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Outdoors "The following fishing re port Is compiled each week by the Houston Times 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. Moon times Hannon’s best hunting and fishing days and hours SOLUNAR/LUNAR TIMES Perry Georgia Area " SOLUNAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES 1994 A. M. P. M. Longitude 83.44 Latitude 32.28 M*x_ Minor Haior Minor Major Sunrise Sunset Moonßlae Moon up Moon Dow 1 Tue 08:17 02:03 08:45 02:31 07:01 06:30 10:58p 03:32e 04:00p 2 Hed 09:20 03:05 09:49 03:34 07:00 06:31 04:28a 04:57p 3 Thu 10:22 04:08 10:52 04:37 06:59 06:32 12:05a 05:27a 05:56p 4 Pri 11:23 05:08 11:52 05:37 06:57 06:32 01:09a 06:25a 06:53p 5 Sat 12:01 06:05 12:19 06:33 06:56 06:33 02:07a 07:22a 07:50p 6 Sun 12:44 06:57 01:11 07:24 06:55 06:34 03:00a 08:17a 08:43p 7 Mon 01:33 07:45 01:58 08:11 06:54 06:35 03:47a 09:09a 09:34p 8 Tue 02:18 08:30 02:42 08:54 06:53 06:35 04:28a 09:59a 10:22p 9 Hed > 03:00 09:12 03:23 09:35 06:51 06:36 05:05a 10:45a ll:08p 10 Thu > 03:41 09:52 04:03 10:14 06:50 06:37 05:38a 11:30a 11:52p 11 Erl > 04:23 10:33 04:44 10:55 06:49 06:38 06:10a 12:13p 12 Sat N 05:05 11:15 05:26 11:36 06:48 06:38 06:41a 12:55p 12:34a 13 Sun > 05:48 11:59 06:10 12:01 06:46 06:39 07:12a 01:38p 01:17a 14 Mon > 06:34 12:24 06:56 12:45 06:45 06:40 07:44a 02:21p 01:59a 15 Tue > 07:23 01:12 07:45 01:34 06:44 06:40 08:18a 03:05p 02:43a 16 Hed 08:13 02:01 08:36 02:24 06:43 06:41 08:55a 03:51p 03:28a 17 Thu 09:04 02:52 09:28 03:16 06:41 06:42 09:34a 04:38p 04:14a 18 Pri 09:56 03:44 10:21 04:09 06:40 06:43 10:18a 05:27p 05:02a 19 Sat 10:49 04:36 11:14 05:01 06:39 06:43 11:06a 06:17p 05:51a 20 Sun 11:40 05:27 12:01 05:53 06:37 06:44 11:59a 07:07p 06:42a 21 Mon 12:04 06:17 12:30 06:43 06:36 06:45 12:55p 07:59p 07:33a 22 Tue 12:53 07:06 01:19 07:32 06:35 06:45 01:55p 08:51p 08:25a 23 Hed 01:40 07:53 02:06 08:19 06:34 06:46 02:59p 09:43p 09:17a 24 Thu 02:26 08:39 02:52 09:05 06:32 06:47 04:04p 10:35p 10:09a 25 Pri > 03:12 09:25 03:38 09:51 06:31 06:47 05:10p ll:28p 11:01a 26 Sat > 04:00 10:13 04:27 10:40 06:30 06:48 06:18p 11:54a 27 Sun F 04:52 11:06 05:20 11:33 06:28 06:49 07:28p 12:21a 12:49p 28 Mon > 05:49 12:01 06:18 12:04 06:27 06:49 08:38p 01:17a 01:46p 29 Tue > 06:52 12:37 07:21 01:06 06:26 06:50 09:49p 02:15a 02:45p 30 Hed 07:57 01:42 08:28 02:13 06:24 06:51 10:56p 03:15a 03:45p 31 Thu 09:04 02:49 09:34 03:19 06:23 06:51 04:15a 04:45p Major=2 hours/Minor=l hour Accuracy to 1 minute > Indicates peak activity. Solmr Services. lie. HOT I. Horyan St., Kaskvil le, II HIT) Fishing forecast Freshwater forecast Seminole Lake is at maximum pool and stained. Surface water temperature has dropped to 54 degrees. The midweek weather limited most fishing, but bass fishing was extremely strong over the weekend. Bass were taken using RatLTraps and crankbaits. Speckled perch catches have been numerous, especially in the shallow areas. - Reported by Jack Wingate, Wingate's Lunker Lodge Blackshear Lake is at normal level and muddy. Bass and crappie fishing has been good. Both are beginning to move shallow. Crappie is still being found in deeper waters. Catfish are still plentiful, taking worms and chicken livers. - Reported by Sonny Coleman, Mitchell's Balt and Tackle Sinclair Lake is at normal level and muddy. Bass fishing is good, despite the rain, hitting crankbaits and worms 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. Some hybrids are hitting white Model A Bombers. Lastly, catfish are plentiful taking cutbait and live worms. Surface water temperature has cooled into the mid 50s. - Reported by Glenn Colwell, Little River Park Jackson Lake is down two feet and muddy. Fishing was solid over the weekend but has slowed with the recent rains. Crappie are hitting live minnows over brushpiles and under bridges. Bass fishermen are having success with natural colored shadraps and bubble-gum worms. • Reported by Van Kersey, Kersey's Marina West Point Lake level is approximately five feet below full pool and stained. Surface water temperature is approximately 50 degrees. The rain has slowed fishing a bit, but iargemouth bass action remains good. The bass are moving into the coves and creeks and are hitting RatLTraps and spinnerbaits. Crappie fishing is still good, hitting green and yellow jigs or live minnows. Hybrids are schooling near the dam and some large stripers are also beginning to school. Watch for the seagulls to spot the fish. Bucktail jigs are working best now. - 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 haven't moved out into the main lake yet. - Reported by Charles Ingram, Tom Mann Outdoors 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) Recycling This A Small