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•THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1993
Perry woods 'n water
T] 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
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.
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Hannon's best hunting and fishing days and hours
SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES
1993 A. X. F. H. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28
Feb Minor Major Minor Major Sunrise Sunset Moonßise Moon Dp Moon Down
1 Mon 12:11 06:24 12:38 06:51 07:27 06:06 12:54? 08:09? 07:42a
2 Tue 01:01 07:15 01:29 07:43 07:26 06:07 01:47? 09:06? 08:37a
3 Med 01:52 08:06 02:21 08:36 07:26 06:08 02:48? 10:35? 09:35a
4 Thu > 02:44 08:59 03:14 09:29 07:25 06:38 03:54? li:04? 10:34a
5 Fri > 03:38 09:53 04:07 10:22 07:24 06:09 05:03? 11:33a
6 Sat F 04:33 10:47 05:01 11:15 07:24 06:10 06:14? 12:02a 12:30?
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 08:34? 01:52a 02:19?
9 Tue 07:24 01:11 07:51 01:37 07:21 06:13 09:42? 02:45a 03:11?
10 Med 08:24 02:10 08:50 02:37 07:20 06:14 .10:51? 03:38a 04:04?
11 Thu 09:23 03:10 09:50 03:37 07:19 06:15 04:31a 04:58?
12 Fri 10:22 04:08 10:49 04:36 07:18 06:16 05:26a 05:53?
13 Sat 11:19 05:05 11:46 05:32 07:18 06:17 01:03a 06:21a 06:48?
14 Sun 12:01 05:59 12:13 06:26 07:17 06:18 02:05a 07:15a 07:43?
15 Mon 12:37 06:50 01:03 07:17 07:16 06:19 03:01a 08:09a 08:36?
16 Tue 01:25 07:38 01:51 08:04 07:15 06:20 03:52a 09:02a 09:27?
17 Med 02:11 08:23 02:35 08:48 07:14 06:20 04:38a 09:52a 10:16?
18 Thu > 02:54 09:06 03:18 09:30 07:13 06:21 05:18a 10:39a 11:02?
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 12:08?
21 Sun II 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:llp 01:50a
24 Med > 07:10 12:59 07:30 01:20 07:06 06:26 08:22a 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 05:08? 04:44a
23 Sun 10:31 04:18 10:56 04:43 07:02 06:30 10:47a 06:00n 05:34a
Major=2 hours/Minor=l hour Accuracy to 1 ninute
> Indicates peak activity.
Solunar Services, Inc, 1107 8. Morgan St., Rushville, IH 46173
Freshwater forecast
Seminole -Lake is at full pool and clear. Bass are still biting very well
over the past few days. Bass have been in the grassy areas in shallow water
and they are taking a variety of artificial lures. Cold weather in.the past few
days is likely to drive the Bass into deeper water. Crappie fishing has been
very good and they are biting live minnows in the river drop offs in 11-15 feet
of water. Several anglers reported good catches in the past few days.
- Reported by Wingate's Lunker Lodge
Blackshear- Lake is at full pool and stained. Anglers are still reporting suc
cess with white perch in deeper water. Trolling fishermen and still lines have
had success in roughly 20 feet of water using live minnows. Several anglers
reported success catching hybrids using crawfish in the areas near the dams.
- Reported by Marian Stewart, Camper's Haven
Sinclair-Lake is 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.
- Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River Park
Jackson - Lake is normal and clear. Conditions are very good for bass fish
ing. Several anglers reported catching the limit. Bass are hitting back in the
coves on blue and chrome rattletraps and smoke colored pigs and jigs and
Mann's 15 plus and 20 plus plugs. High water has changed the bass patterns,
they are schooling more in the areas off of the secondary points. Crappie have
been biting very 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 down four feet and stained. Crappie fishing has been
good for fishermen trolling in the creeks. Cold weather may affect crappie
yield. Bass fishing has improved this week, they are being caught on
rattletraps, spinner baits and crankbaits off the main points and humps and
ledges in 15 feet of water.
- Reported by John Jones, Highland Marina
Eufaula - Lake is at full pool and slightly stained. Cold weather and high
winds have created difficult fishing conditions. Bass fishing has been fair.
They are biting on the shallow ledges in 2-10 feet of water on jigs and pigs,
crankbait and spinner bait. A B.A.S.S. tourney held during the week saw the
leader with only 17 lbs. after the first day. 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 and creek mouths trolling with jigs.
- Reported by Charles Ingram, Tom Mann Outdoors
Lake Martin -Lake is down three 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.
- Reported by Larry Collins, Plney Woods Restaurant
Saltwater forecast !
