The Talbotton New Era

Thursday, June 6, 1907 Page 1

Party Returns From The Satilla River June 6 1907

Caught Plenty of Fish and Had a Fine Outing Messrs. E.M. McGehee, J.H. McGehee, Henry McGehee, T.B. Lumsden, E.H. Spivey, C.W. Kimbrough, W.B. Freeman, E.L. Bardwell, Jr., E.R. Mathews, W.N. McGehee, W.A. Baldwin, of Talbotton, R.W. Dixon, of West Point, Dr. McKee and –illis (probably Willis) Sparks, of Americus, Billie Phillips, William Crawley, J.T. McGehee and Leonard Baldwin, of Waycross, spent last week at the Satilla river, four miles from Waycross fishing.

The party had a big time and caught all the fish they could use. The time is

never right for a fish, the water is always high or low, the moon wrong, or the wind not in the right direction, but the party which has just returned had about as fine sport as any that ever left Talbotton. Uncle Tom Lumsden, who is 87 years of age, was the life of the party. He would get up at 3 o’clock in the morning and fish until dark, not taking time for breakfast, dinner or supper. When the party would return to camp at night, he would bring in as many fine fish as the next one. He said the reason he had such fine luck was because he had a way of tricking his hook and making the bait so tempting that any fish, which passed his, could not refuse to bite.

Transcribed by Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com

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