Friday, September 15, 1995 Page 15
Nathan McKinney
Anglers expect
feeding frenzy
for fall fishing
During the fall, people tradi
tionally abandon their fishing rods
in favor of other sports such as
hunting, bowling leagues and
weekend television.
However, the fall can be a great
time for those who are looking for
limits of aggressive fish.
Shorter daylight hours and
cooler temperatures will trigger
nearly all warm-water fish species
into a feeding frenzy to gain weight
in preparation for the approaching
long winter.
Along with more active fish,
fall fishermen will also have the
added bonus of less competition.
While cabin fever can cause
droves of fishermen to seek the
lakes in the spring, by, this time of
year, many outdoor enthusiasts
have found different forms of rec
reation and covered their boats for
the winter.
Nonetheless, according to
Quinton Fish of Fish Tackle and
Supply, the fall can actually be the
best time of year in terms of the
number of fish caught per fisher
man.
He also said that fishing tactics
do not need to be altered when fall
arrives. It’s simply a matter of
fishermen making it to the lake.
As testimonials to the success
of fall fisherman, Dean Kline of
Pawnee Lake Marina said that the
white bass at Pawnee are biting
heavily every evening with some
large walleye included in the catch.
Kline said that he uses white
jigs and road-runner lures, which
work great for the fish in shallow
water feeding on Pawnee’s abun
dant shad population.
Don Baker of Branched Oak
Marina further verified fall fishing
success by reporting that Branched
Oak is producing walleye in the
six-pound range on a daily basis.
Catfishing, Baker said, has also
been terrific with around-the-clock
action nearly every day.
Other area lakes that should not
be overlooked are Stagecoach
Lake, which has a reputation for
big bluegill and significant num
bers of largemouth bass. Wild
wood, which is a 100 percent
catch, is also worth a stop. Reports
said Wildwood continues to hold
high numbers of fish for sport an
glers.
Once water temperatures drop
enough to support a trout popula
tion, Holmes Lake will again be
stocked with rainbows, which can
provide -excellent fishing within
15 minutes of downtown Lincoln.
This year the magic tempera
tures will probably be reached dur
ing the second half of October.
Don’t pack your fishing rod too
far away, because a lazy afternoon
at one of the area lakes can be as
much fun and even more reward
ing in the fall than in the summer.
McKinney is asenlor law student and a
Dally Nebraskan columnist
Frazier, Childs to start Saturday
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
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Frazier would be the starter.
Frazier, who suffered a deep thigh
bruise last week against Michigan
State, returned to practice Tuesday,
but left Wednesday’s practice early.
Osborne said Frazier practiced well
on Thursday.
Now, it is up to the team to answer
some questions.
Osborne said Saturday’s home
opener would be a character check
for the Comhuskers after the recent
troubles surrounding the football
team, especially the indefinite sus
pension of I-back Lawrence Phillips.
“This will be somewhat of a turn
ing point for us to see how our people
respond,” Osborne said. “They can
either pull together or fall apart. We’ 11
just wait and see what happens. I
expect them to play well.”
Arizona State, 1-1, pulled a near
upset at No. 18 Washington in its
season opener. The Sun Devils fell
23-20 late in the game to the Huskies.
“I expect a very tough game, a
very physical game and we’ll have to
be ready to play,” Osborne said. “The
critical thing will be the attitude. I
think the attitude on our football team
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Quarterback Brook Berrmger throws a pass in last week’s win over Michigan State. Berringer
will back up Tommie Frazier Saturday against Arizona State.
has been very good.”
Arizona State bounced from its
loss to Washington last week with a
45-20 rout of Texas-El Paso.
Osborne said the 25-point margin
wasn’t representative of the Sun Dev
ils’ domination.
“They have a very good football
team,” he said. “I was very impressed
with the way they played the Univer
sity of Washington. I was impressed
with the UTEP game. Texas-El Paso
scored a couple times late in the
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Sun Devils
gearing up
for Huskers
By Trevor Parks
Senior Reporter
Just because Nebraska will be with
out its top I-back this week, don’t
expect Arizona State coach Bruce
Snyder to change his game plan.
Even though Lawrence Phillips
will not be on the field, Snyder said
Nebraska still had plenty of talent on
both sides of the ball to cause his
team problems.
“It will not change their play call
ing and his loss will not change our
defensive game plan,” Snyder said.
