Georgia game and fish [Vol. 6, no. 6 (June 1971)]

GEORGIA

JUNE, 1971

iiiio ufish

June 1971

Volume VI

Number 6

CONTENTS

Ultra-Light For Ultra Sport Contributions Of A Ranger

. . .Aaron Pass 1 . .... Marvin Tye 4

Jack Of All Trades . .... . .. Charles M. Marshall 7 Paradise That Was . ..... . . .. ....... Dick Wood 11 Commissioner Barber .. . . ... Dean Wohlgemuth 14

Shad Affair . . .. ... ... ... . .. ... .... Marvin Tye 15 Outdoor World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Sportsmen Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sportsman's Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Jimmy Carter
Governor

Joe D. Tanner

Director State Game & Fish Commission

COMMISSIONERS

J. B. Langford Chairman
Calhoun-7th District

James Darby Vice Chairman Vidalia-1st District

William Z. Camp, Sec. Newnan~th District

Rankin M. Smith Atlanta-5th District

Leo T. Barber, Jr. Moultrie-2nd District

Judge Harley Langdale Valdosta-8th District

Dr. Robert A. Collins, Jr. Americus-3rd District

Clyde Dixon Cleveland-9th District

George P. Dillard Decatur-4th District

Leonard Bassford Augusta-lOth District

Jimmie Williamson Darien-Coastal District

TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION Jack A. Crockford, Assistant Director
leon Kirkland, Fisheries Chief Hubert Handy, Game Management Chief
LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION Bill Cline, Major
Deputy State Chief, Atlanta J. D. Atchison, Major
Deputy State Chief, Metter David Gould , Major
Supervisor of Coastal Fisheries Brunswick

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Dean Wohlgemuth, Chief Editor

Bob Wilson Managing Editor

Ted Borg Photographer

Marvin Tye Special Publications

Ben Gunn Audio-Visuals

Aaron Pass Press Services

Margaret Howard Circulation

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If You Can't Help-Don't Hinder
Many people have been heard to comment something to the effect of, "Yes, it's all well and good to talk about putting an end to pollution and litter, but what can I do about it as an individual?" A number of suggestions have been made by various individuals and groups, and there are even long lists of things to do or not do to help out in the battle against pollution. Most of these however, are of a preventative or passive nature, and something more is called for.
It is certainly a good and commendable thing to not add to the litter around a camping area or on a stream or river bank. It is also true that we need to keep watch on our dayto-day consumption and disposal of goods. Some containers are to be preferred over others which may form permanent litter or long-lasting contamination. Perhaps some products should be avoided altogether because they or their containers are a major source of litter and pollution.
But while all this is good, it seems that many are missing the point. Stopping or limiting our personal pollution as individuals is a fine thing to do but it hardly makes a dent in the overall problem. It is not enough to merely halt the tide of litter and pollution, we must roll it back-and that is going to take more than a passive effort.
As individuals, we can make headway against the tide of litter and pollution by taking active as well as passive action. In addition to doing everything possible to not add to the litter and pollution, we must attack the already existing problem of the litter and pollution of years past.
Instead of just taking your own empty drink cans, bottles, and other rubbish back to be disposed of properly, collect up that debris scattered across our landscape and recreation areas by some thoughtless dolt. One individual can clear up the litter pollution of a dozen or more. Sure it takes some effort and time, but then most things of value do.
Some individuals and groups have begun such a course of action. Trout Unlimited encourages its members to "bring back a limit of litter," and issues litter sacks for that purpose. Individual volunteers will gather June 5 for a Chattahoochee River clean-up, with the assistance of the recreation and parks departments of the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, and Cobb County. This is the type of thing that must be done. If you can't help, don't hinder.
-Bob Wilson
ON THE COVER: Biological Aides, Area Managers, and Hatchery Supervisors, the subject of " Jack of All Trades," by Charles M. Marshall, page 7, do much of the day-to-day work on the research and man agement programs of the Game and Fish Commission. Photo by Dean Wohlgemuth.
ON THE BACK COVER: " Ultra-light for Ultra Sport," the title of Aaron Pass' article on page 1, explains why more and more fisherm en are getting more pure enjoyment out of their sport with this lightweight tackle. Photo by Aaron Pass.

L!Bl-LIGB!
UL!BlSPOB!
By Aaron Pass

... .,.

Every angler indulging in a day-dream fishing trip probably pictures himself in his mind's eye hauling a 15-pound bass from a stump-filled cove, or battling a rainbow in excess of 20 inches in a rushing mountain stream. Unfortunately in fishing as with most things, reality usually doesn't measure up to fantasy. Most of us average anglers spend our time catching average size fish, and these days 15pound bass and 20-inch trout are not average.
It is an interesting rhetorical question as to whether the modern fisherman is fishing for fish or
sport, but fortunately, most of us no longer directly ' depend on what we catch for our food supply. It
would seem that the enjoyment provided by a day of fishing is at least as important as the weight of the stringer at the end of it.
Anglers are ever alert for ways to improve their , sport, and get more fun out of it. Ultra-light spin-
ning is one method used to stretch the enjoyment of fishing by the use of tackle light enough to allow even small fish to put up a respectable fight. This technique allows plenty of action with the various

panfish and the average trout and bass, which seem to come along much more often than the lunkers.
Ultra-light spinning was introduced into this country in the late 1940's only a short while after conventional spinning tackle began to catch on. Originally the technique was called "hairlining" by American anglers used to the heavier casting and conventional spinning tackle. The small reels, short rods, and low test lines were regarded with misgiving by conservative plug-casters and fly rod men, but spinning was firmly established and UL profited from its big brother's success.
Ultra-light fans were, at first, looked upon as stunters by most anglers, even those using conventional spinning tackle. It just didn't seem realistic to try to seriously fish with two pound test line and those tiny lures. The miniature tackle soon proved itself up to a surprising number of angling needs, and filled a vacant niche in fresh water tackle.
Sometimes there would be a need for the use of lures smaller than could be efficiently cast with regular spinning or casting tackle. Ultra-light equip-

ment allowed the casting of lures as light as 1/20 of an ounce, and this small hardware carried the day when flies were unproductive and the fish were shy of larger lures. Another factor which added to the popularity of ultra-light tackle was the increased sport fishermen got from the small fish that formerly had been unceremoniously hauled in. Anglers looking for more sport were swiftly converted, and ultralight ranks swelled.
The original ultra-light outfits imported from Europe were pretty delicate rigs indeed, with rods weighing only two or three ounces, reels weighing about seven, and using lines testing under three pounds. Tackle this fine required the utmost skill in casting and playing fish, but it nonetheless became very popular. Gradually the ultra-light in American use has evolved to match this country's fishing situation.
Today, the modern UL outfit will be built around an open face spinning reel weighing about eight to ten ounces. The rod will be from five to six feet long with a slow action to better handle the small lures. Lines commonly used now range from three to six pounds in test strength, since modern processes can produce four pound monafilament of smaller diameter than the two pound lines of a decade before. The use of small diameter lines is integral to the

Photo by Aaron Pass

More and more anglers are turning to ultra-light tackle for increased sport. These fishermen are out after crappie, which are just the right size for the tackle.

