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Outdoors Crappie time is upon fishermen The weather is just about right for some fun springtime action for crappie or white perch, depending where you are from. The water temperature in most of the area lakes has reached the high SOs and low 60s, making it just right for these slabs to start bedding. This time of the year crappie can be caught anywhere from six inches to 10 feet of water. It all depends on the lake and the phase of the moon. By this full moon, which may be already on us, crappie should be in every brush pile on the lake. It should be just a matter of dropping your minnow in the water and hold ing on. Sounds simple? Well, maybe not. The hardest trick is finding the right brush pile, the right depth and the right bait, the right bait may be the easiest. Most people opt for the old min now routine, but believe it or not, I’ve seen the time when a jig or small spinner would temp them more. Fishing for crappie is like Fishing for other species; you don't ever want to go planning on using just one bait. You may be rudely awakened when they won't bite whatever you're offering them and everyone else is catching them right and left using something else. Whenever Susanne and I go we will always carry a few jigs with us. We'll usually rig a couple to troll along with the minnows. We have seen some people use a minnow hooked on the jig. I guess this is what you would consider as bettering your chances. Can’t say that I blame you. This day in time you have to have every advantage you can possi bly think of. There was one bass lift >A jhßpjiSfar|jßp jH HHSpr HR * , ■ SijjRUS;.- . * 'fins?? i ' -' Perry, from 5A after the game. Travis Cantrell started the inning with a walk, moving to second on a single by Terry Yawn. The incident with Brett loaded the bases for the Panthers with no outs. However, the Panthers were un able to get a run across the plate. In the sixth, Perry would get to within two when Walker slamed a two-out shot over the left-center field fence. Not being able to stand prosper ity, the Panthers gave the run back in the sixth. Craig Allen hit a drib bler to left, which rolled between Zip In Invitational set for April 23 Entries are currently being ac cepted for the eighth annual Zeb’s Zip In Invitational, which will be held April 23-34 at Houston Lake Country Club. Teams will consist of two play ers. Saturday’s round will be played as a scramble, and Sunday’s round as four ball stroke play. The entry fee is sllO per player, and includes practice round greens fee, tournament round cart fees, range balls, prizes, a burger cook Smoltz says to use helmets Most kids don't wear helmets while skating or biking because they think helmets aren't ’’cool." Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz thinks helmets are cool. When a child is skating or riding his bike, parents don't expect him to die. They might expect scrapes and bruises, maybe a broken bone. |HHb i B m Rff am BWw I Ilf lip IM § H fIBJR sßbo ®9H HB flHflHHgr if || ||B' jagg | ijfgg Cgip' JIpIII -j lj|pgi' ’*' yMg fHRc Run* jBHBR- Weather and water temperature are about right for crappie, or white perch to begin to start biting. Nr I Susanne Andel tournament that I fished several years ago, and my drawn partner had two different lures tied on in tandem. Don't laugh. It worked, and it's legal. Some of the lakes that are known for their slab size crappie are Eufaula, Seminole, Sinclaire (on oc casion) and Weiss, which may the the outfielder’s legs to the fence for a two-base error. He scored on Kevin Stuckey’s single. The Panthers would make one final run at the Indians in the sev enth. Cantrell started the inning with a single. However, two outs later, he was still on first. But, that would all change with Waldrip who ripped a monster slam into left-center, bringing the Panthers to within one. Allen would continue the assault on the Indian lead with a walk. A wild pitch would send him to sec out on Saturday and a “pig pickin’” on Sunday. Deadline for entries is April 18. The tournament is open to the first 96 paid teams. The prize purse will exceed $13,000 based on a full field of 96 teams. Contestant