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i THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1993
Perry woods 'n water
C J Fishing forecast |
The following fishing re
port is compiled each
week by the Houston
Home Journal. Lake,
weather and fishing con
ditions are reported by
telephone from contacts
listed at the end of each
report. If you would like
additional lakes or rivers
fisted, 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.
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SOLJUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES
1993 A. H. P. H. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28
Jin Minor Major Minor Major Sunrise Sunset Hoonßise Moon On Moon Down
30 Sat 10:59 04:47 11:23 05:11 07:28 06:04 11:26a 06:25p 06:01a
31 Sun 11:48 05:35 12:01 06:00 07:28 06:05 12:07s 07:15s 06:50a
SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES
1993 A. H. P. H. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28
?lf>_ Minor Major Minor Major Sunrise Sunset Hoonßise Moon Up Moon Down
1 Mon 12: 11 06:24 12:38 06:51 07:27 06 :06 12: 51? 08:09? 07 : 42a
2 Tue 01:01 07:15 01:29 07:43 07:26 06:07 01:47p 09:06? 08:37a
3 Med 01:52 08:06 02:21 08:36 07:26 06:08 02:48? 10'05p 09:35a
4 Thu > 02:44 08:59 03:14 09:29 07:25 06:08 03:54? 11:04? 10:34a
5 Fri > 03:38 09:53 04:07 10:22 07:24 06:09 05:03p 11:33a
6 Sat F 04:33 10:47 05:01 11:15 07:24 06:10 06:14? 12:02a 12:30p
7 Sun > 05:29 11:42 05:56 12:01 07:23 06:11 07:25? 12:58a 01:25?
8 Mon > 06:26 12:12 06:52 12:39 07:22 06:12 08:34p 01:52a 02:19p
9 Tue 07:24 01:11 07:51 01:37 07:21 06:13 09:42p 02:45a 03:llp
10 Wed 08:24 02:10 08:50 02:37 07:20 06:14 10:51p 03:38a 04:04p
11 Thu 09:23 03:10 09:50 03:37 07:19 06:15 04:31a 04:58p
12 Fri 10:22 04:08 10:49 04:36 07:18 06:16 05:26a 05:53p
13 Sat 11:19 05:05 11:46 05:32 07:18 06:17 01:03a 06:21a Q6:4Bp
14 Sun 12:01 05:59 12:13 06:26 07:17 06:18 02:05a 07:15a 07:43p
15 Mon 12:37 06:50 01:03 07:17 07:16 06:19 03:01a 08:09a 08:36p
16 Tue 01:25 07:38 01:51 08:04 07:15 06:20 03:52a 09:02a 09:27p
17 Wed 02 :1108:23 02 :35 08:48 07 :14 06: 20 04:38a 09:52a 10:16p
18 Thu > 02:54 09:06 03:18 09:30 07:13 06:21 05:18a 10:39a ll:02p
19 Fri > 03:36 09:48 03:59 10:10 07:12 06:22 05:54a 11:25a 11:47?
20 Sat > 04:18 10:28 04:39 10:50 07:11 06:23 06:26a 12:08p
21 Sun A 04:59 11:09 05:20 11:30 07:10 06:24 06:56a 12:49? 12:29a
22 Mon > 05:41 11:51 06:01 12:01 07:09 06:25 07:24a 01:30? 01:10a
•23 Tue > 06:24 12:14 06:45 12:35 07:07 06:26 07:53a 02:11? 01:50a
24 Wed > 07:10 12:59 07:30 01:20 07:06 06:26 05:22a 02:52? 02:31a
25 Thu 07:57 01:46 08:19 02:08 07:05 06:27 -08:53a 03:35? 03:13a
26 Fri 08:46 02:35 09:0? 02:58 07:04 06:28 09:26a 04:20? 03:58a
27 Sat 09:38 03:26 10:02 03:50 07:03 06:29 10:04a 05:08p 04:44a
22 Sun 10:31 04 :18 10:56 04:43 07 :02 06 :30 10 :47a OJlOO? _Jsj_34a
Major=2 hours/Minor=l hour Accuracy to 1 minute
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Seminole -Lake is still at full pool. Water is still stained but has
been clearing over the past few days. Fishing activity has picked
up with the improving weather. It took 25 lbs. of bass to win a
tournament last weekend and bass fishing has been very good
over the past week. Crappie fishing has improved and several
nice crappie were reported Thursday.
- Reported by Wingate's Lunker Lodge
Blackshear- Lake is at full pool. White Perch was biting very
well over the weekend in deep water. Trolling fishermen and still
lines both reported good success in roughly 20 feet of water
using live minnows. Bass have been biting well in the grassy
patches and river edges with a variety of artificial baits. Fishing
activity has been much busier with the improved weather.
- Reported by Marian Stewart, Camper's Haven
Sinclair- Lake is 6-8 inches below normal and muddy. Bass are
still biting back in the coves in the shallows in 10 feet of water and
under. They are taking small crankbaits, some spinner baits and
worms. Crappie fishermen have had continued success using
trolling lines with darker jigs in the main lake and the secondary
points of the main lake. Catfish are plentiful and have been biting
live worms and cut bait. Weather is expected to remain clear all
weekend.
- Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River Park
Jackson - Lake is at full pool and is slightly stained. Conditions
are excellent for bass fishing. They are hitting back in the coves
on blue and chrome rattletraps and smoke colored pigs and jigs.
Crappie have been biting well on live minnows for still line
fishermen over tree tops and under the bridges.
- Reported by Van Kersey, Kersey's Marina
West Point - Lake is still down five feet and stained. Crappie
have been biting for trolling fishermen using jigs in the creek
channels in 10-12 feet of water. Very little bass fishing is going
on.
- Reported by John Jones, Highland Marina
Eufaula - Lake is still down three and a half feet and stained.
Bass fishing has picked up again with the warm front which
moved in Wednesday. They are biting on the shallow ledges in
2-10 feet of water. Bass are biting jigs and pigs, crankbait and
spinner bait. Crappie are biting very well in 10-15 feet of water
around the bridge pilings at night and in daylight on the main
river ledges trolling with jigs. Jigs 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 down five feet, clear on the lower end
and slightly stained on upper end. Crappie have been biting for
trolling fishermen using 2 and a half to 3 inch grubs in 10-18 feet
of water. Bass fishing has slowed in the past week.
- Reported by Larry Collins, Piney Woods Restaurant
Shell Point, Fla.- Redfish and Speckled Trout are still bitina
Please see REPORT, page 3B
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Fishery technicians from the DNR office in Fort Valley from left, Wayne Clark,
Rick Guffey and Maxie Gray. Overseer of the fish program, fish biologist Steve
Schleiger is pictured far right.
Schleiger is fish expert
By BRIAN LAWSON
Sports Editor
Steve Schleigcr has wanted to do
his current job since he was a child.
He is employed by the
Department of Natural Resources
fisheries division office in Fort
Valley as a fish biologist.
"Tvc wanted to do this since I
was a kid. There arc a lot of people
who love the outdoors and have an
interest in fish but it takes
experience and training to do this.
About a third of what I do is re
search which is designed around
specific problems people are
having, another third has to do with
providing technical assistance on
issues like stocking ponds and the
rest ol the time I do general man
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Randall Slayton of Rome, poses with a local wildlife writer and a 250 lb. boar
killed last Saturday in Twiggs County.
Ag Center will be buzzing
Georgia sportsmen will have an
opportunity to attend several events
and shows over the next two
months.
Three of these events will be held
right here in Perry on the weekend
of February 26-28.
The Georgia National Rodeo will
be held at the Ag Center on Feb.
25-27. This is the third year that
the rodeo has been held. It attracts
top cowboys from the South and
West who will perform in saddle
bronc riding, bulldogging, steer
wrestling, calf roping, barrel racing
and the greatest of all rodeo sports
bull riding.
Pesticides closely watched
As wc discussed in previous arti
cles, most Americans are concerned
about pesticides and their impact on
the environment and public health.
Most citizen's seem to have some
concerns about possible links be
tween the consumption of pesticide
residues »•* food and in increased
risk of cancer.
Three Federal agencies-thc
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the Food and Drug and
Administration (FDA) and the
Department of Agriculture
(USDA)-work together in regulat
ing agricultural chemicals in the
food chain.
Pesticides arc governed primarily
by two laws-thc Federal Insecticide;
Fungicide and Rodenticidc Act
(FIFRA) and the Federal Food Drug
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
FIFRA gives EPA jurisdiction
over registration and labelling of
pesticides. Before a new pesticide
agcmcnt and provide information
for the public," Schleiger said.
The Lincoln, Nebraska native
spent six years in the Marine Corps
before he went to work for the
DNR office in Fort Valley in 1986.
He earned his bachelors and masters
degrees in Fisheries and Wildlife.
Since that lime, lie estimates he
has helped provide assistance for the
stocking of 20 ponds a year in
Houston County.
"Once someone calls us request
ing information on stocking we'll
send them an application covering
general questions about the size and
location of the pond and the kind
of fish they are interested in having
stocked," Schleiger said.
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In addition to the rodeo, a country
music star will perform each night.
The featured stars on February 25
with Darryl and Don Ellis; on the
26th Lee Roy Parnell; and on the
27th T. Graham Brown.
The Georgia Wildlife Federation's
Perrv Fisharama will also be held
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can be regulated, sold or used, it
must undergo rigid testing to prove
it is safe for it's intended use.
For example, the requirements are
so stringent that a chemical com
pany will invest from SlO to S4O
million and 6 to 10 years in the
registration of a new pesticide.
The Information required for pes
ticide approval touches a wide range
of health and environmental criteria,
including the pesticide's breakdown
in the environment, potential for
spray drift, their cancer-causing
wildlife toxicity, genetic effects,
and animal health and safety. All
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The DNR fishery for Houston
County is located in Dawson,
Georgia. The available fish arc ei
ther a combination of Bass and
Bream, Catfish by themselves or all
three. Those arc the only fish the
DNR hatchery provides at no cost.
