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mm emntrat Page 7B, Orangeburg, S.C., Sunday, July 19, 1992 In the wild Coast Guard cutter Comanche sunk for offshore fishing reef fourth year, the Governor's Cup encourages conservation of bill-fish by awarding points for fish tagged and released during the series. A portion of the entry fee in each tournament in the series is set aside for marine conservation within the Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund. A grant of $14,000 was provided through the Hampton Fund to prepare the Comanche for sinking and to pay for towing from Charleston Harbor to the reef site. The Wet Shop, a Charleston dive store, provided an additional $1,000 to cover the administrative cost of transferring the vessel to the S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources manche will provide numerous biological benefits.

"The Comanche Reef should provide food, shelter and possible habitat for many invertebrates and finfish species," Bell said. "In addition, this new reef will provide economic benefit to the state through enhancement of sport-fishing and sport diving for local and out-of-state residents." Fishermen and divers can locate the Comanche Reef at Loran 45295.1760350.4. The reef is not marked. Funding for the preparation and towing of the Comanche was provided by The Governor's Cup Billfishing Series, an umbrella event consisting of seven offshore fishing tournaments held each year in May and June. Now in its hi I 1 4 i it M.

CHARLESTON, S.C. The former U.S. Coast Guard cutter Comanche was sunk 32 miles off Charleston recently to become the state's 29th artificial fishing reef. The Comanche was sunk in about 107 feet of water to provide habitat for snappers, groupers and other bottom fish, as well as king mackerel, amberjack, spade-fish and other popular game fish. The 165-foot vessel had been transferred to the S.C.

Surplus Property Office from Patriot's Point Development Authority in 1991. According to Mel Bell, artificial reef manager for the Marine Resources Division of the S.C. Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, the establishment of a new reef utilizing the Co Montana Gov. calls for hunting Mom and Bambis A while-tailed doe nurses and cleans her twin 3-week-old fawns at Big Meadows in the Shenandoah National Park recently. Late spring and early summer are traditional birthing periods for deer in the park, located in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains.

(AP Photo) Anne Causey told the delegates Thursday. "Indefensible is not taking every possible measure to minimize pain and suffering and to avoid wounding and losing an animal," she said. For instance, displaying a bumper sticker reading "Happiness is a warm gut pile," referring to field cleaning of an animal carcass, cannot be justified, she said. And while state and federal wildlife agencies are often largely funded by license fees and taxes paid by hunters and fishermen, and develop programs to satisfy hunters' demands for healthy game and accessible hunting territory, hunters' political clout may be declining. Just 9 percent of the U.S.

population are hunters, USA Today reported Thursday without naming its source. A USA Today national poll found that one-quarter of the women polled said hunting should be illegal. But 80 percent of the overall sample of adults said they thought hunting should not be banned altogether. Hunters can share moral high ground in their growing debate with anti-hunting activists, said nature writer John Madson. By The Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont.

People from 33 states and three Canadian provinces are attending a symposium on hunting in an era when hunters are a shrinking minority and non-hunting demands on the great outdoors are growing. The three-day Governor's Symposium on North America's Hunting Heritage was called for by Montana Gov. Stan Stephens two years ago. Stephens said the goal of the symposium is to promote awareness of hunters' contributions to wildlife conservation. It has drawn writers, biologists, professors, government wildlife managers and others.

Hunters are facing animal activists, shrinking wildlife habitat and growing numbers of people from non-hunting backgrounds who want to use wildlife refuges and other areas for hiking, bird watching or animal photography. Hunters trying to nurture a positive image need to recognize the wide spectrum of activities under the heading of hunting and admit that parts of their activities are unacceptable, biologist and philosopher Deer hunting applications available 'fe Coastal Nursery, P.O. Box 786, St. George, S.C. 29477, phone (803) 563-3920.

Applications should be returned to the same address. A self-addressed stamped envelope is preferred. An applicant can apply only one time. There is a maximum of three hunters per application. Fee will beds.

