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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1974

Page

15

All Outdoors High Rock Bass Are Just Warming For Summer

A Denton area fishing trip on High Rock Lake details a anglers day of casting and chatter. Burton Gantt and companion land six bass from a productive bank fishing session while noting the spawning behavior of larger fish and the promise of better catches in coming weeks. Local boat ramp rituals, gear talk, and idle boasts color the account as evening falls and river gulls cry.

Gantt

Old Tires Reef Formed Off Figure Eight Islands

In late April over 9,000 scrap tires were sunk offshore as the state launches an artificial reef program. A May 17 dive found sheepshead, sea bass, porgies, and schooling small fish around and among tire bundles tied along a cable, creating a 400 to 1,000 foot reef necklace with more to come.

Ode to the Air Mattress by Jim Dean

A humorous reminiscence of air mattresses from their first arrival to the present. The narrator recalls leaks and failed cures, a camping misadventure with a snake in a tent, replacing beds with foam pads, and a return to air mattresses for a mountain trip.

Jim Dean Pike’s Peak Delaware

Rediversion Canal Threatens Santee Cooper Bass Lakes

A proposed U S Army Engineers project would reroute Cooper River flow via a long canal across Lake Moultrie, risking the Russellville Flats spawning grounds and vast bass fisheries. Critics warn costs exceed benefits and urge broad conservation backing to halt or modify the plan.

Tom Higgins U.S. Corps of Army Engineers Santee-Cooper Reservoir Cooper River Keystone Kops Charleston Santee-Cooper Columbia S.C Santee Swamp Corps Charleston Harbor Santee River Lake Moultrie Russellville Flats Russellville Grass Flats Lake Marion Walters Corps of Engineers

Advice for buying a used boat from STAN DAVIES

A boat expert warns buyers to assess used craft in spring, prefer waterless evaluation, and weigh price against hidden defects. Common issues include shaky sterns from overpowered engines or reefed planking near keels. Repair costs, garboard strakes, and potential fiberglass covers are discussed with practical checks.

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High Point Enterprise Thomasville-Lexington Reservoir Long Pier Highway 109 High Rock Lake Burton Gantt Denton Shell Station Hug Skeen Hugh Smith Flat Swamp Road Healing Spring Bridge Buck’s Branch Burton Phillips Santee-Cooper Fish Ted Walters South Carolina Bass Angler Sportsman Society By Stan Davies
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