Seminole Ramlins
by Jack Wingate

Pam Martin-Wells

Well, I tell you that ridin' to Nashville, TN, last Thursday was a trip to remember. In north Alabama we saw 35 blue lights sitten side of the road riten tickets. Then Saturday on the way back we saw only five the entire trip.

The trip to Nashville was to see Pam Martin-Wells be inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame. Three people nominated her, and she did a good job with her speech. So did eight others, including Larry Nixon who had just won $150,000 fishen a tournament. Master of Ceremonies was "Hankie" Parker. Lord, did he bring back memories of many years ago. He spoke of "Frank O'Hill," the only man I ever saw to be on the Tonite Show when the host, Johnny Carson, could not get a word in at all.

Jimmy Holt brought up "Sam Gagle and Matt Lynch" & "Boots Randolph" of saxophone fame, and where Tom Mann got his idea for his "Tequila Sunrise" color for his worms. What great memories to have. Last year there was 196 people in the hall; this year it was near 400 people. Boy, was the food good. Funny how I notice good food.

We think of how dry it is now. Well, in a book published in Alabama called Henry the Mother Co., the Warrior River at Tuscaloosa dried up in 1845. Drinking water was hard to come by, and few livestock survived. Another dry spell came in 1844 and another in 1845, several between 1850 and 1870, and there is evidence along the Flint River that it dried up at one time. There are steps cut out of limestone where the native Americans went down in the spring hole to get drinking water. Dry, my foot, we ain't got it so bad after all.

The bass here remains slow, and those that can catch a few say it's over at 8 a.m.

The bream continue to bed; Nic Jeter and Pop caught 60 on crickets. Others have done real well on crickets.

Wingate's Fishing Report Lake Surface Temp: 85° Lake Level: 1 foot down

Flint: Greenish & Low

Chattahoochee: Clear & Fast

Spring Creek: Clear & Fast