"Our job is to go out and test the
pond's water, whether it is a new
pond to slock or an older pond. If
the pond has been newly dug, it is
pretty common for fish to get into
the pond, especially if it is fed by a
stream," he said.
The first step in newly stocking a
pond is killing any fish currently
living in the pond. This is in order
to allow the newly stocked fish to
Please see FISH, page 3B
Feb. 26-28. In addition to hun
dreds of displays of fishing equip
ment, guides and boats there will be
a 40 ft. long tank filled with giant
bass and other species of fish.
Also featured will be seminars by
professional tournament fishermen
and guides such as Ron Savage,
Joey Mines, Tom Mann and Ron
Shearer.
Zcbco, will sponsor a kids cast
ing contest on Friday the 26th at 7
p.m. The contest is for youngsters
16 years of age and younger. For
youth 12 years and under, Zcbco is
bringing the trout tank again this
Please see TUGGLE, page 3B
of this information is evaluated by
the EPA before a pesticide is
deemed safe.
Under the major food protection
law, FFDCA, EPA is also respon
sible for determining the amounts
of pesticide residues that can be
safely and legally permitted in hu
man food. These are known as tol
erances and were discussed previous
articles.
Also under the FFDCA, FDA en
forces legal residue limits in foods
such as vegetables, fruits and eggs.
However, the USDA's Food Safety
and Inspection Service (FSIS) en
forces legal limits for pesticide
residues in meat and poultry. This
is accomplished under the strength
of the Federal Meat Inspection Act
and the Poultry Products Inspection
Act.
Please see LEWIS, page 3B
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Quail hunts
are worth
the work
Bill O'Dowd of Warner Robins
has found that it takes almost two
different hunting styles for WMA
quail. The "big picture" requires
him to cover large tracts of land to
pinpoint areas that hold quail.
These areas might be windrows,
where old logs and debris have been
piled up in long rows, brushy
gullies or around the edges of briars
or timber. Openings in timber on
the clearing under high-voltage
power lines are also good places to
concentrate the dogs' search.
Sometimes the birds are just caught
in the middle of a huge tract of 2-
to 5-ycar old planted pines,
scrounging for food. This is a fast
walking, ground covering operation
that can punch holes in your pants
and wear holes in your bools, said
O'Dowd. It can take hours to cover
some large areas, and it's not
unusual for O'Dowd and his dogs to
cover several miles of rough terrain
in an afternoon. No one said
hunting Central Georgia WMA
quail was easy, but O'Dowd said to
be successful, you've got to pay
your dues.
On the other hand, the "little
picture" is the most productive part
of WMA quail hunting. It relies on
information gathered from previous
trips to the woods. O'Dowd makes
mental notes on every covey that
he's flushed, along with the
location and time of day that he's
run across the birds. Using this
information, he is able to better
pinpoint the "core area" the
bobwhites arc using and reduce the
time spent looking for the birds.
Finding the coyotes is
challenging and O'Dowd said maybe
you'll get in a couple of shots on
the flush, maybe not. It's not
unusual for a flushed covey to sail
hundreds of yards before they settle
back down to the ground. When
they do land, the underbrush is
often so thick you'll be lucky to get
a shot at a single, but that doesn't
stop O'Dowd from the pursuit. He
does urge caution around the "man
eating briars." A good pair of brush
chap pants is an excellent idea.
You might be thinking at this
point, "Is WMA quail hunting
worth the effort?" O’Dowd
definitely thinks it is. A
knowledgeable hunter like O'Dowd
can expect to jump up to three
coveys of birds on a typical four
hour morning or late afternoon
quail hunt. The number of quail
dropped in the gave bag directly
depends on the skill, of the shooter,
but O'Dowd finds that on poor days
he might only get one bird; on
good days five birds or so are
achievable. But he feels the
opportunity to hunt along with his
personally trained dogs in the
woods he loves gives him much
satisfaction, regardless of the
number of birds taken. In fact, late
in the season, if he runs across a
small covey th&t is the seeds for
next year, he is likely to just lower
his gun and not fire a shot. He has
a great interest in the welfare of the
auail resource.
Although hunting pressure might
be a concern on some busy days
like Saturday, O'Dowd has never
had a problem bumping elbows
with other hunters in Oaky Woods
or Ocmulgce WMAs.
"There’s just so much land and so
few serious quail hunters, it’s not a
problem," he said, "especially
during weekdays, you rarely run
across quail hunters."
Oaky Woods manager Rayc Jones
of Warner Robins, said that any of
the clcarcuts that have been
replanted in the last 2 to 5 years
have fair quail populations. Much
cutting has been done on Oaky
Woods in the last few years, so
there’s plenty of territory to explore
among the area's 15,500 acres. To
reach Oaky Woods from Perry go
eight miles on Georgia Hwy 127 to
Kathleen, turn right and go one
mile to the Oaky Woods sign. Turn
left on the dirt road and go five
miles to the check station where
area maps should be available under
the porch.
Just beyond the check station
about a half-mile on the right side
Please see TRUSSELL, page 3B