Gift To The Earth * /r Prime Time Fishing? Not Yet We spent a couple of days last week on Lake Oconee trying to figure out where the bass were hiding. They sure weren't where we thought they should be. The water temperature was just hovering around the 50-10-52 degree mark. It was just cold enough to keep them from being shallow and warm enough to make us think there had to be some around here someplace. What we did find was that the bass and crappie were still anywhere from 17 to 25 feet deep. This all depended on what area of the lake we were in. For two days, we worked the pockets, flats, long points and various humps. Only a few small buck bass were caught for the most part We did happen to come upon two nice bass fishing rattle traps over a 25-foot flat somewhere on the lake. After we fish our tournament this weekend, I'll be The Proper Methods Of Espaliering Tim L \g m Lewis |||l Ag. instructor, Perry High School I Espaliering is the art of training plants to grow in a fixed pattern or shape against a vertical plane. This may be done on a wire, a trellis, or against the wall itself. If possible, espaliers should have at least six to 12 inches between them and the wall to allow room for roots to form away from the wall and to give the plant a better chance to catch rainwater. Slow-growing plants are the best candidates for espaliering. These include fruit trees such as apples, citrus, figs, kiwi, pears, and plums. Ornamental choices include azalea, camellia, Benjamin fig, forsythia, gardenia, magnolia, mock orange, pyracantha, flowering quince, star jasmine, viburnum, wisteria, and yew. Apples arc popular subjects for espaliering. Here's how to train an apple tree on wires against a wall. 1. Space gauge galvanized wires 18 inches apart across a wall. 2. Plant a single-stemmed bare root apple tree. Then cut it off 18 inches above the height of the first wire. This pruning will stimulate the three buds just below the cut. Any other buds that develop should be removed. 3. During the first growing season, train shoots from two of the buds onto the wire. Let the top bud develop as the main stem. The two developing side branches should be tied along the wire in opposite directions. Continue to remove buds that develop on the trunk below the branches. 4. The following winter, cut the developing trunk off just below the second wire. This will activate another three buds. Train these as before: two to the side branches, Most Support Hunting The debate over the acceptability of hunting continues to spark emotional sparring between hunters and non-hunters. However, both groups would be interested to know that a majority of the major conservation and preservation organizers polled by the National Shooting Sports Foundation indicate they support regulated hunting. The National Wildlife Federation, the Wildlife Management Institute, the Wildlife Society, the National Audubon Society and the Sierra Club are just a few of the notable organizations in the poll which recognize hunting's place in wildlife management The support of the conservation and preservation organizations is one of the three facts to emerge from the pro and con arguments on hunting, according to the NSSF. The remaining two facts are: (1) There are clearly some hunters who do not deserve the right to hunL They are lawbreakers; they arc not sportsmen in any sense Please see HUNTING, page 9A Houston Times-Journal fGone L fSfFishing I Susanne Andel more precise. This same area was full of shad and crappie about the same depth as the bass were. The weekend kicks off the new season for the Georgia Division of the Guys and Dolls Tournament Trail. We’ve been fishing this trail about 12 years. For those of you who have not had the opportunity to hear about this trail, we’ll give you a brief rundown. It is designed around a man and woman team, not necessarily man and wife. In fact, there are father/daughter, mother/son, as well as boyfriend/girlfriend teams. It is a great way to spend quality time with each other as well as compete Cordon training spreads the branches out in horizontal tiers. This is a double cordon. As many as 5 wires may be used. Candelabra. Begin as for a cordon, then bend the branch tips up and pinch them to force buds to break there. Palmette. Pinch the leader below each scire to force 3 buds to break. Fan shapes are similar, but all branches come from the same spot. Double lattice. This is a good way cover a wall. For easy training, tie it a latticework lath fence. one as the trunk to the next wire. 5. Repeat this process yearly until you reach the highest wire. Keep all branches growing across Many wildlife and conservation organizers recognize hunting ee e eucceeeful