This angler has a nice little Coosa bass on the line. This species is abundant in many north Georgia streams and although it seldom exceeds two pounds it is a great fighter on light tackle.
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ultra-light concept as the decreased resistance of small lines is necessary to cast small lures. The increased care that must be taken with a struggling fish is merely a dividend.
Ultra-light lures are generally copies of conventional spinning lures. They range in weight from
1f 8 down to 1/20 of an ounce, and the assortment
covers plugs, spoons, spinners, and bucktails. These small lures are the key to much of the success UL fishermen enjoy, for late in the season it seems the fish know all the regular lures by trade name and patent number and the mini versions in ultra-light are just the ticket for arousing bored fish. In addition, these small lures can be fished in shallower water than the larger lures, and their light weight causes less water disturbance to spook wary fish.
Since its introduction, ultra-light tackle has been used for virtually every type of fresh water fishing, and by some for light salt water work. UL, like all tackle, has its optimum use, and due to its limitations it is more specialized than most. An ultra-light rig is best suited for fishing for species weighing under ten pounds and if the water is brushy, five pounds is a more reasonable limit. One of the principal concepts of ultra-light fishing is to have more fun with fish which would be overpowered by conventional tackle. There is no reason to go the other extreme and let the fish overpower you, so keep the tackle's limitations in mind for the most fun.
Trout fishermen in particular were quick to recognize the virtues of ultra-light equipment for their purposes. The ability to delicately present small

lures with a minimum of water disturbance greatly

aided the fisherman working spooky fish. The small

lures did not run as deep as conventional spinning

tackle and were best in shallow streams.

Although UL still retains its stronghold on the

trout streams, many other anglers are waking up to

its use on the widely distributed warm water species,

particularly the panfish. Even large bream and crap-

pie are no match on regular tackle, but taken on an

ultra-light rig, they can make a good account of

themselves. The slow action of a good ultra-light

rod handles bait beautifully and the small lures seem

to be made to order for these species.

The increasingly popular white bass is another

prime target for the ultra-light enthusiast. This spe-

cies averages about two to three pounds in weight

and has an amazing amount of strength for that size.

Hitting a spawning run of white bass in a river will

guarantee a light tackle fan plenty of action.

Coosa (redeye) bass are abundant in many north

Georgia rivers and streams, and they are excellent

fighters on light tackle. Rarely exceeding a pound

and a half, this species is often overlooked by anglers,

in favor of the more glamorous species. Even the

lowly bullhead and small catfish, abundant in many

farm ponds, will give an ultra-light outfit a good

going over.

In short the ultra-light user has a goodly selection

of game fish to go after. And while he probably

won't bring in any fish that wring the hand off the

scales, you can bet that he had a lot of fun catching

those "small" ones.

,...

The very popular white bass is an excellent choice for UL fans. This fish is well known for its annual
spring spawning runs and can be caught on a variety
of spoons, spinners and doll flies, all of which
come in ultra-light proportions.
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CONTRIBUTIONS of
A RANGER
By Marvin Tye
Photos by Ted Borg
This young lady seems a little gun shy, but with an able teacher like Marlin Taunton, she should be able to handle the weapon proficiently in a short time. The students use air rifles and shoot into paper targets in front of a protective dirt bank to prevent accidents. Adult supervision is available during all shooting.

"What a refreshing change to have a wildlife ranger in this county concerned with what's good for sportsmen ' rather than one peeking from behind tree stumps and bush clumps to catch them at what they're doing wrong," so begins a letter of commendation in the FREE PRESS, a newspaper published at Thomaston. It commends Ranger Marlin Taunton for his work in a number of projects that benefit the sportsmen of his county and their families.
While the idea of a man "peeking from behind tree stumps and bush clumps" to catch the sportsman in an illegal act is hardly a fair picture of the work of a wildlife ranger, it is the idea that a number of people have. Marlin Taunton is doing a lot to dispel that image. He is a member of a three man advisory committee to plan a county park program on and around the banks of the Flint River. The committee, which serves in this capacity without pay, is in charge of plans for the Sprewell Bluff Overlook Park for which some 40 acres of land have been acquired from Arm-

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strong Cork Company. In addition a boat launching ramp and a rifle range are to be constructed on Georgia Kraft Company land leased to the county. Other campsites, picnic areas and varied facilities are under consideration by the group.
An enthusiastic sportsman himself, Marlin likes to hunt and fish whenever be has the opportunity. For that reason, be understands the sportsman's needs and wants to help solve his problems by making some of the fine fishing on the Flint river more easily accessible. He believes that having a public shooting range in the county not only provides a convenient spot for the hunter to practice and sight in his weapon, but it also eliminates a lot of shooting in areas where it would be unsafe.
The Flint River has excellent fishing for largemouth bass, bream, catfish and Flint River smallmouths, a species of bass found only in the Flint River drainage system. At present, the best way to reach many of the excellent fishing spots is by float trip. With camping areas and launching sites established along the river, most of these areas can be reached more easily by family groups as well as individuals.
At present five park sites have been approved. A park at the Sprewrell Bluff site, leased from Georgia Power Company is under construction and already being used by fishermen and their families. The park system, when completed, would place a site about every four miles on the Flint River in Upson County. It would provide easy access to the river and more recreation for the citizens of the area as well as tourists. When the Sprewrell Bluff Dam is completed and the reservoir filled, a lot of this work will be covered with water. Until that time, however, the river will be opened up to public use as it never has been before.
In addition to his law enforcement duties and work with the parks program, Marlin Taunton is also active in certain physical education activities at Thurston School. You may think that physical education is a bit out of a wildlife ranger's line, but that is not so here. It's not unusual to see students at this rural community waiting for their school bus with fishing tackle in hand.
This is due to the imagination of instructor Terry Hadaway. In his opinion, fishing, bunting, archery and target shooting with firearms are sports that can be enjoyed long after graduation when it is no longer feasible to participate in team sports. He believes that more time should be devoted to these activities in schools.
In the spring of 1970 he held the first fishing classes at Thurston School. He was assisted in teaching fishing by a number of experts from the local area.

