May 24, 2009
These thoughts belong to Memorial Day, since 1941 nearly 85,000 men and women have been declared “Missing in Action”. Now that all the Services are combined in one effort out of the Pentagon, they are working on 700 cases. They are solving about 7 cases per month. When a remains is found, they are shipped to Hawaii where the best laboratory is in the world. They tie up loose ends of families that are still wondering.
The Orange Apple Snail is eating Hydrilla at a hi rate of speed here in Seminole. Some wonder if it can eat it all up??? Then we have seen the Oscars bedding in some parts of the lake. This fish eats small Minnow type fish. We will have to see how he turns out.
Nic Jeter won the Hydrilla Gnats 2 day tournament on Lake Eufalla out of Bagby State Park with 23.54 lbs. of Fine Bass.
The Jack Wingate Thursday Night Big Fish tournament was won by Jake Jeter and Mike Prindle. Second place went to Nic Jeter.
The 38th Annual Memorial Day Tournament was put on by the Bainbridge Bass Club out of Wingate’s Lodge. The #1 place went to Tindell and Tindell with 26.93 lbs., #2 place went to Ross and Taylor with 23.72 lbs., #3 place went to Brown and Brown with 22.41 lbs. and the youngest fisherman in the 40 boats was Hunter Neel who took Big Fish on a Rattle Trap, a whopping 7.7 lbs. Big Bass.
Now I want you to look at the weights of the fish as they came to the scales, 26.93, 23.72, 22.46, 21.26, 20.94, 20.04, 19.88, 19.14, 18.47. There was 11 Bass over 5 lbs. that hit the scales. They left in the rain with about as much lightening as you’ll ever see in one day. Over 2 inches of rain before and during the weigh-in. It was one great, but wet, tournament.
Bream and Shellcracker did good for those that found the beds. Some folks just could not get on a bed. Crickets and Wigglers will do for bait.
Lucy Sloan, Anna Lee Autry, Johnny Foss, Joey Sloan, Caleb Autry, Jeri Sloan and Sammi Foss. The Sloans are from Recovery, GA, The Autry’s and Foss’ are from Duluth, GA. They are featured with their nice catch of Catfish from Sunday night. 
