memories
help to make up the soul and char
acter of the individual.
Traditions arc usually associated
with people, places, and events that
have made a big impression on
you.
Let’s lake a look at some exam
ples: One would assume that the
honorcc was scientific-minded if he
got the Albert Einstein award, or
you might think he is an excellent
swimmer if he received the Teddy
Kennedy Chappaquiddick Creek
Award, or perhaps well liked if he
took the John McEnroe Personal
Deportment Award, or perhaps you
like the Tip O'Neill Croissant
Award where no food is eaten before
its time and now is the time.
Continued on Page SB
Overall standings for the shoot
were;
Masters Limited -1. Dennis
Lewis 2. Chuck Hulon 3. Glen
Bcrryhill. Second flight -1. Randy
Scholficld 2. Jeffery Pale 3. Jason
Chanley.
Continued on Page SB
Islamorada, another one of the
Keys.
He said the biggest fish he ever
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