Some topwater activity reported early and late using floating worms over grass beds and around docks. Night fishing is good around lights using Carolina-rigged worms. Striped Bass: Good, in deeper water coming out of the mouth of the creeks moving towards the dam, fishing down on live herring. Bream: Excellent, using wigglers, crickets and nightcrawlers in 2 to 12 feet of water. Larger bream being caught in 12 to 25 feet of water around grass beds using Carolina-rigged crickets and worms.

Catfish: Good, using live and cut herring and nightcrawlers. Water Conditions: Dingy and about 2 feet below full stage. Freshwater fishing report The S.C. Forestry Commission will hold a public drawing to select applications for still hunting deer on the C.H. Niederhof Seed Orchard in Jasper County.

Applications can be obtained from Niederhof Deerhunt, care of Muddy and about 3 feet below full stage. Lake Greenwood Largemouth Bass: Good, using Berry Spoons, spinnerbaits and top-water worms mostly around bank. White Perch: Excellent, using various spoons and minnows. Catfish: Good, using cut bait and nightcrawlers near the bottom. Striped Bass: Fair, using topwater lures and Berry Spoons.

Bream: Excellent, using crickets and red worms. Water Conditions: Dingy and about 1 foot below full stage. Lake Murray Largemouth Bass: Good, using Carolina-rigged lizards and worms with at least 3 foot leader in 25 to 30 feet of water while fishing on grass 1 for seed orchard be $20 per hunter but please send no money with application. Applications must be received before 10 a.m. on Sept.

2, 1992, to be considered for the public drawing. Hunts will start the first Saturday in October. Successful applicants will be notified of their hunt date within 10 days of the drawing. Check Into Hoover FREE ESTIMATES BACKYARD 24' 30' 8' 2- 9'x7' Overhead Doors 1- 3' Walk Door 1- Window Dafcstad erected on your prepared Re. Additional frelgnt chargee on delrveriee over 50 milea from Laiemglon I FXIMHTriM HOOVERl 359-9128 or BUILDINGS, i.oftn qoo.oQi FRONT-END ALIGNMENT 95 6 mos.

or 6,000 miles mmtm Most Cars Qts Oil Filter i This information is provided by. the South Carolina Wildlife Marine and Resources Department. Santee Cooper Lake Marion Largemouth Bass: Fair using artificial worms. Catfish: Good, using cut bait in 1 0 to 20 feet of water. Striped Bass: Good, using small blueback herring early in the morning.

Bream: Good, using crickets and worms. Water Conditions: Clear and about 1 foot below full stage. Lake Moultrie Largemouth Bass: Good, using crankbaits and artificial worms in 3 to 10 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using cut herring and nightcrawlers in 20 to 40 feet of water. Crappie: Good, using live minnows in 20 to 30 feet of water off beds.

Striped Bass: Good, drifting live herring and blueback herring in about 40 feet of water. Also good trolling using deep-running Rebels. Water Conditions: Clear and about 2 feet below full stage. Piedmont Lake Jocassee Largemouth Bass: Good, using topwater plugs, artificial worms and Broken Back Rebels. Trout: Excellent, using Broken Back Rapala's trolling Sutton Spoons, Doctor symposium stage.

Lake Russell Largemouth Bass: Good, using watermelon seed-colored worms and Carolina pumpkin worms. Crappie: Fair, using small minnows in 8 to 12 feet of water. Catfish: Good, using small shad. Bream: Excellent, using crickets and red worms. Water Conditions: Muddy and about full stage.

Lake Thurmond Largemouth Bass: Good, using Shad Wraps, artificial worms and spinnerbaits. Crappie: Good, using minnows in deep water. HybridStriped Bass: Excellent, using live blueback herring and cut bait. Catfish: Good, using live worms. Bream: Excellent, using worms and crickets.

Water Conditions: Dingy and about 1 foot below full stage. Lake Wylie Largemouth Bass: Good, using topwater plugs, artificial lizards and floating worms in shallow water. Crappie: Good, using minnows and jigs over brush and around piers. Striped Bass: Good, using spoons and bucktails behind Wylie Dam. White Bass: Good, using Beetle Spins and Roosterails on the lake and behind Wylie Dam.

