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-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994
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Perry woods ' n water
*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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SOLUNAR/LUNAR TIMES
Perry Georgia Area
SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES
1994 A. H. P. M. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28
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1 Tue 09:38 03:25 10:05 03:52 07:27 06:05 04:45a 05:12p
2 Hed 10:36 04:22 11:04 04:50 07:27 06:06 12:02a 05:39a 06:07p
3 Thu 11:33 05:19 12:01 05:47 07:26 06:07 01:08a 06:35a 07:03p
4 Fri 12:00 06:14 12:29 06:43 07:25 06:08 02:13a 07:32a 08:01p
5 Sat 12:53 07:07 01:22 07:36 07:24 06:09 03:15a 08:29a 08:58p
6 Sun 01:45 07:59 02:13 08:27 07:24 06:10 04:12a 09:26a 09:54p
7 Mon > 02:34 08:48 03:01 09:15 07:23 06:11 05:03a 10:21a 10:47p
8 Tue > 03:22 09:35 03:48 10:01 07:22 06:12 05:48a 11:13a ll:38p
9 Wed > 04:10 10:22 04:34 10:46 07:21 06:13 06:28a 12:02p
10 Thu M 04:56 11:08 05:19 11:31 07:20 06:14 07:05a 12:49p 12:26a
11 Fri > 05:42 11:54 06:05 12:01 07:20 06:15 07:38a 01:33p 01:11a
12 Sat > 06:29 12:18 06:51 12:40 07:19 06:16 08:09a 02:16p 01:55a
13 Sun > 07:16 01:06 07:37 01:27, 07:18 06:17 08:40a 02:59p 02:38a
14 Mon 08:04 01:53 08:25 02:15 07:17 06:18 09:11a 03:41p 03:20a
15 Tue 08:52 02:41 09:14 03:03 07:16 06:18 09:44a 04:25p 04:03a
16 Wed 09:41 03:29 10:03 03:52 07:15 06:19 10;18a 05:09p 04:47a
17 Thu 10:29 04:18 10:52 04:41 07:14 06:20 10:56a 05:56p 05:33a
18 Fri 11:18 05:06 11:42 05:30 07:13 06:21 11:38a 06:44p 06:20a
19 Sat 12:01 05:54 12:07 06:19 07:12 06:22 12:24p 07:34p 07:09a
20 Sun 12:29 06:42 12:55 07:08 07:11 06:23 01:15p 08:26p 08:00a
21 Mon 01:17 07:30 01:43 07:56 07:10 06:24 02:llp 09:19p 08:52a
22 Tue 02:04 08:17 02:31 08:44 07:09 06:24 03:llp 10:12p 09:46a
23 Wed > 02:51 09:05 03:18 09:31 07:08 06:25 04:14p ll:05p 10:39a
24 Thu > 03:39 09:53 04:06 10:19 07:07 06:26 05:20p 11:32a
25 Fri F 04:29 10:42 04:55 11:08 07:06 06:27 06:26p 12:24p
26 Sat > 05:21 11:34 05:47 12:01 07:04 06:28 07:33p 12:50a 01:16p
27 Sun > 06:16 12:03 06:43 12:30 07:03 06:29 08:40p 01:43a 02:09p
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Fishing forecast
Freshwater forecast
Seminole Lake is at normal level and a little muddy. Water
temperature is creeping toward 60 degrees. Bass fishing has been
very strong, using RatLTraps for the most part. Good catches of
crappie have come out of the deep channels, taking live minnows.
Some shellcrackers have started to appear, taking black wigglers.
- Reported by Jack Wingate, Wingate's Lunker Lodge
Blackshear Lake is at normal level and clear. Crappie
continues to be the best catch, taking live minnows and some jigs.
Catfish are still plentiful, taking worms and chicken livers. Bass
fishing has picked up.
- Reported by Sonny Coleman, Mitchell's Balt and
Tackle
Sinclair Lake is down a foot and has a slight dinge in the upper
end but is clearing in the lower end. Bass fishing is fair to good
hitting crankbaits and spinnerbaits back into the Little channels and
around wooded areas. Bass have also been hitting at the points.
Crappie fishermen are having success trolling with jigs. White bass
and hybrids have been fair to good, using a Ditto 9 plug. Lastly,
catfish are plentiful taking cutbait and live worms. Surface water
temperature is in the upper 50s.
- Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River Park
Jackson Lake is at normal level and slightly muddy. Fishing has
picked up in the last week. Crappie are hitting live minnows over
brushpiles and under bridges. Bass fishermen are having success
with orange Shadraps chartreuse plugs and brown pig and jigs in
12-15 feet of water along the side of the points.
- Reported by Van Kersey, Kersey's Marina
West Point Lake level is about three feet below full pool and
surface water temperature is approximately 50 degrees. Water
clarity is stained to slightly muddy. Largemouth bass fishing is good,
with many moving about halfway up the coves. RatLTraps and
spinnerbaits seem to be working best. Crappie can be found in 8-15
feet of water trolling using a green or yellow jig. Hybrids are
schooling near the dam with some large stripers mixed in. Use a
buck-tailed jig.