Shell Point, Fla.-Speckled Trout have been fair on live shrimp, but have
been scattered. Grouper has been biting well offshore in deeper water, on
squid and cigar minnows. Flounder and Rock Bass have also been biting in
deeper water. Sheepshead has been fair around the oyster bars using fiddler
crabs and oysters. Weather has been cool and windy.
- Reported by George Taft, Shell Point Marina
Suwannee, Fla. • Speckled Trout are biting well on live shrimp. Redfish
and sand trout have been fair. Sheepshead are biting very well. Anglers are
using shrimp for the sheepshead and mirror lures for the speckled trout.
Weather is expected to be windy and clear for the weekend.* Reported by
Bill's Fish Camp
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Roy Montaque, far left will be heading up the 747 Bombers, Northrop's cooking team
participating In the Southern Wild Game and Fish Cookoof In Vienna Mar. 12-13. Joining
Montaque are, clockwise, Lynda Roberson, Jeff Spann, Jeanne Keck, Charles Lewis and
Monique Simpson.
Montaque heads Northrop cooks
Visitors to this year's Southern
Wild Game and Fish Cookoff in
Dooly County will want to visit
the pit being run by Northrop's
Distribution Manager Roy
Montaque.
The Beaumont, Texas native
built a "Texas Style" pit in his
backyard over the summer and will
put it to good use cooking his spe
cial recipies for dove, quail, fish,
rabbit, duck and squirrel.
Opinions,
Bobby L
kl , Tuggle I
Outdoors
writer I
Most people who read this article
will probably be surprised to learn
that I did take a journalism course
while in college. I'm sure that most
of my articles would make an
English or Journalism teacher
cringe.
One of the basic truths that you
learn in journalism is that you
never put a personal opinion in a
story on a news page. I suppose
that this newspaper needs to move
my articles from the sports section
to the editorial page as almost all of
them express my personal feelings
and opinions.
I find it awfully hard to write
about hunting and outdoor
experiences without expressing
feelings and it is even harder to
write about patriotism and our basic
American way of life without
personal emotion in the article.
I attended an event in Centerville
last Thursday night that was both
interesting and emotional. The
Rehobeth Baptist Association
hosted a wild game supper at the
Centerville Baptist Church.
This is the third year that the
group has hosted the supper. It is
open to anyone and is held to
promote Christian fellowship.
There is no charge for the supper.
Monitored-Sludge is ok
Sludge (biosolids) has been the
topic of this space for the past two
weeks.
So far, I have explained the na
ture and content of sludge, its bene
fits to the farmer, its possible ill ef
fects and some of the regulations
concerning the use of it.
I believe we left off last week
listing the contents of the typical
sludge management plan which is
required for submittal by the farmer
and subject to approval by the
EPD.
Besides those items listed last
week, the following are also re
quired:
•A current soil analysis, per
formed within the last six months,
to pH, total phosphorus content,
toti potassium content, percentage
of ammonia, total Kjeldahl nitrogen
, cation exchange capacity and the
amounts of heavy metals: nickel,
copper, zinc, lead and cadmium.
•The pH of the sludge and soil
mixture should be maintained at 6.5
or above. The EPD is concerned
about pH because the potential for
metal to leach out of the soil in
creases as the pH decreases below
6.5.
•The name of the wastewater
treatment facility generating the
sludge.
The son of Lousiana natives,
Montaque will bring a taste of the
Bayou to the event with
"Etouffefe", an appetizing crawfish
recipe and Coup Bouillon, a
smothered fish dish.
"I love to cook and Northrop
sponsored us in the Pig Jig and we
had a great time. Art Grady and I
manned the grills for that and we
fed over 400 families,” Montaque
said.
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Georgia Football Coach Ray Goff is joined by Perry's Bryan
Shoup at a wild game supper In Centerville Thursday.
The only requirement for admission
is that you wear an article of
camoflauge clothing.
ai Tim L
Lewis I
Houston County
X young fanner
•The amount of sludge to be ap
plied per year and the form of the
sludge, whether liquid or dewatered.
•Only stabilized sludge may be
considered for land application.
Stabilized sludge is sludge which
has been treated by a Process to
Significantly Reduce Pathogens as
defined in 40 CFR part 257, EPD
guidelines.
•Land use and/or crops to be
grown on the site. Grazing by an
imals whose products are consumed
by humans must be prevented for at
least one month following applica
tion.
•Etc
You can see that sludge treatment
and application is a very highly
regulated enterprise, one that is
taken quite seriously by the
regulators and the regulated.
Now, let's look at a recent com
parison of Macon treated sludge
versus the EPA's stringent defini
tion of clean sludge.
■ The Houston Home f
Journal
Montaque's team, the "747
Bombers," will begin setting up for
the event Friday March 12 and will
be offering samples to the hundreds
of visitors who will appear in
Vienna for a taste of wild game.