Archery is one of the most popular subjects taught in the Thurston School Physical education classes. Interested
parents, as well as Georgia Highway
Patrolmen and other interested individuals help to instruct the
students.
Terry Hadaway sees that his young
students learn the proper way to
handle firearms. Because the school
is in a rural area,
trap shooting can be done nearby
in safety.

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Wildlife Ranger Marlin Taunton, center, is active in a number of projects to help sportsmen in the Thomaston area. Here, he discusses plans for classes in outdoor recreation with Thurston School Principal C. C. Tate and Instructor Terry Hadaway.

The course opened with a two-hour period of introduction to fishing and fishing terminology by Terry Hadaway. Rev. William R. Connie, pastor of the Thomaston Presbyterian Church, and Albert Edmonson presented classes on rod making and bait casting. Ben Miller, district attorney of the Griffin Judicial Circuit, instructed the students on the use of the fly rod. Marlin Taunton showed them how to use a cane pole. At the end of the course the students were taken on a field trip to put their fishing skills to the test.
In the fall of 1970, Hadaway inaugurated a gun safety and shooting class at Thurston. Hadaway opened the session with an introduction to firearms. Bob Coleman, operator of an area sporting goods store, taught care of firearms. Donald Rogers held an hour-long class on safe use of sporting firearms. Rangers Marlin Taunton and Leroy Hackley instructed the students on the subjects of "Do's and Don'ts of Safe and Legal Hunting" and "Safe Handling of Firearms in the Home."
The students were given actual experience in target shooting with airpowered rifles on the school grounds. A range set-up by Daisy Heddon Company was used for this practice. Marlin Taunton again assisted the students, along with a number of the children's parents and State Highway patrol troopers, and other .individuals including Tommie Holliman, President of the

Georgia Sportsmen's Federation. This group watched the students closely as they fired and made sure that they handled their weapons safely and avoided any accidents.
Ernie Wilkins of Callaway Gardens taught a class on trap and skeet shooting and supervised the students in shooting with 12, 16, 20, and .410 gauge shotguns. Many of the students said that they enjoyed this phase of the Outdoor Education Program more than any other.
Next on the agenda was a course in archery. A target range was set up on the front lawn of Thurston School with targets made by the students themselves. Marlin, an experienced archer who has taken a number of deer with bow and arrow as well as with firearms, helped to instruct the students in the handling of this weapon. In addition, his wife, Melissa, is a fine shot. Both Marlin and Melissa demonstrated the correct method of shooting. Some of the students cheered for her and urged her to compete with her husband and beat him. She has been active in all phases of the Outdoor Education Program.
Marlin Taunton does a good job of protecting the game and fish resources of his area. In addition he is involved in projects that will help provide more outdoor recreation for his neighbors and insure that their children have the proper knowledge to participate in outdoor sports enthusiastically and safely.
>G.

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JACK
OF
ALL TRADES
By Charles M. Marshall
Photos by Ted Borg
Article IV of a Series

E ver wished you worked outdoors where you could hear sounds of nature all around you? The quietness of a fresh snow, the roar of a waterfall, birds stirring as day breaks, or the sounds of a happy bass fisherman after he sets the hook in a hungry, six-pounder -these are sounds which are part of everyday life for a biological aide.
If you have been following this series of conservation career articles, you know the duties of a wildlife ranger, a game biologist, and a fish biologist. Each of these is an interesting career; but the biological aide has an opportunity to work in any of these fields. You may be assigned to help a ranger and assist in tracking down game and fish violators, or some of the many other duties assigned to a ranger. On the other hand, you may work with fisheries or

CONSERVATION: A CAREER FORYOU?
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Area Managers are responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Wildlife Management Areas managed by the Game and Fish Commission. They are part ranger, part forester, and part farm operator.
Hatchery Supervisors keep check on the day:...;o~ to-day progress of their fish "crop." They also make sure the hatchery equipment and grounds are kept in shape.

game management. In other words, this career may involve any or all phases of outdoor game and fish work.
If the applicant chooses to work at a fish hatchery, he will perform such chores as feeding and caring for the fish from tiny fry until they are ready to be released in streams, farm pounds or impoundments. He must have the ability to receive instructions and then work on his own. This involves taking water temperature, oxygen samples, water hardness, cleaning tanks, treating fish for disease, keeping the hatchery in an attractive condition, and, last of all, releasing the final product. In trout hatcheries, this means a catchable fish for some proud fisherman to take home and brag about.
Your interest may be in fish but not a hatchery. Okay, there is a place for you, too. This may be working on a river research study where you will assemble all equipment, such as gill nets, dip nets, boats, motors, trailers, tubs, tables, scales, etc., which are used to take a sample of fish in a stream or reservoir.
This involves setting up a floating net that covers a known area on a slowmoving stream or reservoir. A chemical called rotenone is pumped into the water causing the fish's gills not to function properly. They come to the top of the water where most of them are quickly dipped up and put into tubs for weight and age determination. There is a problem at this point. All fish do not come up or cannot be caught the first day. This means the crew must return the following day, at which time the fish have bloated and are floating on the surface of the water. A fisheries aide really earns his pay on what they call "second day pickups." It separates the men from the boys. Unless you have worked with them, you cannot believe how fast a fish will rot when the temperature is high. Fortunately, this kind of work is not required more than three or four times each year.
So far we have been looking into activities of enforcement and fisheries work. Now let us turn the page to game management and see what this has to offer you.
Biological aides have an important part to play in game management. They are hard-working, outdoor-loving, dedicated individuals who carry out jobs assigned to them by game biologists. This person needs to be a "jack-of-all-trades" because his work is so varied. Some are classified as refuge managers; but during a given year, they may set up and operate a deer checking station, handle enforcement during bunts and use their equipment to pull bunters out of a mudhole or help find them a place to hunt if they are unfamiliar with the area. At times, they are called upon to