from of wildlife mensgement. Page 8A - Saturday, March 5,1994 "Houston Timos-Journal for money and prizes and a chance to be one of the lucky 12 couples which get to fish in the championship for a full-rigged Ranger boat and trailer. Right now, there are three states involved in this trail. Florida and Alabama are the other two states which now have a trail and each of those states sent its top 12 couples to the same championship. At the moment, Terry and Sandra Corsey are looking at two more states which have shown interest in starting a trail. Maybe soon, it will be five states strong. If you are interested in fishing these tournaments, please contact us for applications. If you miss getting us, then come to Lake Oconee and Sugar Creek Landing this Saturday before 6 a.m. to join and fish with us. Be sure to ask for us when you get there and we’ll get you right in. igL Y{^ i it^ > the plane formed by the wire, removing any stray branches. See the following illustrations for examples of espaliering. We would like to have some of the better bass fishermen from this area to join up. Right now, we are the only couple from Perry that fishes the trail. There is another couple from Bonaire, Jim and Nancy Windham, which fishes with us. It sure would be fun to have about four or more couples from this area to travel with. We fish five tournaments a year. This year, we are fishing Oconee, Westpoint, Lanier, Clarkhill and Sinclair. Terry and Sandra try to shift the lakes around and fish different lakes, which may include Eufaula and Blackshear. Better fishing is on the way, but I still think we have to contend with March and that can always be a killer. Like we’ve told you, Winter's not over until Easter. Until next time we've gone fishing. Moving Fish Could Be Dangerous There is a growing problem in Georgia's waters. During routine fish samplings, fisheries personnel from the Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division are finding species of fish in lakes and reservoirs where they previously were not found. In most instances, these fish were moved by well-meaning anglers. However, not only is this action illegal, but it often causes irreversible damage to the new habitat and the animals that live there. A good example is the situation that occurred during the freezing winters of the 1970’5. The threadfin shad that had been stocked by the Wildlife Resources Division as forage for predators began to die off in Lakes Jackson, Lanier, and Allatoona when the water temperatures dropped below 45 degrees. Fisheries biologists informed anglers that die-offs are a natural occurrence that can stimulate and actually increase the number of small shad available to young largemouth bass, crappie, and other predatory fish. However, some well-meaning anglers took matters into their own hands and introduced gizzard shad to these lakes. While gizzard shad are also an important food for predatory fish, they grow larger than threadfin shad. A problem develops when gizzard shad grow larger than the predator species can eat. They become over-populated and, because they exceed their food supply, their reproduction slows or stops. The large shad also compete with species such as bluegill for food. The end result is a smaller bluegill population and fewer predators such as bass and crappie because there are not enough small fish for them to eat More recently gizzard shad appeared in Carters Reservoir where neither threadfin shad nor gizzard shad were previously found. Carters Reservoir had an excellent bream population, something very rare for a reservoir and a unique feature drawing anglers to the area. The predator population has improved with the introduction of shad, but bream fishing has been all but eliminated. Now, Carters Reservoir has a fish population like most other reservoirs in North Georgia. "This situation is impossible to reverse," says Mike Gennings, Chief of Fisheries for the Wildlife Resources Division. "Once a species has become established in a river or large reservoir, there is no way to eliminate it from the population." Another good example is found in the Altamaha River. Several years ago flathead catfish, which are not native to the river, were illegally introduced. This population has increased dramatically over time. Today, flathead catfish have almost eliminated the bullhead catfish population, while populations of redbreast sunfish and certain species of suckers have been severely impaired. Redbreast sunfish .were once the most important game fish in the Altamaha River. Now, this population has become food for the flathead population, allowing the catfish to thrive, but at the expense of native populations. Please see FISH, page 9A