- Reported by George Marovlch, Highland Marina
Eufaula Lake is at normal level and heavily stained to clear.
Surface water temperature is in the upper 50s. Bass fishing has
been good, hitting spinnerbaits, jig and pigs and medium
crankbaits. The bass are starting to move shallow. Crappie have
been excellent, trolling in the mouths of the creeks in 7-8 feet of
water. Crappie have also been taking live minnows. Hybrids still
havenl moved out into the main lake yet.
- Reported by Charles Ingram, Tom Mann Outdoors
Saltwater forecast
Suwanee, Fla. lf looking for redfish, use live shrimp and
artificial jigs. Some good catches of speckled trout have also come
around also taking the shrimp. Some trout is being caught using
mirror lures.
• Reported by Suwanee Shores Marina
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Step Aerobics
Sponsored by the Perry Recreation Department
Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Saturdays 9 -10:30 a.m.
Perry High School Cafeteria
Deborah Hamlin ACE Certified Instructor
10 Weeks - S3O (This is an on-going program)
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Seminars to be
held on wetland
mitigation
The Georgia Department of
Transportation (GDOT) has
announced a series of seminars that
will deal with wetland mitigation.
Any interested persons may attend.
During ongoing statewide road
projects, unavoidable wetland
impacts occasionally occur. Federal
law requires that many of these
wetlands be compensated for by the
restoration of previously existing
wetlands.
These seminars will detail the
characteristics needed for potential
sites to be considered for
restoration. Seminars will be held
at 12 locations across the state. The
goal of the seminars is to provide
all interested parties the opportunity
to more fully understand the
GDOT's need and possibly assist
GDOT in locating suitable sites.
All seminars will be the same
and will being at 6:30 p.m. The
middle Georgia seminar will be in
Macon at Central High School,
2155 Napier Ave.
If there are any questions,
contact Aaron Valenta at (404) 699-
4448.
Keep outdoor stories coming
This is the last issue that the
124 year old Houston Home
Journal will publish in its historic
name. Next Wednesday, anew
paper, The Houston Times Journal,
will appear.
With the last issue of The Home
Journal, I am writing my last
outdoor column. New owners and
new policies change the way that
newspapers are published and
philosophies on writers change.
Over four years ago, my good
friend and editor of The Home
Journal, Jim Kerce, came to my
office and asked me to write an
outdoor article for the newly created
"Woods and Water" section of the
paper. I felt totally inadequate for
the task and argued with Jim, but in
vain. He persisted and I have now
written over 200 articles for this
paper.
In the first article that I wrote, I
explained some of my thoughts on
the great outdoor world and that I
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©1994
Bowhunters
to celebrate
10th year
The 10th anniversary of the
International Bowhunting
Organization (IBO) will be
celebrated in 1994.
This non-profit organization is
the largest bowhunting organization
in the world. Through the
organization's origination and
promotion of 3-D bowhunter
events, 180 is, and will continue to
be, the "pacesetter" organization.
Contestants in 180 3-D
bowhunter events vie for
recognition awards, college
scholarships and cash prizes.
With over 200 sanctioned events
held in 1993, the 180 has already
sanctioned over 130 3-D bowhunter
events for 1994 and expects to
sanction another 100 in the near
future. Its feature events in 1994
will again be the IBO's Triple
Crown National Championship and
Indoor and Outdoor World
Championships.
Last year, the registration for the
four events was over 11,000, up 93
percent over 1992 and continued
strong growth is anticipated for the
1994 events.
New this year is an event
designed for all bowhunters, no
matter what their skill level. The
180/McKcnzie Bow Hunter Defense
Fund 3-D Big Game Bowhunt will
be a fun, informative event that is a
must for all bowhunters.
Please see BOWHUNT page 7A
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Wild hog captured
Five area hunters brought home the pork, capturing this 250-pound boar hog In
South Georgia. Scott Ford, Chris West, Norman Ford, Todd Bozeman and Tim
Jones captured the wild boar with the help of dogs. If you have any
photographs of anything having to do with the outdoors, feel free to contact the
Houston Times Journal to have your photo run In the paper.
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Bobby
Tuggle
Outdoors
writer
would never write about how to
hunt or how to kill a deer or a
turkey. The outdoor magazines
have beat this subject to death.
I have been a very fortunate and
a very lucky person to have
experienced one of the best and
richest lives that a person could
live. From my earliest childhood
with a loving family too, to this
very moment, I have loved every
minute of it, and through my
writing I have tried to share some
of my experiences with the people,
the wild animals, the dogs, the
Fruit of the future being
developed in California
What's new in fruit? You'll be
as surprised as I was to learn of the
new types of fruits that are being
developed.
