Seminole Ramlin's

August 19, 2007

             Well, I tell you that ridin to Nashville, TN last Thursday was a trip to remember.   In north Alabama we saw 35 blue lights sitten side of the road riten tickets.  Then Saterday on the way back we saw only 5 the entire trip.

            The trip to Nashville was to see Pam Martin-Wells be inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame.  3 people nominated her and she did a good job with her speech.  So did 8 others, including Larry Nixon who had just won $150,000 fishen a tournament.  Master of Ceremony was “Hankie” Parker.  Lord did he bring back memories of many years ago.  He spoke of “Frank O’Hill”, the only man I ever saw to be on the Tonite Show when the host, Johnny Carson, could not get a word in atall. 

            Jimmy Holt brought up “Sam Gagle and Matt Lynch” & “Boots Randolph” of Saxiphone fame, and where Tom Mann got his idea for his “Tequila Sunrise” color for his worms.  What great memories to have.  Last year there was 196 people in the hall, this year it was near 400 people.  Boy was the food good.  Funny how I notice good food.

            We think of how dry it is now, well in a book published in Alabama called Henry the Mother Co., the Warrior River at Tuscaloosa dried up in 1845.  Drinking water was hard to come by and few livestock survived.  Another dry spell came in 1844 and another in 1845, several between 1850 and 1870 and there is evidence along the Flint River that it dried up at one time.  There are steps cut out of limestone where the native Americans went down in the spring hole to get drinking water.  Dry my foot, we ain’t got it so bad after all.

            The Bass here remains slow & those that can catch a few say it’s over at 8 am.

            The Bream continue to bed, Nic Jeter and Pop caught 60 on Crickets.  Others have done real well on Crickets.

Pam Martin-Wells

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Wingate’s Fishing Report

August 19, 2007

Lake Surface Temp:    85°

Lake Level:   1 foot down

Flint:    Greenish & Low

Chattahoochee:   Clear & Fast

Spring Creek:    Clear & Fast

Report Provided by: Jack Wingate