help in emergencies such as an accident, a death in the hunter's family or many other circumstances where their twoway radio can contact the outside world.
During hunting season, he often takes certain samples from deer for a research project which biologists may be conducting at several places simultaneously. Of course, this means he must know a great deal about a deer's anatomy to fulfill this need. For instance, he may be removing adrenal glands, ovaries from females, or stomach samples from others. This, like the second day pickup of fish, can be a smelly operation. The lower jaw is removed in many instances to determine the age of the deer. This information is kept along with the weight, sex and measurements. These data are used to determine many things regarding the management area and its deer herd.
After the hunting season is over and the manager has told his hunting friends goodbye for another year, he looks forward to a long rest. But this never comes. There are other things which need to be done. Roads must be scraped and repaired after hunters have ploughed them up with jeeps, trucks, motorcycles, buses, automobiles and other kinds of transportation. They travel in every kind of vehicle you can imagine. So help me, I saw a hunter hit the bushes on a riding lawn mower with the blade removed!
If the area has any ponds or swamps on it, the area manager frequently builds and installs wood duck boxes to encourage these beautiful waterfowl on his area. Or, maybe he will build a pond and then consider nest boxes to supplement other uses of the pond.
Most game management areas have some type of food plots. These, of course, must be planned, planted and cultivated by the area manager which means he should be familiar with farm equipment.
Boundary lines must be marked and maintained. Signs must be constructed and replaced (hunters just can't resist shooting them d.own) . Trails and roadways must be kept open for ease of transportation.
While involved in the above activities, a biologist may call and tell the aide to trap ten deer and install radios on them or have them available for some other research project. This means our man of the hour must make certain the deer traps are baited, set and all deer handling equipment is available. After a deer is trapped, the next step is to get into the trap with the deer. It takes a pretty good man to go into a dark boxlike trap with a mad or frightened deer. This usually is accomplished by sliding your feet under one of the drop doors and backing into the trap so your rear end will be exposed to the deer rather than your head. Once you are inside, the

The Biological Aide working in game
management assists in trapping and marking game
animals so that their movements can be tcY;J>~io:..~~~~~w,,traced. Here a e~~;~ miniature radio ~~~_!~,:\1~~~ transmitter is >:: placed on a deer by means of a collar.
A Wildlife ~~~LA4!-~-WIr.ti Technology class studies the spring -~ production of bream and bass young at Baldwin Lake on
ABAC campus.

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deer is subdued and held until another person can assist in tying him up so that he can be marked with plastic streamers, ear tags or paint. A person doing this type work rapidly learns to wear heavy clothing and not worry about a few scratches and bruises.
If capture is made with the "dart gun," this means working at night. Lights, trucks, guns, heavy cloths, deer crates, drugs and a host of other things need to be assembled, checked, repaired and cleaned for use. This is no easy task and calls for a person with acquired skills as well as a lot of natural ability. You need to be of good temperament to work all day, then trap at night. Your job may be to drive a jeep or truck slowly around an area while two other men are busy with spotlights looking for deer. If you happen to be the gunman, you will approach a deer seeking a shot of about 30 yards or less at the rear of the animal. The large hip muscle is the most logical place to aim the flying syringe. About three minutes after being hit, the animal should show definite reaction to the drug and, consequently, be caught and placed in a recovery box. The hours are long and many times exhausting; but if you are man enough to take it, it is rewarding.
Instead of deer, you could be trapping and banding ducks which means you will be working hip-deep in a swamp or pond taking ducks out of traps and putting bands on their legs and recording data in a log book.

Doves are also trapped and banded throughout the state during summer months. This gives useful information regarding their movements, especially during hunting season when most band returns are made. As you can see, an area manager is a busy man, but the work is interesting because there is so much change from month to month.
If these job descriptions are of interest to you but you have not been trained, you may ask, "How do I get the training?" As most of you know, biologists are trained at many fouryear schools in Georgia and our sister states, but a biological aide program was non-existent in this area until about three years ago when a Wildlife Technology Career Program was started at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia (see September, 1970 issue of Georgia GAME & FISH). This two-year Associate Degree is designed to meet the needs of assistants for all careers mentioned in this series. Course work includes two law enforcement courses, math, English, speech, history, game management, fish management, farm equipment, natural resources, biology, forestry, surveying and
many others which are needed to fully
qualify a person to fill these jobs.
So far, all we have covered is what
this person does. No doubt, you also are
interested in what the job pays, how
many jobs are available, etc.
At present, the Georgia Game and

Fish Commission starts a new two-year graduate at a Biologist Aide II level (about $6,000 a year). A high school graduate with courses in biology, chemistry, or others related to animal care may qualify as a Wildlife Biologist Aide I at a starting salary of $41 0 per month. The Biologist Aide is furni shed a vehicle and work uniforms. If he chooses enforcement, be also gets a dress uniform and is assigned to work with an experienced ranger in his district.
Now, regarding the number of jobs available. These are somewhat limited with the Georgia Game and Fish Commission; however, other agencies are constantly looking for hard-working individuals who want to stay out in the field as opposed to working in an office. In time, many jobs should be available with paper companies, large landowners, game preserves, and the federal government. If present public interest in ecology, pollution and environmental destruction continues, there is no telling how many good jobs will be open in the future.
If these jobs sound interesting, you should consider one of them as a career. The hours are long and sometimes bard, but you surely find out where the best hunting and fishing spots are located. If an aide is really on the ball, it doesn't take him long to find which deer camp cook makes the best biscuits and cooks
- the tastiest liver and onions. This is
another fringe benefit of a biological ~~

The part played by a Biological Aide in a game management study may include hours spent peering into a dissecting scope counting and identifying parasites.

Trout

By Dick Wood
Photos by the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dick Wood, Ringgold, Ga., is now semi-retired, but for most of his 76 years, he's enjoyed the kind of life most of us today can only envy.
He was a trapper since youth. He also became interested in photography, and a trapline photo won him a $50 contest prize and brought him a job offer in advertising. He wrote free-lance articles for trapping and farm publications.
He later became managing editor of FUR NEWS, the forerunner of what is now FUR-FISH-GAME Magazine. Dick is one of the oldest living members of Outdoor Writers Association of America. He has spent many years as a free-lance photographer and writer. He has hunted, fished and trapped all over this continent. Deer hunting and trout fishing in Georgia and Tennessee are his main loves these days.

The Conasauga used to produce trout like these handsome fellows, nine to fifteen inches long and nicely colored. This was a typical catch in the days this story describes, but it couldn't be duplicated these days.

CDNISIUII

Way back in the early '40's I was first introduced to the Conasauga River headwaters by two veteran Tennessee anglers, Monty Lyles and Frank Mosteller. My first impression was a disappointment. I had heard much about Conasauga as a wilderness trout stream, one of the few in this eastern country that had to be hiked to, and it was a long 21h mile trail down a mountainside; and as I learned months and years later, a much, much longer trail climbing out at the end of the day, often carrying a creel limit of ten trout weighing as many pounds.
On that first occasion, we spent the night in sleeping bags rolled out on tarps in the yard of the warden's cabin at Betty's Gap on Grassy Mountain, lulled to sleep by the whipperwills. They seemed to be all around us; apparently some were perched on the nearby rail fence posts. This area is noted for its rattlesnake population, but why we didn't fear them invading our bed-rolls, I am not quite sure.
After coffee and a hasty breakfast of sausage and buckwheat pancakes,

cooked over coals from an open woods fire, we headed down the trail, so precipitous the first hundred yards that we had to frequently grab a bush to prevent falling. By the same token we grabbed them climbing out to prevent sliding back. Monty and Frank were going light, but I carried a light weight knapsack containing lunch, a small camera, and wading gear to be donned at the stream.
Where the stream crossed the trail apparently had been a ford in long ago logging days, hence was easily wadeable. Above this point, near the headwaters, there was no trail along the bank and the stream was not open enough for pleasurable fly fishing. The trail, now much less precipitous, led downstream, cutting around bends. Every two, three or four miles the old
logging road would cross the stream, so
we learned to count fords in spacing
the fishing areas for each angler.
Frank and I had been fishing together
for two or three seasons, mostly in
North Carolina's Nantahala area. Now

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Atwood Long is shown here cree/ing a nice Conasauga rainbow. These were all
wild fish and plenty tasty.
Monty Lyles is about to release this nice little "eating size" trout on the middle
section of the river. In those days an angler could count on catching plenty of
fish this size in the course of a day.