Bream: Excellent, using crickets. Catfish: Good, using nightcrawlers. Water Conditions: Dingy and about 3 feet below full stage. Midlands Lake Wateree Largemouth Bass: Good, using topwater plugs early in the morning and then switching to artificial worms later in day. Crappie: Good, using minnows or jigs in 12 to 14 feet of water.

Catfish: Fair, using cut shad and nightcrawlers near the bottom. Striped Bass: Fair, using live bait. Bream: Excellent, using crickets or popping bugs. White Bass: Excellent, using Ice Flies or CC Spoons and fish are still schooling early. Water Conditions: Clear and about 3 feet below full stage.

Wateree Creek area of Lake Wateree Largemouth Bass: Good, using spinnerbaits, Roostertails and artificial worms. Crappie: Fair, trolling Hal Flies using minnows around brush piles in creek channels in 4 to 7 feet of water. Catfish: Good, fishing from the banks, using nightcrawlers and cut bait. Bream: Good, using nightcrawlers, wigglers and crickets. White Bass: Good, using Ice Flies and schooling activity reported.

Water Conditions: 796 Five Chop Road .1 LV 1 Orangeburg, SC 531-0001 Open Mon-Fri Sat Spoons and drifting minnows in 35 to 75 feet of water. Crappie: Fair, using small jigs and small minnows in about 6 feet of water. Catfish: Fair at night, using nightcrawlers, but bait and shad. Bream: Excellent, using crickets and Poppin Bugs around banks in surface to 15 feet deep. Water Conditions: Clear and the level fluctuates with the operation of the hydro station.

Lake Keowee Largemouth Bass: Good, using artificial worms, crankbaits and spinnerbaits and spinnerbaits early in the morning andlate in the evening. Catfish: Good, using chicken livers and nightcrawlers at night. Bream: Good, using red worms and crickets early in the morning and late in the evening. Water Conditions: Clear and about 2 feet above full stage. Lake Hartwell Largemouth Bass: Good, using green Pumpkin Lizards and watermelon seed-colored lizards in 10 to 25 feet of water.

Striped and Hybrid Bass: Excellent, using live blueback herring in 36 to 50 feet of water. Fishermen have reported success in using topwater plugs while fish are schooling late in the evening and early in the morning. Bream: Excellent, using crickets and red worms. Catfish: Good, at night using cut herring. Water Conditions: Clear and about 2 feet above full Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish: Good catches reported at all the outer bars.

Offshore Snapper and Grouper: Good catches reported in 90 to 120 feet of water using cut squid and cigar minnows. Dolphin: Excellent catches reported at weed lines near the Gulf Stream. Wahoo: Good catches still begin reported as close in as 40 miles. Shark: Excellent catches still being reported off the Beaufort coast. Tarpon: Fish are beginning to show between St.

Phillips Island and outer Bay Point bars using live mullet. King Mackerel: Good catches reported 20 miles out between Betsy Ross and 2PR and in 90 feet of water off Charleston. Snake kings are being caught in 60 feet of water off Charleston. Amberjack: Many of these fish are being taken off Charleston. Spadefish: Good catches reported.

Billfish: Good catches reported. Saltwater fishing Ml 'mm errs Economy Priced Ucw Radial Whifewall Tires 15580R13 23.95 16580R13 25.95 17580R13 26.50 18580R13 26.95 18575R14 26.95 19575R14 31.95 20575R14 34.95 20575R15 34.95 21575R15 35.95 22575R15 36.95 23575R15 37.95 This information is provided by the South Carolina Wildlife Marine and Resources Department. Pier Paradise Pier reports fair catches of whiting, flounder, croaker and small shark. Springmaid Pier at Myrtle Beach reports fair catches of croaker, whiting, Sheepshead, sharks and spots with only a few flounder. Inshore Spottail Bass: Good, using chunk mullet and small finger mullet in the surf at Beaufort.

Trout: Large roe trout catches are good, however many small undersized trout are in the creeks. Flounder: Good catch being caught on the banks above Bulls Island and at the Charleston jetties. Sheepshead: Good, using live shrimp and fiddler and fiddler crabs at the Charleston jetties, the Grillage on Sullivans Island and around other structures. OIL FILTER CIIAISGE SH105 Up To 5 New.