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(-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1993
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port is compiled each
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SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES
1593 A. M. P. M. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28
Jan Minor Major Minor Major Sunrise Sunset Hoonßise Hoon On Moon Dow
1 Pri 11:35 05:24 11:56 05:45 07:34 05:38 12:19p 06:58p 06:37a
2 Sat 12:01 06:06 12:18 06:29 07:34 05:39 12:52p 07:45p 07:21a
3 Sun 12:37 06:50 01:02 07:14 07:35 05:40 01:31p 08:34p 08:09a
4 Mon 01:22 07:35 01:49 08:02 07:35 05:40 02:15p 09:28p 09:01a
5 Tue 02:10 08:24 02:38 08:52 07:35 05:41 03:06p 10:25p 09:56a
6 Med > 03:01 09:16 03:31 09:45 07:35 05:42 04:05p 11:24p 10:54a
7 Thu > 03:56 10:11 04:26 10:41 07:35 05:43 05:09p 11:53a
BPn P 04:54 11:08 05:23 11:38 07:35 05:43 06:17p 12:23a 12:53p
9 Sat > 05:53 12:01 06:22 12:08 07:35 05:44 07:27p 01:22a 01:50p
10 Sun > 06:54 12:40 07:21 01:07 07:35 05:45 08:36p 02:18a 02:45p
11 Mon 07:54 01:40 08:20 02:07 07:35 05:46 09:44p 03:12a 03:38p
12 Tue 08:52 02:39 09:18 03:05 07:35 05:47 10:51p 04:04a 04:29p
13 Med 09:49 03:36 10:14 04:01 07:35 05:48 04:55a 05:20p
14 Thu 10:43 04:30 11:09 04:56 07:35 05:49 05:46a 06:12p
15 Pn 11:36 05:23 12:01 05:49 07:34 05:50 01:03a 06:38a 07:04p
16 Sat 12 :00 06: 14 12 :27 06:40 07:34 05 :50 02 :08a 07:31a 07:blip
17 Sun 12:50 07:03 01:17 07:30 07:34 05:51 03:11a 08:25a 08:52p
18 Mon 01:38 07:52 02:05 08:19 07:34 05:52 04:10a 09:19a 09:46p
19 Tue > 02:26 08:40 02:53 09:06 07:33 05:53 05:05a 10:13a 10:39p
20 Med > 03:14 09:27 03:40 09:53 07:33 05:54 05:55a 11:05a ll:30p
21 Thu > 04:02 10:14 04:26 10:39 07:33 05:55 06:39a 11:55a
22 Pri 14 04:49 11:01 05:12 11:24 07:32 05 :56 07 :18a 12:42p 12:19a
23 Sat > 05:36 11:47 05:58 12:01 07:32 05:57 07:53a 01:27p 01:05a
24 Sun > 06:22 12:11 06:43 12:32 07:32 05:58 08:24a 02:10p 01:49a
25 Mon > 07:08 12:58 07:28 01:18 07:31 05:59 08:53a 02:51p 02:31a
26 Tue 07:53 01:43 08:14 02:04 07:31 06:00 09:22a 03:31p 03:11a
27 Med 08:39 02:29 08:59 02:49 07:30 06:01 09:50a 04:12p 03:52a
28 Thu 09:25 03:15 09:46 03:36 07:30 06:02 10:19a 04:54p 04:33a
29 Pn 10:12 04:00 10:34 04:23 07:29 06:03 10:51a 05:38p 05:16a
30 Sat 10:59 04:47 11:23 05:11 07:28 06:04 11:26a 06:25p 06:01a
31 Sun 11:43 05:35 12:01 06:00 07 :28 06 :05 12:07p 07:15p 06: 50a
Major=2 hours/Mmcr-1 hour Accuracy to 1 minute
> Indicates peak activity.
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Seminole -Lake is slightly above full pool after some heavy rain.
Water is clear except in the main river stream. Bass and Crappie
have been biting well. A few fishermen have caught the limit on
Bass in the past few days using crankbaits and spinner baits.
Anglers have had good success catching Crappie in the late
afternoon and early evening using live minnows. Some large
Catfish have been biting wigglers and minnows near the loose
grass areas.
- Reported by Wingate's Lunker Lodge
Blackshear- Lake is back to normal and clear. White Perch
are biting well downriver between the the camp and the bridge.
White Perch are taking live minnows. Bass have slowed but are
still being caught with crankbaits and spinner baits. Catfish have
been biting in large numbers on a variety of methods. Trout line
fishermen have caught Catfish using night crawlers and bream.
- Reported by Marian Stewart, Camper's Haven
Sinclair- Lake is at normal level, the upper end is muddy and
the lower end is clearing. Bass are being taken with worms on the
secondary points in 6-8 feet of water. They are biting small
crankbaits and Carolina rigged worms. Crappie fishermen have
been successful using trolling lines with dark Hal Flies back into
the coves. Catfish are plentiful and are biting live worms and cut
bait. Weather has been cold and windy.
- Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River Park
Jackson - Lake is down three feet and it is clear. Bass aie
plentiful and have moved into very shallow water, 1-3 feet.
Crappie has been slow A few Hybrid have been reported but are
not appearing in any discernible pattern.
- Reported by Van Kersey, Kersey's Marina
West Point - Lake is down four feet and is slightly stained.
Crappie are biting near the private docks and the marina in deep
water, 12-20 feet on live minnows. Fishing has been slowed by
cold, rainy weather Hybrid have been schooling on the south
end of the lake near the dam. Follow the feeding seagulls. The
Hybrid are biting bucktail jigs and little Georges. Bass were
jumping after Shad on Wednesday and anglers have reported
some success using crankbait and spinner baits.
- Reported by John Jones, Highland Marina
Eufaula - Lake is down two and a half feet and stained. Bass
fishing has improved and they are biting on the shallow ledges
in 2-10 feet of water. Bass are biting worms, crankbait and
spinner bait. Crappie is biting very well in 10-15 feet of water
around the bridges pilings at night. Crappie are being caught with
minnows. Jig and spoons and pogo perch have proven effective
for Hybrids in the flats off main river channels in deeper water 15-
20 feet.
- Reported by Charles Ingram, Tom Mann Outdoors
Lake Martin - Lake is full and clear on lower end and slightly
stained on upper end and full. Crappie has been biting very well
for trolling fishermen using 2 and a half to 3 inch grubs in 10-18
feet of water. Bass are biting plastic lures, including Gitmo
Lizards and chartruse pumpkin seeds in 8-12 feet of water. Lake
is two hours Northwest of Eufaula.
- Reported by Larry Collins, Piney Woods Restaurant
Please see REPORT, page 3B
Bixler enjoys therapy of the outdoors
By BRIAN LAWSON
Sports Editor
Despite the numerous headaches
and worries that plague the life of
the family farmer, Ted Bixlcr says
he wouldn't want to live any other
way.
Bixlcr has the ideal outlet for cop
ing with the tension produced from
running his 835 acre farm.
"Being outdoors, fishing or hunt
ing is the best therapy there is. It's
just you and God out there. I love
it," Bixlcr said.
To help generate some income
during a rough financial period in
1982, Bixlcr began entering Bass
Tournaments.
"I've always loved fishing and
fishing became very popular in the
early 'Bos. I just felt right at home
at the tournaments, it didn't matter
how much money you had. If you
had the skill and did your home
work you could do well. In any
Bass tournament there are a lot of
good fishermen and local folks. To
beat them in a lake they are very
familia with the odds against you
make you feel like you've accom
plished something," Bixlcr said.
Bixlcr said a fisherman's favorite
hole and his favorite bait arc his
worst enemies at a tournament.
"You end up wasting too much
time and effort on your favorite
Handgun hunting requires skill to land trophy buck
Conventional wisdom advises
that a man should not cross the
ocean in a row boat. But Thor
Heyerdahl, the Norwegian author,
proved in 1947 that man could
cross the oceans in a small, balsa
wood raft; he wrote a best-selling
book about the challenging
adventure, titled Kon Tiki.
Conventional wisdom also
advises that only long-barrelled
rifles shooting powerful cartridges
should be used to take big game.
Advances in handgun technology
and shooter's expertise, however,
arc making handgun big-game
hunting a tremendously popular,
challenging and growing sport.
An awareness of the popularity of
handgun led Bo Pittman, owner and
operator of White Oak Plantation
near Tuskegcc, to initiate a
"handgun only" deer hunt on the
plantation in the winter of 1990.
Exceeding expectations, the hunt
quickly was booked, and to add a
nice bonus, representatives from
Thompson/Center and Freedom
Arms came down to show off their
popular handguns. Also present for
the hunt was J.D. Jones, owner and
president of SSK Industries, the
outfit that turns stock
Thompson/Center contenders into
custom hand-cannons to meet any
handgunner's desire.
Seminole lake duck hunting is one of premier sites
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"Seminole". This word usually
evokes thoughts of the Indian tribe
of South Georgia and Florida that
fought the US Army to a stand still
and never signed a peace treaty with
the government. To other people it
brings memories of the Florida
State football team with their
following of chanting fans.
Seminole took on a whole new
meaning for me this past weekend
when I visited Lake Seminole in
Southwest Georgia for the first
time. I had heard many stories of
the fabulous fishing in Seminole
and especially of the legendary Jack
Wingate's fishing lodge.
However, I didn't visit Seminole
Please see TUGGLE, page 3B
Lewis adds his expertise to Woods and Water
I am privileged to join my woods
and water friends on this page each
week to write about topics related
to the world of agriculture and the
environment-in short, things that
concern us all. The sole purpose of
these articles will be to educate and
inform the readers of the scope and
importance of American agriculture.
As a result, it is mt hope that you,
the reader, will become more
appreciative and supportive of the
great system of agriculture that we
spot and favorite bait. What a fish
bit on yesterday is different then
what he'll bite tomorrow. It's al
ways a different ballgame," he said.
