Location: 

Shanes Rib Shack Restaurant3267 VINEVILLE AVE 
MACON, GA 31204 
(478) 257-6038 or 257-6085

Time: 

The Formal Presentation is at 7 PM. 

Who is invited?: 

It’s open to the public and especially to those concerned about protecting our fisheries and rivers. 

Eating and Fellowship Time: 

Please come as early as you want, many of us will show up at 5:30 or 6 PM so there’s plenty of time to eat and swap a few fishing tales.  The first Shoalie Tracking Presentation was also done at Shanes Rib Shack in DEC 2007. It was a huge success and there was not nearly as much data then. With much more data to be presented, this upcoming event should be something you would not want to miss out on. 

The Speaker:

Auburn fisheries biologist and SBA’s VP of Scientific Research, Steve Sammons, will be presenting his findings from the past year of shoal bass research.  

Partners:

The Shoal Bass Alliance, DNR fisheries biologists and other study suppport workers, The Fall Line Fly Anglers, and various GeorgiaRiverFishing.com folks are all working together to make this an outstanding event.

We hope to see you there!

Seminole Steve is a fisheries biologist for Auburn University.  He serves as the Vice President for Scientific Research for the SBA and will be periodically keeping the us up to date on his studies via his blog on this site.  The SBA is excited to give Steve an avenue to share his findings with the public.  And, of course, shoal bass enthusiasts are going to be thrilled to have a central place to come in order to see the latest on this study.  

The project involves tagging shoal bass with traditional tags and then gaining valuable information when tagged fish are caught and the tags are returned.  The project also involves radio tagging numerous fish and tracking them in 24 hour periods to learn more about the fish and their behaviors in shorter periods of time. If we can learn more about the fish, the anglers and the state DNR will better understand how to manage them.  Thanks to Steve and his assistant, “Shoalie Tracker”, for all their hard work.  I’ll let Steve dive into more details about the project on his blog!