At the University of California,
some 130 different varieties of fruit
trees are fenced off in the 175-acre
Lindcove Field Station,
compromising the Foundation
Block, a part of the University’s
Citrus Clonal Protection Program.
Cuttings from these trees are
sold each year to nurseries, which
use the buds to propagate new trees
for farmers and gardeners interested
in growing new varieties and types
of fruit.
One new type is the tangor, a
cross between an orange and a
tangerine. The tangor differs from
the common tangelo, a cross
between a grapefruit and a
tangerine. The new tangor variety,
Ellendale, originated in Australia,
where it has been popular. Kim
Bowman, scientist in charge of tree
evaluation, reports that "it's juicy
and has a nice balance between
sweet and acid."
Another favorite is the Sarawak
Cookoff to be in March
Cooking teams from across the
southeast will compete in the
fourth-annual Southern Wild Game
and Fish Cookoff March 11-12 in
Vienna
The five-member teams will
compete in big game, small game,
and fish categories for trophies and
cash awards of more than $3,500.
Teams will also be vying for
trophies in showmanship, turkey
calling, duck calling and deer grunt
competitions.
The cooking contest will be held
at the Big Pig Jig Village located
on Slosheye Trail Road, just off
Journal
horses and the wilderness.
Sometimes, ideas for articles
were hard to come by, and I often
felt after writing an article that it
sounded as if it were written by a
third grader, but something seemed
to always come out.
I would like to take this
ppportunity to thank many people
who have made the writing of these
articles an enjoyment rather than a
task.
I would like to thank Jim Kerce,
who had confidence in me and made
me write. I deeply appreciate the
staff of The Houston Home
Journal, especially the sports
editors who have put up with my
always being late with my articles.
I would like to thank the many
people who I have talked to while
doing stories and who gave me
thoughts and <deas for articles.
I would like to thank my family
and friends, who have helped make
Tim
Lewis
Ag. instructor.
Perry High School
Tahitian pilymelo, a green fruit
about the size of a large cantaloupe.
Its pale green flesh has a sweet
melon flavor, and one fruit is
enough for a family of four.
If you are one of those people
who cannot tolerate citric acid in
their diets, then you might be
interested in the Foundation Block's
acidless orange variety. This fruit
is a small, thin-skinned type with a
sweet, mild orange flavor with one
missing ingredient the tang of
traditional citrus fruits.
Red-fleshed oranges, with red
rinds and blood-red flesh and juice,
are also on hand at the Foundation.
Useful as a garnish or in fruit
salads, some people enjoy blood
oranges for their flavor, according
Interstate 75 at Exit 36.
Live on state Friday night,
March 11 will be the Mighty
Mighty Tams in concert. The Tams
cut their first single in 1962 and
their first album featured their first
single and first number one
recording in 1962 "What kind of
Fool (Do you think I Am?).''
A string of hits followed
including "I've been hurt," "Hey
Girl (Don't bother Me)” and "You
liked to your Daddy."
This phenomenal group has been
honored with two gold records and
was named in 1986 as "Beach Band
my life in the outdoor world so
great: My son, Rob, Darryl Adams
of Alpharetta, Joe Shook of North
Carolina, Tommy Williams and
Monty Lewis of Thomasville,
Mark and Paula Hennessy of
Atlanta, Mike Gibson, Tres
Sinyard, Georgia Allison, Mell
Tolleson and many others too
numerous to mention.
Most cf all, I would like to
thank the readers who have waded
through my articles and have called,
written or stopped to tell me that I
have added something to their life.
There are many more stories that
need to be written about the old
days, the hunting experiences and
our changing society. There are
many more stories about Oaky
Woods that should be written. I
hope that the Houston Times
Journal will find anew writer who
can continue the sagas.
to Bowman. He cites the Moro
blood orange, which has a
distinctive raspberry flavor.
Cara Cara, anew red-fleshed
orange cultivar from South
America, has shown promise,
Bowman said. It is much like a
regular navel, with an orange rind,
but has pale pink flesh.
Then there’s the new navel
orange variety from Japan called
Fukumoto which has interested
some growers. Early maturing,
this variety produces large, dark
fruits which so far appear to be of
better quality than other early
varieties.
The Foundation Block even
includes some landscape
ornamentals. The Variegated
Calamondin is a small, well-shaped
tree with beautiful walnut-sized
oranges of poor eating quality.
Also available are landscape
kumquats, whose small orange
fruits are eaten rind and all.
Look for some of these
potentially outstanding new fruits
on the shelves of your favorite
grocery store in the not-too-distant
future!
of the Decade."
The stage show will begin at 8
p.m., immediately following the
showmanship competition.
Admission is $5 per person with
children under 12 admitted free.
Teams interested in. entering the
cooking competition have until
Friday, Feb. 18 to sign up for the
contest. Application fees are SIOO
per category and will be accepted
through 5 p.m. at the Special
Events Office, 117 East Union
Street in Vienna or by mail at P.O.
Box 376, Vienna, Ga. 31092.