Frank, whom I rated a top-hand trout angler, was introducing a stream new to me.
"You follow us down to the second ford and start fishing back. I'll turn Monty loose at the third ford and I'll go on down another mile or so and fish back. Then we'll meet here at No. 1 ford for lunch about noon, and compare notes," Frank had instructed.
I noticed the stream had now widened out and most pools were too deep to wade. Also at this time the water was crystal clear. This indicated to me dry flies should be in order. I didn't need to check the temperature of the water with the thermometer carried in my fishing jacket pocket; in wading the fords I could tell it was amply cold. The banks were brushy, so it was necessary to wade to the middle of the stream below a pool to keep the flies out of the bushes on the back-cast. Most pools could be waded around by keeping near the more shallow bank, but some had to be walked around. I started with a brown bivisible, a dry fly that had proven a killer the fall before on Bald River in the Tellico area. No hits. I changed to two or three other patterns, such as fanwing Royal Coachman, Professor, Forked-Tail, Coachman, then in desperation, a black gnat followed by a white miller. I just could nof get up a decent size trout. One or two six inchers were hooked and released. Next I went to my favorite: a wet fly dropper and the Tellico nymph, selecting a size 10 Female Adams for the fly, a combination that has seldom failed to produce for me in streams from Tennessee to Northern Maine, to California and even Alaska. This rig required a tapered leader. The nymph had been tied to my order on a weighted body.
Sometimes larger trout are reluctant to come to the surface, but will strike a sunken nymph. Occasionally, the dropper fly flashing around on the water will attract a second trout, giving the angler a dual thrill trying to net them.
I bad trout fished enough to know the type of water trout prefer, to keep out of sight, avoid flashing rod shadows over a pool and avoid drag in a line. Yet with all the skill I could command, at our noon rendezvous I reported, "Not a keeper trout." Frank wouldn't believe it, looked into my creel, and then accused me of having bid 'em out.
Then I had a surprise. My pals dumped their creels. As I recall, Monty had four and Frank had six trout, not one under 10 inches and the largest 13, all in the vivid coloring of streamraised trout.
After a lunch of sandwich, followeJ by a banana or apple, Frank said to me, "I'm going to fish tbru that stretch you covered this morning. You follow Monty down to the fourth ford and

fish back up-stream. You'd better hit the trail by sundown or you won't make it out by dark."
The farther down stream I went the better it looked. There was a minimum of waste water and more pools could be fished from the bank or flat rocks extending into the stream. However, the water was too clear and fishing was tough. I managed to book a couple of keepers, and at the end of the day I took note that both Monty and Frank were short of their limits. But the best news to me was that Frank hadn't caught a single trout in the stream I bad fished in the forenoon. We discussed the subject and decided it had been fished out because it was closer to the trail.
My second trip to Conasauga was a decided contrast to the first. It bad rained almost all night but we decided to go anyway. So, near the headwaters the stream was quite dingy but not swollen enough to prevent wading. As usual we crossed and started biking down to fish back up-stream. I was given the top stretch and told to wait at trail's end for my buddies.
For dingy water I always start with
a # 2 gold finish spinner and an orange
body Tellico nymph, sometimes adding a lead wire weight just above the first knot on the leader, about a foot ahead of the lure. I was enjoying a few lusty strikes and bad creeled a couple of keepers, when to my disgust, a local angler came splashing down the middle of the stream, fishing a short line from a cane pole, and to my surprise I noticed half a dozen eating size-eight to ten inch-trout dangling from his belt.
By way of greetings, "I see by your catch there is no use for me to fish behind you . Using worms or corn?" Most "native" anglers use bait.
"Nope, just a Flatfish plug," displaying one of these lures in what bad originally been a green finish, now well battered.
After several trips I began to learn the stream, and the best lures to use. I had at times phenomenal success using a Peck's brown wasp . Female Adams and Royal Coachman usually produced hits, but for some reason the Tellico nymph didn't go over in this stream. I learned if the stream is crystal clear, one might as well take a nap under a shade tree until late in the day. Trout stay hidden under rocks or over-hanging banks, perhaps feeding mostly at night. Even then the angler will have to stalk a pool, with polarization in mind. That is, he keeps toward the sun, or brighter sky, or against dark bushes if wading. If you can see a sheen on top of the water, this means the trout can see you plainly. You need to keep on or near the bank where you can see thru the water. If wearing Polarized glasses, as

I invariably do trout fishing, then just keep in mind the trout don't have them, and keep toward the sun to avoid being seen.
On another red letter trip of my Conasauga experience, Frank Mosteller and I went in from Betty's Gap with the intention of hiking at least halfway to the 120 trail, then fish back the middle section. Hitting a few pools going down, in the spring clear water, hadn't produced a strike. The river was low and clear; we began to wspect a fruitless trip . However, about mid-morning it clouded up and before noon was raining cats and dogs. We bad dived under a protruding rock bluff for shelter. By noon the water was as near muddy as Conasauga ever gets. We ate our lunch leisurely and talked away the time, hoping the stream would clear. At one o'clock Frank said, "I'm going on back and fish that tributary creek we saw at the top of the mountain. You can take your time and maybe catch a few before reaching the trail."
Resting, back to a tree trunk, I started going thru my flybook and came across a hybrid tied by a mountain boy from yellow hammer feathers on a size 6 straight eyed hook. Getting out a No. 2 gold finish spinner, ''I'll just try this monstrosity" I said to myself. I tied it onto the end of straight eight pound leader, since the water was almost muddy.
We bad eaten lunch by a deep pool, which I cast into, and bingo, a 12 inch trout hit before the lure was more than a foot under the surface. After playing the rainbow down and netting it, my spirits picked up and I started working the pools back upstream , getting a hit, it seemed in almost every pool. Invariably some trout are not securely hooked and shake free. I don't change lures as long as one is drawing strikes. I released all trout under eight inches, as marked on my rod handle, and bad creeled nine trout before reaching the last ford below the trail.
The picture is vivid in my mind now. After walking around a stretch of fast water over rock ledges, there was a nice pool bordered on the far side by a perpendicular rock wall, an ideal shelter for trout underneath. I carefully cast into the swift current and let it drift, keeping just enough pressure on the rod to keep the lure off the bottom and the spinner working. Usually, spinners are pulled upstream, against the current, but they can be successfully cast ahead, when pulling across the stream, as in this case. The second cast produced a strike and I set the hook instinctively. There was no jump but a swirl in the water and I felt a heavy fish on. Immediately I waded into the tail of the pool, drawing my net to fend off any effort the fish would make to go down-

