January 11-18, 2019 The Mid-South Tribune Page 3 Sports www.blackinformationhighway.com Here are some winter fishing tips and tricks from the Georgia DNR to make casting enjoyable & fun from dry flies. For stream fish try Shallow, muddy water can also The Georgia DNR using small midge and nymph be a reservoir hotspot as the and flies behind split shot weights. water warms and attracts baitfish. The FishingWire.com Drop them behind strike indica - In streams, look for the deepest tors so you can tell when you get and slowest pools that provide Whether you’re fishing for large - a strike. On lakes and rivers, use slow-moving trout and bass a mouth bass on Ocmulgee WMA lures that resemble crayfish or refuge from floods and predators. or brown trout in the Chatta - small baitfish such as minnows Fishing is a fun pastime that hoochee River, fishing in the and shad. Soft plastics like small many people enjoy, but it can cooler months is relatively the plastic worms, skirted jigs, and seem frustrating if you don’t same for any fish species. You’ll tube baits can be successful if catch anything. want to fish a smaller bait with a fished slowly and patiently. The slower action. Fish are cold- hardest part about fishing with ar - These tips will get you closer to blooded, so cooler water temper - tificial bait in the winter is slow - fish you’d like to have strike the atures make them lethargic. ing your action down to a crawl. other end of you line when the Cooler temperatures will also If you think you are fishing too weather gets cold and breezy. If slow their metabolism so they slow then you’re close to the you’re looking for new spots or don’t feed as often or on as large speed that will get a response somewhere close to home, the of prey. from your target. Live bait works GA DNR has public fishing areas well because it will move natu - Enjoy the tranquility of the Chattahoochee River while fishing. (Photo/Courtesy: The Fishing all across the state. Wire.com) Bait and Action rally with the water conditions. You can find your new fishing You’ll need to consider the type Minnows and shad will move where these fish are going to be water then falls to the bottom and structure of the lake bottom, such hole here: of bait you will be using. Many slowly and provide their own ac - when the water temperature the bottom layer rises to the top as a ledge or hump. Any change http://georgiawildlife.com/allp - food sources available in the tion same as a nightcrawler or red drops. You can use the perfect “turning over the lake”. After this in structure along with cover like fas. The Wildlife Resources Divi - spring and summer months aren’t wriggler. This way you don’t bait with marvelous presentation process, the deeper water will a dock or weed bed can make sion’s weekly fishing blog, in the winter. Frogs, grasshop - have to worry as much about bait but it wouldn’t matter if you now be warmer than the surface. great habitat for holding fish. https://georgiawildlife.word - pers, and leeches aren’t seen size and action. can’t put it in front of a fish. You Fish will hang out in this warmer This is where fish finder and hy - press.com/category/fishing/, is much during winter, so fishing might have heard of the term water in the deeper parts of the drographic maps come in real also a great site for timely tips with these lures will be unnatural Location, location, location! “turn over”. This is when the lake or pond where you are fish - handy. They make it generally and the latest fishing “hotspots,” to the fish. The same goes for No matter what you choose to warm water on the surface gets ing. Try casting over deep spots easy to find the structure/cover even in the cold weather! fishing stream fish with larger fish with, you have to know cold in the fall and winter. This where there are changes in the combination you are looking for.