He estimates he has competed in
6-12 tournaments a year for 10
years and has finished in the money
in roughly every other tournament.
Bixler throws the back the 10
pound Bass he catches now.
"I mounted the first 10 pound
Bass 1 ever caught and I've never
killed or mounted another one. It's
important to keep the blood line
going, if you don’t you'll begin in
breeding small bass," he said.
Bixler built a 25 acre, 18 foot
deep pond on his land in 1985. He
was given some stock fish by the
state and has been stocking it since
then with fish he has caught.
I've had days where I’ve brought in
30 fish I've caught and none of
them arc below five pounds. It’s
open to the public and we have a
5250 membership fee per year for
tch entire family. It is not a typical
farm pond," Bixler said.
Bixler does fishing guide work at
various Georgia lakes including
Blackshcar, West Point, Sinclair
and Oconee, helping fishermen pre
pare for tournaments. He enjoys
the work and calls it a "hobby."
In addition to fishing, Bixler
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inhabit the Black Belt section of
Alabama. Bo Pittman began a
trophy-dccr-management program at
White Oak many years ago, and
hunters today are reaping the
rewards.
White Oak implemented a trophy
management pian based on research
proving that a 2 1/2 year-old buck
can be expected to have a 16-inch
spread or 8 points in this section of
Alabama. In order to have a
increasing population of age 2 1/2
and older bucks, small bucks that
do not meet this criterion must be
left unharvested. Under their
management plan, if a hunter
mistakenly takes a sub-standard or
"button buck," there are penalty
fees. In addition, the harvest of
trophy bucks is limited to one per
stay, and hunters are encouraged to
take docs up to one per day.
During the handgun trophy hunt,
for example, hunters were
encouraged to take does. For each
Rob Tuggle waits patiently for the ducks to appear at Lake Seminole.
have in America. Uurs is tne envy
of the world. Here's why:
Agriculture and the food and fiber
system
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Ted Bixler shows off a Bass caught in his pond .
hunts and has set up a membership
system for hunters who would like
one tagged, the hunter's name went
into the drawing for valuable door
prizes. In a typical year,
approximately one-third of White
Oak's hunters will bag a trophy
buck, while the success ratio for
any deer (bucks and does) runs a
little over 100 percent.
During my hunt, I saw deer every
day, but some didn't make the grade
as trophy material, and others were
out of range or simply didn’t
present a good sporting shot. On
one morning I always had deer
within view for nearly four hours,
but I was watching a cutover of
several hundred acres, and many of
the deer were out of range for my
Thompson Contender in .30/30
caliber. Out of range for me is
about 100 yards with a handgun
like the Contender. Most would
have been swinging if I had my
Winchester .270 Featherweight rifle
- but such arc the challenges of
handgun hunting.
On the next day at White Oak, I
was determined to at least bag a
doe. As we drew numbers after
breakfast for the random assignment
of stands, the light dew, cold
temperatures and no wind indicated
the conditions were right for the
deer to be moving. Later. I caught
glimpses of a couple of deer, but
* represents 17% of our nation's
GNP.
* generates an estimated 20.1
million jobs, one of every 6 jobs,
with almost 90% of these jobs off
farm.
Our food and fiber system is a
production miracle.
* One American farmer produces
enough food for 144 persons-92 in
the U.S. and 22 abroad.
* The percent of total personal
consumption expenditures for food
to hunt on his farm.
Please see BIXLER, page 3B
comam wrangle a shot. After lunch
back at the plantation house, we
headed out again, and my stand was
located at the end of a narrow rye
food plot, next to a hardwood
bottom, and deer sign was
everywhere, including several fresh
scrapes.
At 2 in the afternoon as I moved
to my stand, 1 spooked several deer,
so I was again optimistic. Later in
the afternoon a deer smelled my
scent and blew at me from
downwind, but the afternoon was
young yet. J.ust before dark, seven
docs ambled into the rye patch, and
1 waited until last light to determine
that the buck wasn't going to show
before I cocked the Contender. 1
dropped the largest doc, and that
evening back at the plantation, 1
discovered that many of our other
hunters had scored also.
Without a doubt, the most
popular firearm among the handgun
hunters assembled at White Oak
was the Contender Conversion
produced by J.D. Jones and SSK
Industries.
"The non-handloader wanting
high performance in a Contender
should give consideration to the
250-3000, 3(X) Savage, 30-40 Krag,
8x57, 444 Marlin and 45-70,"
Jones noted.
Please see TRUSSELL, page 3B
is: USA-14%, USSR-40%, Grcccc
-42%, Japan-21%,
* The U.S. agricultural labor
force represents .3% of the world's
labor force, yet it produces 8% of
the world's food grains, 27% of the
world’s feed grains, and 25% of the
world's beef.
U.S. agricultural exports
* The U.S. is the world's largest
exporter of agricultural products.
* Each additional SI billion of
Please see LEWIS, page3B