stream, as I knew it would be lost in

the series of small waterfalls. After a

few minutes and swipes with the net, I

finally succeeded in netting what proved

to be a 14 inch brown trout. It hadn't

jumped a single time, but fought under

water like a channel cat or a walleye.

It was now dusk and my creel was

full and heavy, and about four miles

lay ahead of me, three of them like

Jacob's ladder. I was cheered by the

thought I would have put one over on

my long time fishing pal, who had

chosen to fish up the mountain branch.

At long last the top was reached, and

Frank was sitting in the car waiting.

"Hate to make you feel bad, Frank,"

I said, dumping my creel of trout onto

the grassy bank. "Any trout in that

mountain creek?"

For an answer Frank dumped his

creel near mine and to my amazement

he had a limit of nice size trout, a few

brooks, mostly rainbows, beautifully

colored.

"No I didn't fish the branch. After

I walked about an hour, the stream had

cleared enough, so really I was fishing

ahead of you all the time. Looks like

I overlooked a few, especially that one-

eyed brown," the old master said.

Sure enough, on inspection I saw the

big brownie was minus one eye. I had to

take a lot of kidding from Frank about

sneaking up on its blind side.

~

Frank Mosteller, who first introduced me to the Conasauga, is shown fishing one of the many rocky stretches on the stream. There was almost no access to the river other than by foot when these trips were made.

Just another creel of fine Conasauga trout taken back in the " good old days" when the river was an angler's paradise.

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Meet Your Commissioner
Leo T. Barber, Jr.

By Dean Wohlgemuth
Photos by Ted Borg

Leo T. Barber, Jr., new Second District Commissioner, from Moultrie, examines a few of his thousands of color slides of wild flowers. Long a photography enthusiast, he prefers carrying a camera afield rather than a rod or gun.

When he's out hunting for wildlife, the newest member of the board of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission carries a camera rather than a gun.
Leo T . Barber, Jr. , of Moultrie, finds the camera to be the tool he uses to find relaxation in the outdoors. Though he's "not a hunter or fisherman, I am a conservationist."
When the Natural Areas Council and the Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Commission conducted an investigation of the Satilla River as a candidate for being a natural area, Barber went along on the three-day float trip to make the pictures for the study.
Barber and his wife, Ann, look over some mounted prints of color photographs he has taken.

He put together a slide show and has used it to speak to several groups on the Satilla. Long interested in photography as a hobby, in recent years his interest in the field is primarily concerned with botanical photography. He has several hundred slides of wild flowers .
Barber is in the construction business. His father founded a construction company quite a few years ago, and along with his brother, Leo Barber grew up in the business and stayed with it. He lives within 100 feet of where he was born. His father still lives in the house next door, that was his birthplace.
Barber was a timekeeper on construction jobs during his school years. After returning from a tour of Army duty, he took a power line construction job for the family firm , and handles largely work of that type now mostly for REA. His brother, Albert, built a school in Moultrie, built several houses there and other buildings in the Moultrie area. Leo's father, Leo T. Barber, Sr., is still the senior member of the firm.
He and his wife Ann, formerly of Dallas, Georgia, have three children. Tom- Leo T. Barber III- is 20, and attends Emory University. Nancy, 14, and Brian, 11 , are at home.
Barber's interest in photography goes back to high school days. In the Army, he went through the map reproduction school at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, in a course that was half photography. After that school he was placed in a combat battallion of the Engineers, and sent to Europe. In France during World War II, he was placed in an infantry group, and was in the group with the first troops to

go to Japan when the war ended in 1945.
Since active duty he has been in the reserves in Moultrie, and was once on the infantry staff with State Senator Hugh Carter. He is now on mobilization assignment to the Corps of Engineers, Savannah District Office, and holds the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Before service years, he had attended Georgia Tech studying mechanical engineering, then finished his schooling in civil engineering. Mrs. Barber attended LaGrange College, then graduated from the University of North Carolina with a major in sociology.
The photography hobby proved useful when pictures were needed of construction projects. His children, too, were often models for his hobby. He began looking for some way to widen his interest in the field , and soon found he had more than 1,000 flower slides. His wife became more interested, as they attempted to identify the flowers, and she became interested in botany. The two now share the hobby, and frequently show slides to garden clubs and botanical groups. She identifies the flowers and writes the scripts while he does the photography. He uses a Nikon F and a Kodak IIIC camera.
As a member of the Commission, Barber sees as his goals, "the improvement of our natural resource rather than the detrimental modification of it. Also, I'm interested in trying to preserve all our birds and animals in the state, both game and non-game. I'd like to see development of natural stream areas."

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Moss-draped trees along the Ogeechee's bank form the perfect setting for trolling for the anadromous shad. H. T. Crosby, the angler operating the motor, took both 11th and 12th prizes by entering two fish in the contest.

