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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Lawrenceville
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Default Dredger's Weekly Report: Welcome Fall!
Well, it looks like fall is finally here! There’s a beautiful weekend ahead of us in north Georgia. But it’s a real struggle for our southern neighbors in the path of Hurricane Michael. Please join me in supporting their recovery through prayers, donations, and assistance. Our north Georgia teams deployed days ago and are in the middle of security, searches, and vital road clearing duties. Game wardens, fish and wildlife techs, and biologists with dozers, chain saws, boats, blue lights, and RTV’s are down there now, serving your friends and family members in south Georgia. Two folks you may know, Burton Hatchery techs and champ sawyers Colt Martin and Leon Brotherton,
https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeRes...type=3&theater
were part of our first wave of emergency responders. Along with their Game Management counterparts, they can clear a road for police and ambulance access in no time. We are very proud of our Critical Action Team (CAT) members up here and I know you are, too. And more folks from my staff have already raised their hands to replace our first wave in a few days and give them a rest.
https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeRes...q3dA&__tn__=-R
With this proper perspective, we can count our north Georgia blessings and maybe even find a little time to celebrate the cool weather. While the bass rivers will be a bit high for a few more days (due to 2-3 inches of rain), they will drop and clear soon and provide good fishing as long as the water temps stay above 60 degrees. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=02331000
Your best bets this weekend will be a) cooling lakes, b) headwater wild trout, and c0 a nice dose of fat fall-stocked trout, thanks to your License Revenue funds. We’ve been super-busy up here this week, so here’s the best report that I can compile while working through some major priorities for the Division. Here we go:
· Your License Money Gift- Fall Stockers
Thanks for all of you supporting the small bump in the prices of Georgia hunting and fishing licenses a year or so ago. Some of those funds were targeted at trout feed and have helped us to grow a larger trout for all you stocker fans. As we explained months ago, some of the slower-growing critters each year would need more growing time. We had hoped to provide some fall fishing opportunities when those little guys finally hit their size targets. Well, here comes your fall weekend fun! Federal and state hatcheries will stock at least 13,000 FAT trout this week.
https://www.facebook.com/ChattahoocheeForestNFH/
Where? Tune into the trout stocking report update here, after lunch today: https://georgiawildlife.com/Fishing/Trout
Hint: worms and crickets might outfish corn this weekend….
· Hooch Tailwater
The water is still stained and smelly from lake Lanier stratification, but the trout are still biting. Stay downstream from Highway 20 to let the river re-aerate and the dissolved metals and hydrogen sulfide to drop out of solution. You’ll find happier, hungrier fish in the better water quality.
o http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116832
o http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116830
o http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116811
· Wild Trout
o Mtn Browns: http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116801
o First Speck: http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116800
o Hint- pink san juans, dead-drifted among the fall leaves. Check the October 2018 issue of Tightlines (Rabuntu.org) for Tammy’s tips.
· Casting for Smiles
Here’s a big shout-out to Casting for Recovery (CFR)- Georgia’s Beverly Booth and her army of volunteers for pulling off their second annual retreat for Stage 4 breast cancer survivors last weekend. A big time was had by all! Here’s a special thanks to Chattahoochee National Forest Service public affairs director Steve Bekkerus, who won grants funds from his Washington office and provided the fly rods (and two more great USFS employees) and streamside help to Beverly’s special guests. For all of you who donate time or money to the CFR cause, these smiles are for you!
https://www.facebook.com/19833556689...5179740207281/
Lumis
Native
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Lawrenceville
Posts: 291
Default Dredger's Weekly Report: Welcome Fall!
Well, it looks like fall is finally here! There’s a beautiful weekend ahead of us in north Georgia. But it’s a real struggle for our southern neighbors in the path of Hurricane Michael. Please join me in supporting their recovery through prayers, donations, and assistance. Our north Georgia teams deployed days ago and are in the middle of security, searches, and vital road clearing duties. Game wardens, fish and wildlife techs, and biologists with dozers, chain saws, boats, blue lights, and RTV’s are down there now, serving your friends and family members in south Georgia. Two folks you may know, Burton Hatchery techs and champ sawyers Colt Martin and Leon Brotherton,
https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeRes...type=3&theater
were part of our first wave of emergency responders. Along with their Game Management counterparts, they can clear a road for police and ambulance access in no time. We are very proud of our Critical Action Team (CAT) members up here and I know you are, too. And more folks from my staff have already raised their hands to replace our first wave in a few days and give them a rest.
https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeRes...q3dA&__tn__=-R
With this proper perspective, we can count our north Georgia blessings and maybe even find a little time to celebrate the cool weather. While the bass rivers will be a bit high for a few more days (due to 2-3 inches of rain), they will drop and clear soon and provide good fishing as long as the water temps stay above 60 degrees. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=02331000
Your best bets this weekend will be a) cooling lakes, b) headwater wild trout, and c0 a nice dose of fat fall-stocked trout, thanks to your License Revenue funds. We’ve been super-busy up here this week, so here’s the best report that I can compile while working through some major priorities for the Division. Here we go:
· Your License Money Gift- Fall Stockers
Thanks for all of you supporting the small bump in the prices of Georgia hunting and fishing licenses a year or so ago. Some of those funds were targeted at trout feed and have helped us to grow a larger trout for all you stocker fans. As we explained months ago, some of the slower-growing critters each year would need more growing time. We had hoped to provide some fall fishing opportunities when those little guys finally hit their size targets. Well, here comes your fall weekend fun! Federal and state hatcheries will stock at least 13,000 FAT trout this week.
https://www.facebook.com/ChattahoocheeForestNFH/
Where? Tune into the trout stocking report update here, after lunch today: https://georgiawildlife.com/Fishing/Trout
Hint: worms and crickets might outfish corn this weekend….
· Hooch Tailwater
The water is still stained and smelly from lake Lanier stratification, but the trout are still biting. Stay downstream from Highway 20 to let the river re-aerate and the dissolved metals and hydrogen sulfide to drop out of solution. You’ll find happier, hungrier fish in the better water quality.
o http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116832
o http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116830
o http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116811
· Wild Trout
o Mtn Browns: http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116801
o First Speck: http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/foru...d.php?t=116800
o Hint- pink san juans, dead-drifted among the fall leaves. Check the October 2018 issue of Tightlines (Rabuntu.org) for Tammy’s tips.
· Casting for Smiles
Here’s a big shout-out to Casting for Recovery (CFR)- Georgia’s Beverly Booth and her army of volunteers for pulling off their second annual retreat for Stage 4 breast cancer survivors last weekend. A big time was had by all! Here’s a special thanks to Chattahoochee National Forest Service public affairs director Steve Bekkerus, who won grants funds from his Washington office and provided the fly rods (and two more great USFS employees) and streamside help to Beverly’s special guests. For all of you who donate time or money to the CFR cause, these smiles are for you!
https://www.facebook.com/19833556689...5179740207281/