"We're entering in two categories,
the small game and fish categories.
We have a number of hunters out at
the plant and they'll supply all the
game. We invite everybody out for
a taste," he said.
All game used for the dinner is
donated by hunters and is cooked by
Please see TUGGLE, page 3B
In data supplied by an indepen
dent laboratory and accepted by
EPD, the levels, in parts per mil
lion (ppm) equivalents, of 10 heavy
metals were measured. These were
arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cop
per, lead, mercury, molybdenum,
nickel, selenium and zinc.
In no case did the heavy metal
content of the sludge generated by
either the Poplar Street or the
Rocky Creek waste treatment plants
exceed the EPA limits. In fact, the
closest they came was for the ele
ment molybdenum. The EPA limit
was 18 ppm and the Poplar Street
arsenic level was measured at 4.973
ppm.
In other words, the molybdenum
level of that sludge was 3.6 times
"cleaner" than the EPA deemed nec
essary.
On average, the 10 metals proved
to be 99 times safer than by EPA
decree.
Now, taking all the information
into consideration, what about
sludge?
It seems to me that rather than
continue dumping sludge in land
fills where it shortens the life of the
facility due to the sheer volume of
waste produced, some of it ought to
Please see LEWIS, page 3B
wTrjßjohn L
Trusselll
Outdoors
I writer B
The future
of Oaky
Woods...
The plans to make Oaky Woods a
state-owned wildlife management
area or state park are once again on
hold. According to Harvey Young,
special assistant to Department of
Natural Resources Commissioner
Joe Tanner, The Weyerhauser
Company, which owns The Oaky
Woods property, has decided not to
sell any of the property. Since the
state will not condemn any property
for acquisition, the deal is at a dead
end.
Several times over the past 20
years the existence of Oaky Woods
has been in jeopardy, primarily
because of changes in ownership.
And over the years Oaky Woods has
shrunk from over 21,000 acres
down to 15,857 acres as land-tract
owners withdraw some properties
from the WMA agreement. Other
tracts were leased.
Last summer, when the local
WMA was again up for sale by
previous owner Proctor and
Gamble, it appeared there might be
a chance that Oaky Woods would be
included in Gov. Miller's
Preservation 2000 plan. Local
government leaders like state
representative Larry Walker,
County Commission Chairman
Sherrill Stafford, Commissioner
Jay Walker and the entire board
supported efforts to encourage the
state to purchase Oaky Woods.
Rep. Walker has been in the
forefront for several years in this
issue and is supported by state Sen.
Sonny Perdue and Rep. Sonny
Watson.
The best odds were that a
substantial portion of the WMA
would become a State Park since
one doesn't exist within 50 miles of
Houston County. The best possible
state park seems to be the upper
drainage area of big Grocery Creek,
located behind the check station.
This area has beautiful hardwood
ridges with limestone outcroppings
that reveal sanddollars and other
ancient sea life from when Middle
Georgia was covered by the ocean
60 million years ago. Big Grocery
Creek could be dammed in this area,
creating a lake and wonderful
environment for a state park. But
for now the Oaky Woods state park
proposal is stalemated, unless the
Weyerhauser Company has a
change of heart.
Ocmulgee River boat ramp
update
- Last September I told you that
chances were good that the
Ocmulgee River boat ramp project
would be completed in November
'92. However, who would have
guessed that we would have 109
inches of rain in November? Asa
consequence, the river has been
flooded out of its banks, making
any construction work in the area
impossible. If the sun will shine
long enough, the river will
eventually recede, but it may be
early summer before the right
conditions exist. However, thanks
to Sherrill Stafford and the Houston
County Commissioners, no
obstacles remain and the ramp will
be buil‘
DNR Release New Fishing Video
- The Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, Game and Fish
Division has released anew video
titled "The Pleasures of Fishing."
This video is available on a free
loan basis from DNR.
"The Pleasures of Fishing"
captures scenes of anglers enjoying
their sport and the beauty of the
outdoors. The film is not a how-to
fishing film. Instead, it shows real
people sharing the real feelings and
about why they like to fish. From a
city family getting away for a
mountain weekend to grandfather
spending time with his
granddaughter, this is a great "feel
good" film that shows fishing is an
experience which draws people
together.
"The Pleasure of Fishing" is 14
minutes long and is available for
loan from the DNR's Film and
Video Unit. The only cost to
people who borrow the video is
return postage. The video is
available for purchase from DNR
for $20.00 plus $2.50 shipping and
handling.
The DNR Film and Video Unit
has a variety of films available on
free-loan basis covering a variety of
Please see TRUSSELL, page 3B