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By Marvin Tye
Photos by the Author

Shad fishing is a sport that is growing in popularity each year. The fish fight hard when hooked, jump frequently and are considered a delicacy. Shad roe is especially prized by gourmets.
The State Game and Fish Commission and the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce have worked together for the past two years to promote a fishing contest called a "Shad Derby." Prizes were awarded for the largest shad
Earl Stokes of Mildrin, Georgia weighs what turned out to be the second prize winner in the contest. Watching are from left: Ranger Gene Jones, Martha Macon of the Game and Fish Commission's Savannah office, and Curtis Carter of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.

caught by anglers each year on the Ogeechee River.
Almost 300 anglers participated in the 1971 contest. Mrs. Sylvia Driggers of Savannah won first prize with a 6 lb. 3 oz. roe shad. She was awarded a new boat, motor and trailer for her efforts. This prize was contributed by the Savannah Marine Dealers Association.
Competition for the first 10 prizes was close with a matter of ounces separating the winners. The tenth place winner, caught by Howard Hall of Savannah, weighed an even five pounds, one pound and three ounces less than Mrs. Driggers' fish. Earl Stokes of Meldrim took second prize with a 5 lb. 15 oz. shad. Right behind him was Bobby Turner of Savannah with a 5 lb. 14 oz. specimen.
H. T. Crosby of Savannah won 11th and 12th prizes by entering two fish in the contest. His largest weighed 4 lbs. 1112 oz. The smaller of the two was one half ounce lighter.
The shad is an anadromous species. This means that it lives most of its life in the ocean and ascends fresh-water rivers to spawn. Commercial fishermen catch them in nets during these spawning runs. Shad from the Ogeechee River are known throughout the country as some of the finest to be had anywhere. Pollution in a number of streams has either eliminated shad from these waters or tainted their bodies, giving them an oily taste. These conditions are not found on the relatively clean Ogeechee.
Shad do not feed while traveling upstream, but can be enticed into striking small lures. It is believed that the shad think the lures are small fish that might eat their eggs or interfere in some other manner with their reproduction.
The most popular lures for shad fish-

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ing are small weighted flies or jigs and small spoons with single hooks. Some of these jigs are especially designed for this fishing and are called shad darts. The most productive method of fishing is trolling. Once an angler finds the fish, it is not too difficult to get action -provided the water is not muddy. Shad will attack the jigs and spoons on sight.
You must troll at the proper depth and speed to be successful. Most anglers place a sliding sinker above a keel swivel and attach a 12 to 18 inch leader to the swivel with the lure on the lower end. Weight of the sinker and trolling speed can be varied until the right combination is found. To fish two lures, a three-way swivel is used with varied lengths of leader attached. Multiple hookups are common and many anglers reel in two fish at one time. Getting them into the boat can be tricky however, because the fish have very tender mouths and cannot be horsed in.
Light spinning tackle is both the most practical and most sporting for shad fishing. The fight can be enjoyed to the fullest when using such equipment. In addition, the limber rod and light drag do not tear the hooks out of the fish's tender mouths.
The shad derby is now an annual affair which a growing number of anglers anticipate throughout the winter. It is an exciting affair, with much more to be gained than the prizes offered.

The complete list of winners of the

1971 Shad Derby is:

1. Mrs. Sylvia Driggers 6lb. 3 oz. Savannah, Ga.

2. Earl Stokes

5lb.15oz.

Meldrim, Georgia 3. Bobby Turner
Savannah, Georgia 4. Johnny M. Gantt

5 lb. 14 oz. 5lb. 8 oz.

Savannah, Georgia

5. Robert Turner

5lb. 7 oz.

Port Wentworth, Georgia

6. Austin N. Exley

5lb. 6 oz.

Rincon, Georgia 7. Gordon C. Shuman 5lb. 3 oz.

Savannah, Georgia 8. Robert D. Franklin 5lb. 11/2 oz.

Savannah, Georgia 9. H. A. Van Sickle 5lb. 1 oz.

Garden City, Georgia

10. Howard Hall

5lb. Ooz.

Savannah, Georgia

11. H. T. Crosby

4lb. 71/2 oz.

Savannah, Georgia 12. H. T. Crosby
Savannah, Georgia 13. D. T. Downing

4lb. 7 oz. 3lb. 8 oz.

Savannah, Georgia

14. Harold Riggs

2lb. 11 oz.

Manassas, Georgia 15. Richard D. Harrison 2lb. 6~ oz.

Savannah, Georgia

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OUTDOOR
Youth Fishing Contest Division Announced
GAME & FISH Magazine has announced the addition of a new division in its annual fishing contest. Prizes will now be given each year to the anglers under 16 years of age, who catch the largest fish in four general categories black bass, bream, crappie and trout.
Dean Wohlgemuth, editor of GAME & FISH, said that arrangements have been made to give prizes of True Temper rods and reels to the winners in each category.
The black bass division will include largemouth, smallmouth, Flint River, and Coosa (redeye) bass; the crappie category will include both white and black crappie; the bream division will include bluegills, redbreasts, and redear sunfish (shellcrackers) ; and the trout category will include rainbow, brown and brook trout.
In addition to the prizes for the biggest fish among these species caught by under-age anglers, Master Angler Awards will be presented to fishermen under 16 who catch these species of fish in the following minimum weights or larger: Black bass- 5 lbs.; Crappie2 lbs.; Bream- 1 lb.; and trout- 2 lbs. or 16 inches long.
Other rules for the contest remain the same as in the general division. The regular official entry form for the general division will be used for the Youth Division, however the angler's age should be listed where the form calls for the fishing license number, and should be marked, at the top of the form, "Youth Division."
-Dean Wohlgemuth
Chattahoochee Clean-up Planned
Three metro area governmental agencies have gotten together on a common interest and problem to do something about the litter accumulation on the Chattahoochee River. The Fulton County Public Works Department Recreation and Parks Division, the City of Atlanta Recreation Division of the Park Department, and the Cobb County Recreation and Park Department are coordinating the river clean-up drive.
The clean-up day will be Saturday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will cover that portion of the river from Morgan Falls Dam to the Highway 41

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bridge. All interested users of the river are urged to come out and prove that they are as interested in maintaining the river's natural beauty as they are in enjoying it.
All volunteers need some type of floating device such as a raft, innertube, canoe, etc. and participants should be swimmers. The Georgia Power Company will cooperate by restricting the water output on this day. Safety precautions such as life jackets, and sun protection should be observed by volunteers. Participants are also requested to bring their own litter baskets.
For more information call: Ron Cadora 572-2276, Don Crawford 2525633, or Beal Lazenby 964-4196.
-Aaron Pass
Book Review
THE WEEDY WORLD OF THE PICKERELS
By Bob Gooch, A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. 184 pages. $8.50
The chain pickerel is one of two fish for which Georgia holds the world record. A 9 lb. 6 oz. specimen taken by Baxley McQuaig, Jr. of Homerville in 1961 is the largest of this species ever to be landed by a sport fisherman.
Until recently there has not been a book devoted to this interesting species. Bob Gooch's new book fills the void and does it well. He lists hot spots for pickerel fishing in all of the states where it it available. A number of fine spots in Georgia are mentioned.
Gooch describes the three species of pickerel and discusses the techniques of fishing for them. He devotes entire chapters to such subjects as spinfishing. fly fishing, baitcasting, and fishing with natural baits. There is even a chapter on ice fishing, a subject that is interesting if not relevant for the Georgia angler.
The 184-page book is illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings which show tackle used, typical habitat, distribution and differences in the three species of pickerel.
In addition to fishing techniques and tackle, the book describes clothing needed for pickerel fishing, care of the catch, cleaning and cooking and management of the species.
This book can make you a better pickerel fisherman as well as providing entertaining reading.
-M.T.

