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Bruce Camp's Local Fishing Report Jan. 13th edition
KOSA
Once again last week, illness, surgeries and weather kept the oldtimers from Kosa at home. And unless the weather man is bad wrong (I am typing this on Sunday night) they will not be fishing this week as well. Tournament Director, John Black says, “we have been hit with various things to keep most from going ,but as cold as it has been, I don’t mind at all”. As John and I were discussing the woes of the Kosa crowd, I reminded him that unless my memory had completely gone south, they didn’t fish but a time or two last year from Thanksgiving, until about February.
J & J
Both the Saturday and Sunday trails of the J & J Lake Norman Winter Trail fished this past weekend. On Saturday, 51 boats braved the cold and gusty winds. Maurice Freeze and Rick Poplin picked up the win with 12.70. Mark Brown and Wade Smith followed close behind with 12.30. Roger Pope and Michael Smith took third with 11.90, and right in their wake was Shane Lehew and Adam Waters with 11.80. Matt Haywood and Donnie Cooper rounded out the top five with 10.85. Big bass of the day was a 4.40 largemouth brought in by Ken Hoyle and Todd Phillips. The Saturday Trail will fish again Jan. 15
On Sunday, 35 teams blasted off at 9 am from Midway Marina. Shane Lineberger and Hank Cherry took first place with 12.20. Jason Wilson and Bucky Helms had 11.80 and were second with Terry Phillips and Billy Mize getting third with 10.45. Mike Fox and Tony Shook had 10.15 and landed in fourth with Craig Chambers and Keith Ogden taking fifth with 9.45. Big bass of the day was a tie between the second and third places teams of Wilson/Helms, Phillips/Mize, as both teams brought in a 3.80 largemouth. The Sunday trail will fish again on Jan 23.
Mountain Island Lake
The N.C. Divisions of Public Health issued an advisory last week warning lake residents and citizens about the dangers of consuming fish from Mountain Island Lake. Two seperate test, one in April and another one in July of 2010, showed high levels of PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl), an industrial byproduct that harms wildlife. Three species of fish were sampled: catfish, largemouth bass and red ear sunfish. Both the catfish and the bass showed high levels. The consumption of these two species are especially dangerous for pregnant woman and small children. There were, however no issues with drinking water from the lake.
If anyone has any suggestions on stories or pictures of their catch or kill, you can e-mail me at plail5@carolina.rr.com. TITLE THE E-MAIL STORY OR PICTURE “FOR SHOPPER” OR I WILL ASSUME IT’S JUNK MAIL AND NOT OPEN IT.

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