teams will be pre flighted by the combined handicap of the partners. Partners are allowed a maximum difference in handicaps of seven. There is a dress code for the But if a child falls and hits his head, he can suffer serious brain injury and could die. Every year in the United States, 300 children die from injuries related to bicycle accidents alone -85 percent of these deaths can be prevented with proper helmets. best of them all. For several years. Lake Weiss has been famous for the large crappie and the amount of them. It seems that every year the creel just gets better. Further south, there are Okeechobiee, Ciermont Chain and the Kissimmie Chain. The best time of year has already passed for these lakes as the fish will move up and spawn in late January and early February. There is still plenty of time to get down there; but, the only thing is that you many have to look a little harder for them. Closer to Perry, there are several creek that have a good crappie popu lation in them. Big Indian and ond. He would go to third when the Dodge County firstbaseman mis handled Cook’s ground ball. However, Mincey, the Indian pitcher, would settle down before allowing any more damage, getting the final Perry batter to ground out to second. Walker paced the Panther of fense, collecting two hits including a homer. Waldrip had one hit, a homer, and two RBIs in four trips to the plate. The loss evens the Panthers overall record at 6-6, and region record at 3-3. Jones said the loss tournament. No blue jeans, cut-offs or short shorts will be permitted. Shorts must be at least 16 inches in length. Shirts must have collars No personal coolers will be al lowed. Bobby Lane and Newt Hiley of Fort Valley are the defending cham pions of the event. For more information, contact Mike McCollum or Scott Camley at 987-3243. y starters, and Kent Mercker gets the fifth starter's role. Greg McMichael will be the closer again, with Mike Stanton, Steve Bedrosian, Marie Wohlers re turning in the bullpen. The experiment with Gregg Housers Mill where they feed Lake Joy and behind the dam at Houston Lake are two. I don't think you can fish at either one of those lakes, but, if you can, the lakes, too, should have a good population of crappie. There is nothing better than a good outdoor fish fry with hushpup pies, baked beans and cole slaw. Any fish is good, but crappie, especially filet, are by far the best Just the thought of that makes me want to go out next week and catch a mess for a fish fry. I know that fried food is strictly forbidden on my list of dirt foods that I can eat, but I'm afraid I would just have to Please see Fishing, page 7A A Hawg with a wild hog Former all-pro Washington Redskin offensive lineman Dave Butts, one of the Hawgs, came to Houston County to do a little hunt ing with Bobby Tuggle, Robert Tuggle and Trey Slnyard. Butts Is shown with 250 pound wild hog killed by the group and his son, Dave Butts Jr. put Perry on the bubble to make the playoffs. Correction In Tuesday’s edition of the Times-Journal, it was reported that Alexis Nickitopolous beat Keri Eckhart 8-3 for the girls 14- and-under Dogwood Festival Tennis Tournament title. That was in error. Eckhart beat Nickitopolous 8-3 for the title. We regret any inconvenience caused by the error. Tennis, from 5A Winning for the Panthers were Hillary Smith over Beth Whitehead, 8-5, Katherine Blount over Christy Stevison, 8-4, Amber Fendley and Jessica Brewer ova* Kylie Cross and Jennifer Lewis, 8-5, and Heather Brewer and Emily Matthis over Amy Lewis and Margaret Evans, 8- 4. “Everybody played steady ten nis,” said Smith. Clark, from 5A Olson is on hold, since the former American League save leader is on the disabled list. He had an 18.00 ERA in the spring. And, by the way, the Braves home opener April 12th against the Giants is already a sell-out Hoik ton Times-Journal Page 6A ‘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 1 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. SOLUNAR/LUNAR TIMES Perry Georgia Area ~ SOLONAR TIMES LUNAR TIMES u 94 M '. P ' M- Longitude 83.44 Letitide 32.28 4 n ? r Halt>r Bwiset Hoonßlse Moon Up a >on Dow 1 Tue 08:17 02:03 08:45 02:31 07:01 