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~S-peoarkt..s. me"nt~i
NEED SMALL GAME
1 am glad to know the price of our hunting license has gone up. I hope you use the additional money to help game and wildlife in Georgia. I would be glad to pay more money if necessary to help feed small game.
One way that I think some money could be wisely spent would be to plant some of the pipe lines and power lines right of ways.
The companies are bush hogging these right of ways now. It would be a very small added expense to sow millet and peas, and harrow them in as they go.
1 think the deer are doing fine. Where we need to work is in the small game field. Peas and millet will feed nearly all of our small game.
In south Georgia, there is enough cultivation to take care of birds and rabbits. North Georgia has very little or no farming.
We have more rabbits in towns and subdivisions than in the country. They are eating lawns and shrubbery. The pipe and power lines would be a good place to keep breeding stock.
Larry Ramos Lawrenceville
A good portion of the additional funds collected through the license increase will go for increased small game management programs. A definite need for such expanded programs has existed for some time, and now funds are available for this work.
Georgia Power and other utilities do have programs to encourage landowners to plant wildlife food plots under power lines that cross land by easement. The Game & Fish Commission supports these programs and encourages landowners to participate as a way of maintaining income from such land and helping wildlife in their areas.
QUAIL WAIL The following Jetter is a reply to Mr. Darrel M. Wilkins of Atlanta who commented in the "Sportsmen Speak" section of the April issue of your magazine. Dear Mr. Wilkins: You know .. it's amazing. Not the point that you're overlooking the thirteenth quail hunter (me) in the not-too-well managed Oaky Woods Management Area ... but the fact that someone else besides myself is a glutton for punishment is interesting. I've been reading Mr. Wohlgemuth's articles for years, following a few suggestions in newspaper articles as well as the GAME & FISH magazine plus several other magazines. And do you know what? . . . If you think his quail hunting territory is a bit off ... you should try his fishing holes.
Bobby NeSmith Valdosta
Perhaps this simply proves that some of us are better than others? At least, you're still reading so far! But come now, if you fish and hunt often, you know that some days you do, some days you don't. And surely, you must know outdoor writers don't write about days they don't what would we say? And we're no different from other sportsmen. Some days we don't.

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REGULATION CHANGES
Lake Worth--Creel limit on bream, 50; creel limit on bass, 15; minimum size limit on bass I0 inches.
Sinclair-Minimum limit on bass, 10 inches.
Tobesofkee-Minimum size limit on bass, I 0 inches.
Suwanee River-Minimum size limit on chain pickerel, 15 inches.
Use of nets or traps of any type, prohibited in rivers and streams.
TROUT SEASONS
Open season April I through October 2. Streams closed to fishing: Coleman River upstream from U. S. Forest Service Bridge No. 54 (Coleman River Road); Dicks Creek (Burton Management Area), entire length inside management area; Blood Mountain Creek (Chestatee Management Area), entire length inside management area. All trout waters are open for fishing from 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset. No night trout fishing is allowed on trout streams open during the regular state trout season. Trout fishing at night on major reservoirs is permitted. Creel limit: 8 per day, 8 in possession.

MANAGEMENT STREAM SCHEDULE

Management Area
BLUE RIDGE
CHATTAHOOCHEE CHESTATEE LAKE BURTON LAKE RUSSELL WARWDMAN

Stream Jones Creek (Artificial lures)
Montgomery

May Sat., Sun.
Wed .. Thurs.

Nimblewi11

Sat., Sun.

Noontootley

Wed., Thurs.

(Artificial lures) Sat., Sun.

(Catch and Release)

Rock Creek

Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.

Chattahoochee

Sat .. Sun.

Dukes Boggs Dicks

Wed., Thurs. Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.

Blood Mountain Waters

Closed Sat., Sun.

Dicks Moccasin

Closed Sat., Sun.

Wildcat

Sat.. Sun.

Middle Broad

Wed .. Sat.. Sun.

Finney

Wed . Thurs.

Sarahs

Wed . Thurs.

Walnut Fork and Hoods Creek
Tuckaluge

Sat., Sun. Closed

June Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs.
Sat.. Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Wed., Sat., Sun. Wed., Thurs. Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Closed Sat., Sun.
Closed Sat., Sun.
Sat., Sun.
Wed .. Sat., Sun.
Sat.. Sun .
Sat . Sun.
Wed .. Thurs.
Closed

July Sat , Sun.
Wed., Thurs.
Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Sat.. Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Wed., Thurs. Sat .. Sun.
Closed Sat .. Sun.
Closed Sat., Sun.
Sat .. Sun.
Wed., Sat., Sun.
Wed .. Thurs.
Wed., Thurs .
Sat., Sun.
Closed

August Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs.
Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Wed .. Thurs. Sat., Sun.
Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs. Wed .. Thurs. Sat .. Sun.
Closed Sat., Sun.
Closed Sat .. Sun.
Sat., Sun.
Wed. Sat .. Sun.
Sat., Sun
Sat., Sun.
Wed., Thurs.
Closed

September
(Sat., Sept. 4; Sun., Sept. 5; Mon., Sept. 6)
(Wed., Sept. 1: Thurs., Sept. 2)
(Sat., Sept. 4: Sun., Sept. 5: Mon., Sept. 6)
(Wed .. Sept. l; Thurs .. Sept. 2; Sat., Sept. 4; Sun., Sept. 5; Mon .. Sept. 6)
(Wed., Sept. 1; Thurs., Sept. 2: Sat., Sept. 4: Sun., Sept. 5: Mon., Sept. 6)
(Sat., Sept. 4; Sun., Sept. 5: Mon., Sept. 6)
(Wed .. Sept. l; Thurs .. Sept. 2)
{Wed., Sept. l; Thurs .. Sept. 2)
(Sat., Sept. 4; Sun .. Sept. 5: Mon .. Sept. 6)
Closed (Sat .. Sept. 4: Sun .. Sept. 5; Mon .. Sept. 61
Closed
(Sat., Sept. 4: Sun., Sf'pt. 5: Mon .. Sept. 6)
(Sat .. Sept. 4: Sun .. Sept. 5; Mon .. Sept. 6)
{Wed .. Sept. l; Sat., Sept. 4: Sun., Sept. 5: Mon .. Sept. 6)
(Wed .. Sept. 1: Thurs., Sept. 2; Mon .. Sept. 6)
(Wed .. Sept. I: Thurs .. Sept. 2: Mon., Sept. 6)
(Sat., Sept. 4: Sun., Sept. 5: Mon. Sept. 6)
Closed