Youth and Sports NFL announces 2018 NFL High School Coach of the Year Award nominees from 32 local NFL team candidates NEW YORK, NY -The NFL an - “We are honored to celebrate PM ET on ESPN and ESPN De - 2x AP NFL Comeback Player of Ravens Ken Krause nounced on January 9, the high the 32 Don Shula NFL High portes, and simulcast on ABC. the Year and current head coach Glenleg High School Houston Texans school football coaches nomi - School Coach of the Year The winner will also be recog - at the Sayre School CHAD PEN - Butch Schaffer Santa Fe High School nated by the 32 NFL teams for nominees, as each embodies nized and walk the red carpet at NINGTON Buffalo Bills Mark Kanipes the Don Shula NFL High School the integrity, commitment and NFL Honors, a two-hour prime - Pro Football Hall of Famer and Clymer-Sherman-Panama High Coach of the Year Award, repre - character of Coach Shula,” time awards special to air nation - XXXV Champion School Warren Central senting the best at the high said NFL Commissioner ally on February 2, the eve of Ty Harper Jayson West school level. Roger Goodell . “High Super Bowl LIII, at 9 PM (ET Former Secretary of State CON - Carolina Panthers Jacksonville Jaguars These coaches were recognized school football coaches not and PT) on CBS. DOLEEZZA RICE, Senior Fel - Tarboro High School Mandarin High School by their local NFL club for the only serve as leaders, but as The Don Shula NFL High low on Public Policy at the Jeff Craddock Bobby Ramsay prestigious award – named after role models dedicated to School Coach of the Year winner Hoover Institution and faculty Pro Football Hall of Famer Don shaping the lives of young is selected by a panel of distin - member at the Stanford Gradu - Sacred Heart-Griffin North Kansas City High School Shula, the winningest coach in high school players on and guished individuals: ate School of Business Ken Leonard Leon Douglas NFL history – for their character off the field.” Pro Football Hall of Famer, Aplington-Parkersburg High Cincinnati Bengals Los Angeles Chargers and integrity, leadership, dedica - Coach DON SHULA – the win - Wyoming High School Lawndale High School never seek individual recognition School Principal AARON tion to the community, commit - ningest coach in NFL history Aaron Hancock Travis Clark or accolades and the priority is THOMAS, son of the school's ment to player health and safety 2017 Don Shula NFL Coach of always helping young men to late football coach, Ed Thomas and on-field success. the Year Award Winner Kirtland High School Mater Dei High School achieve their highest potential, Below is a full list of the 2018 “We are honored to celebrate ROBERT GARRETT Tiger Laverde Bruce Rollinson but being nominated for the Don Don Shula NFL High School the 32 Don Shula NFL High Pro Football Hall of Fame Pres - Dolphins Shula Coach of the Year Award is Coach of the Year nominees. For School Coach of the Year nomi - ident DAVID BAKER Duncanville High School Marjory Stoneman Douglas special and this year’s nominees more information on the NFL nees, as each embodies the in - Former Dallas Cowboys Person - Reginald Samples High School should be proud.” Foundation, visit tegrity, commitment and nel Director and NFL.com con - Aaron Feis Two finalists will each receive nflfoundation.org or follow character of Coach Shula,” said tributor GIL BRANDT Sedgwick County High School Minnesota Vikings $15,000 from the NFL Founda - @NFLFoundation on Twitter. NFL Commissioner ROGER Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Chris Michel Owatonna Senior High School tion, $10,000 of which will go to GOODELL. “High school foot - and current NBC analyst TONY Detroit Lions Jeff Williams their high school’s football pro - NOMINATING TEAM ball coaches not only serve as DUNGY Reading High School gram. They will also attend SCHOOL COACH leaders, but as role models dedi - Executive Director of USA Rick Bailey North Andover High School Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta as cated to shaping the lives of Football SCOTT HALLEN - Green Bay Packers John Dubzinski special guests of the NFL. The Highland High School young high school players on and BECK Muskego High School Don Shula Award winner will be Brock Farrell Please see sports page 4 off the field.” 3-time Super Bowl Champion announced during the 2019 Pro Atlanta Falcons All Don Shula Award nominees (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) Listen to Chief DD, the Philosopher of Bowl, airing Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3 Pike County High School are invited to attend the 2019 Pro WILLIE MCGINEST Brad Weber Hip Hop, on the Music Lane on the Bowl in Orlando, FL and will be Black Information Highway.com recognized in special ways dur - Email sports news and photos to [email protected] ing the NFL’s week-long celebra - tion of football. Throughout the week, coaches will receive VIP access and accommodations at various events such as practices, the Play Football High School Skills Showdown and Play Football Celebrity Flag game; a chance to interact and engage with various members of the football community; and at - tend the Pro Bowl. Each coach will also have an opportunity to invite a senior on their roster to participate in the Skills Show - down to represent their high school football community. “It was truly the honor of a life - time to be recognized as one of the elite high school coaches in the nation,” said ROBERT GAR - RETT, 2017 Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award winner. “As a coach, you

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