“I don’t think they will change any
thing.”
Snyder said Damon Benning and
Clinton Childs should step in and
replace Phillips adequately.
“Each team has to play with the
best players they can play with,”
Snyder said. “Our biggest challenge
will be when our defense is on the
field when their offense is on the
field.”
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Schaap examines football program
By Mitch Sherman
Senior Editor
ABC doesn’t send Dick Schaap to
Lincoln for just any story.
It has to be big. And it has to be of
national importance.
Apparently, Tom Osborne’s re
moval of Lawrence Phillips from the
Nebraska football team meets those
criteria. Wednesday morning,
Schaap, a long-time television sports
reporter and commentator, arrived
on campus to document the recent
problems surrounding the Comhusker
football team.
Osborne announced earlier this
week that Phillips, one of the nation’s
leading Heisman Trophy contenders,
was thrown off the football team af
ter being accused of assaulting his
ex-girlfriend early Sunday morning.
Schaap said the “squeaky clean”
image of Nebraska football and
Osborne would suffer as a result of
the Phillips case, which is the latest
in a string of Huskers accused of
crimes over the past several months.
“Nebraska has a very favorable
image, and fairly or unfairly, this is
definitely going to hurt it,” said
Schaap, who is the host of ESPN’s
The Sports Reporters, a weekly
roundtable discussion featuring
prominent sports journalists.
The price of winning a national
championship, Schaap said, is always
accompanied by added media scru
tiny.
“One of the reasons incidents like
this at Nebraska get attention is be
cause Nebraska has been like a col
lege football version of paradise,”
Schaap said.
One year ago, Schaap was in Lin
coln to report on a story about
Osborne’s quest for a first national
title. In retrospect, he said he was not
surprised that negative media cover
age soon followed after Nebraska’s
win over Miami in the Orange Bowl
on Jan. 1 produced that champion
ship.
Tuesday at his weekly press con
ference, Osborne was asked by a re
porter whether violent players were
needed in order to build a champion
ship football team. Osborne said he
was offended by the question.
Schaap said he thought the
reporter’s question was legitimate.
“Violence breeds violence,”
Schaap said. “Football is a violent
sport. Whether violence becomes a
way of life—it may for some people.
It certainly doesn’t for all.”
The recent problems of the Ne
braska football team, he said, should
not be blamed on Osborne, nor should
the blame fall completely on the
shoulders of the athletes.
Twenty-year-old students playing
amateur football should not be sub
jected to the amount of negative—or
positive — coverage they receive, he
said.
“I think college football is ridicu
lously out of control,” Schaap said.
“The pressure to win is huge, and
incidents like this are going to be
caused as long as that atmosphere
persists. I would make college foot
ball as important as college tennis.
And I like college tennis. But college
football tends to teach a lot of false
values.”
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Pettit closes on 600-win mark
By Mitch Sherman
Senior Editor ~
Christy Johnson knows the time is
coming.
It may not happen this weekend,
she said, or next weekend, but down
the road somewhere, the Nebraska
volleyball team will reach that cru
cial point in the season.
“ You always get to that point where
some teams go downhill and some
teams get better,” said Johnson, the
Comhuskers’ senior captain and set
ter.
When this Nebraska team reaches
its defining moment, she said, the
Huskers shouldn’t have a problem
taking the next step.
“This team has so much poten
tial,” Johnson said, “and we’ve got a
good attitude. But we aren’t any
where near that potential.”
This weekend in Laramie, Wyo.,
5-1 Nebraska, ranked No. 1 in the
nation, will participate in the Wyo
ming Invitational.
The Huskers, shooting for their
third tournament title in as many
weeks, face 1 -7 Gonzaga on Friday at
6 p.m. Saturday, Nebraska will play
No. 24 Georgia at 1 pan. and tourna
ment-host Wyoming at 8:30 p.m.
With a victory Friday night. Ne
braska coach Terry Pettit would join
an elite group of college volleyball
coaches. In 22 seasons as a head
coach, including 19 at Nebraska, Pettit
has accumulated 599 wins. With one
more victory, he will become only
the sixth coach ever to win 600
matches.
“I’m sure Coach Pettit didn’t even
know about it until he read the pa
per,” said seventh-year assistant
coach Cathy Noth, who was a two
time All-American while playing
under Pettit from 1981-84.
“That goes to show you that the
tradition continues not only now in
1995, but it started when I played. He
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