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s-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 18th, 1981 In expectation of a cold winter election campaign trail for liberal candidate Jim Potticary the Durham East Liberal Association has provided provided their candidate with a pair of red Long Johns Which he proudly displays after his nomination last Wednesday evening. Clarke High News by Kari LeWins . Clarke held their awards assembly last Friday during the last two classes of the day. The assembly opened at 1:50 with Mr. Taylor's opening remarks. The awards presented presented to the students were: Track and Field Champion- *ships, Library Science Aids, Year 1 Typing, Family Studies, Studies, Industrial Arts, Pytha- gons Award, School Team Certificates, Grade 9 and 10 Certificates and Academic Achievement Certificates. The School Band performed selections directed by Mr. Scoffield. Winter Carnival Day, which was to be held this Thursday, has been postponed for this week or until winter weather returns. This was to include ice skating, downhill skiing, and cross-country skiing. Activities Activities being held at the school were to include toboggan races, piggyback fights, tug- of-war and three-legged races. Teeneage Head will also be playing at the school on Thursday night. Doors open at 8:00 p,m. and students must have I D. cards or guest passes to be admitted. The charge for this dance is $5.00 in advance, $6.00 at the door. Sports Action The Midget Girls played last Thursday at Vanier and lost to Donevan. However the Senior Girls Volleyball was victorious over both Central and Donevan. Up and down the Bookstacks ADULT e Women who Kill by Ann Jones (a fascinating study of women murderers from colonial times to the present) present) Canadian Newspapers by Walter Stewart (the inside story) Your Four Year Old - Wild and Vyonderful by Louise Ames and Frances Ilg Auto Repair Manual 1981 covering 1976-1981 models and the new small cars) If Birds are Free by Evelyn ^ Mayerson (an offbeat novel featuring a shopping bag lady as the heroine) The Dorset Disaster by Alex- . ander Sidar (a novel of "faction" what could really happen if a nuclear power plant had an accident) A2tec by Gary Jennings (the talé of an Aztec warrior) EASY READING AND PICTURE BOOKS Spring Story by Jill Barklem Animal Shapes by Brian Wild- smith The Day Jimmy's Boa at the Wash by Trinka Noble. Madeleine Hadley. Free Income Tax Clinic by John Manuel, C.G.A. at Bowmanville Library Wednesday, March 4th beginning at 7:30 p.m. . If you have a limited income we can help you. ' * Please phone,for an appointment, Newcastle Public ' * Library, 1-623-7322 , V- ^ & i) k y ( l tQ) y (0) Y /ô\ (4 v (6) (4 (0) V ;g) V (Sj V k té- <5- FISHING TIPS AND TACKLE • by TONY RERRIE Winter Walieyes Dependftig on the weather and where you live in-the province, there are at least several weeks left in the i»e fishing season. So I figure there's room for at least one more column on the topic. And who knows, the way this winter has been, we may be able to go ice fishing right up until June. One thing is for sure, late-season ice fishing can require different tactics than the ones that w/re working fine just after freeze-up. Take walleyes, for example. During the early part of the ice fishing season, they can often be found scattered around small, shallow bays, hitting anything anything that has a minnow attached to it. But come March, those previous spots may not be producing any pickerel at all. Fear not - they haven't all been catighl. They've simply changed location, which is what you will have to do if. you want to continue catching them. The best tactic is to head, for deeper water - about 20 feet deep to be exact. Also look for. an area where there is some water movement. The mouth of a spawning river is your best bet, since that's where the fish will be gravitating. For equipment, use a simple jigging rod with at least eight-pound line attached. Three-inch emerald shiners are the preferred bait; attach them to a relatively small hook. Or you may want to try a multiple- hook setup, with one attached just above your sinker and the second one about two feet higher up the line.' Make sure your hooks are razor sharp, because walleyes can be as sneaky as perch when it comes to filching bait. To add a bit more sparkle to your setup,, you might want to try a jigging spoon such as a Swedish Pimple or an underwater underwater Rapala. Remove any treble hooks from your lures and replace them with singles, to which you should attach either a minnow or a chunk of cut bait. Whatever you use, jigging yqur line continually will greatly improvè your chances of success. Since walleyes are basically night feeders, the best time to go after them ,is either at dawn or dusk. Fishing during thé day is pretty much a losing proposition unless the sky is heavily overçast and there's a layer of thick snow over the ice. Now if the thought of waiting patiently for late-season walleyes leaves you cold, you might want to get in on the perch action. Perch can be caught in anything up to 40 feet of water, with the bottom two feet generally providing most of the action. Like most fish, they tend,to retreat to deeper water during the midday period, moving to the shallows at dawn and dusk. However, if you can locate the perch, they will oblige by biting all day, unlike walleyes. The equipment needs, once again, are very simple. Use a jigging stick or short rod with six-pound line. The terminal tackle can be something as simple as a single hook with a small minnow, or a more elaborate multiple-hook spreader or swivel , arrangement. Another effective approach is to attach your minnow to- a small spoon. And if the appetites of the fish are sluggish, a fluorescent plug will often spark their interest. We have a large selection in stock at the store and they're quite cheap. Write for my catalogue for more information. However, if you tie into' a school of perch, your biggest worries will probably bç running out of minnows and finding a container big enough to cart all'the fish home. Another traditional winter favorite is ■ the lake trout. Going after lakers is a real challenge, because they're big fish that are generally found ât depths of at least 50 or 60 feet. They are also very spooky fish, so remember to do all your ice chopping within a short span df time and to keep the surface commotion to a minimum. The equipmeht for.lakers has to be a lot " more heavy-duty ttfan the rigs used for, smaller fisli. Short, stiff rods, outfitted with some sort of;a take-utf reel to speed» linet retrieval,' are the order of the dayV The line Has to be a ten-pound test or i stronger. At the end of the line, hook the biggest, fattest minnow you can find - in the range of three to five inches long. Then fish it right on the bottom, jigging occasionally. Setting the hook is often a problem with lake trout (mind you, sometimes they'll hit like a freight train). However, they do have a tendency to "mouth" the minnow for a while before deciding to take it or spit it out. Unfortunately, there is no hard-and-fast rule I can give you on when to set the hook, but when you do, set it hard. Then be prepared for a whale of t a fight as'you try to get that fish to the hole. Another angling method for trout that has emerged during the past few years is late-season angling for rainbows and splake in the bays off spawning rivers near Owen Sound. This type of fishing is so new that it's difficult to get detailed information on tackle. However, there are a number of hut operators in the ©wen Sound area who rent out huts and who can provide f the latest information orl effective methods. From what 1 hear, rainbows at Owen Sound are probably your best bet for a fishing excursion in March. The fish are big and they fight like demons. One final note on the end of the season, Ontario regulations require that all fishing huts south of Lake Nipissing, thç French and Matfawa Rivers must be reriioved by March 3.1st, except for huts "on lakes Simcoe and Scugog, which have to be hauled away by March 15 . , This message may not reach you in time, depending on the mails and the publishing schedule of the newspaper, but if it shows up before Feb.' 12, 1 should remind you that two of North Americans top fishing professionals will be giving a series of free seminars Feb. 12 to 15, inclusive. The seminars will be held at my store at 4659 Kingston Road on the eastern outskirts of Toronto. ' , Until- next time, good luck and good fislij,tig. (0) V (0) V (0) v A v V 1 4 4 (0) (4 v { i v (j$j) » m (0) Y ( 6) v (0) (Tony Renie is the owner of oqe of Canada's foremost hait and tackle starts.) Y «- f'iâ