06:30 10:58p 03:32a <04!oOp 2 Wed 09:20 03:05 09:49 03:34 07:00 06:31 04:28a 0:57p 3 Thu 10:22 04:08 10:52 04:37 06:59 06:32 12:05a 05:27a ot:s6p 4 Fri 11:23 05:08 11:52 05:37 06:57 06:32 01:09a 06:25a 06.53 p 5 Sat 12:01.06:05 12:19 06:33 06:56 06:33 02:07a 07:22a 07: Op 6 Sun 12:44 06:57 01:11 07:24 06:55 06:34 03:00a 08:17a 08-4 e 7 Mon 01:33 07:45 01:58 08:11 06:54 06:35 03:47a 09:09a 09:34k 8 Tue 02:18 08:30 02:42 08:54 06:53 06:35 04:28a 09:59a 10:22p 9 Wed > 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 Fri > 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 Bun > 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 Wed 08:13 02:01 08:36 02:24 06:43 06:41 08:55a 03:51n 03:28a 17 Thu 09:04 02:52 09:28 03:16 06:41 06:42 09:34a 04:38p 04:14a 18 Fri 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 06:17b 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 Wed 01:40 07:53 02:06 06:19 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 Fri > 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 11.54. 27 Sun F 04:52 11:06 05:20 11:33 06:28 06:49 07:28p 12:21a 12-49» 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 02:4Sp 30 Wed 07:57 01:42 08:28 02:13 06:24 06:51 10:56p 03:15a 03:45* 3.1 Major=2 hours/Minor=l hour Accuracy to 1 minute -Indicates peak activity. Jolnir Services. lac. 1107 I. Morgan St., Inskville, II 41179 Blackshear Lake: Lake is at a normal level; but is muddyCThere have been some nice catches of crappie as they come under the Cypress tress. Shell crackers are beginning to act like they want to bed. However, bass fishing is still a little slow. Marion Stewart, Camper's Haven. Jackson Lake: The lake is at its normal level, but it's stained. Fishing has picked up some in recent days. Crappie are biting over the brushpiles. There are some pretty good size bass hitting on chatreuse shadraps, green worms and lizards. Hybirds can be caught on jigs. Van Kersey, Kersey’s Marina. Oconee Lake: Lake is at a normal level; but is slightly stained. Largemouth bass have moved into shallow water and are starting fanning beds. Shad colored shadraps, chartreuse spinnerbaits and RatL traps can be used to bring them up. Hybirds are hitting live shad real well; although, little Georges and red and white jigs can also be used. Crappie are starting to bed around the banks and docks. They are hitting minnows and jigs. Jack Branyan, Lakeview Bait and Tackle. Seminole Lake: Lake is at a normal level and clear, with the water temperature at 69 degrees. Although there is some action on largemouth bass, they have moved back into shallow water and aren't hitting well. Good catches of crappie are being recorded with minnows and jigs. Shell crackers were beginning to bed, but the cold water has forced them back into deep water. Helen Wingate, Wingate’s Fishing Lodge. Sinclair Lake: Lake is at a normal level; but, is stained. Largemouth bass are back in the pockets and coves and are sticking closs to cover. They are hitting plastic worms best, but should start hitting spinnerbait. Crappie are waiting in the brushpiles and are hitting minnows and jigs. Catfish are feeding off cutbait and worms. Glen Colwell, Little River Park. Lake Eufaula: Lake is at just under two feet from being normal, and is slightly stained. The fishing is good with largemouth bass still in shallow water, hitting colored lizards and spinnerbaits. Crappie are moving to the banks and are biting on minnows and jigs. Charles Ingram, Tom Mann’s Outdoors. West Point Lake: The lake is over four foot below normal and is slightly stained. Smaller bas are coming into shallow water. For larger finds, go to the primary and secondary points. Spinner baits and Carolina rigged lizards work best in shallow water; while plastic worms are working best in deeper water. Crappie are hitting jigs in eight.foot of water over brushpiles. Also being taken are hybirds and white perch, which are hitting jigs with live bait. -Saturday, Apri14,1994 " Houston Times-Journal Fishing forecast Moon times Hannon’s best hunting and fishing days and hours If You Know Of Any Lakes Not Listed Above & Would Like To See Them Listed Give Veto A Call & Let Us Know Who To Contact 987-1823