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Worm Fiddling

The question has been asked many times over the years .. how does one fiddle for worms? As my granny Lula showed us many years ago when we ran out of fish bait while fishing it's really quite simple. You find a shaded damp area of ground then find a stob/large stick or pipe whatever is handy and drive it into the ground then find another item similar to these and rub the last item over the other one makeing the ground vibrate this brings the worms to the top of the ground so you can pick them up and use them for fish bait. If you cannot get any worms at the chosen spot, just move on to another spot and try the same thing. Worm fiddlin was once upon a time simply called snoring for worms. If you can do this you eliminate having to go to the store to purchase worms to continue your fishing trip. Therefore if you think you can fiddle for worms come down to the Annual Festival On The Rivers and try your hand at it during the Annual Worm Fiddlin Contest held the last Saturday in April at 9:30 a.m. at Robert Fowler Memorial Park in Geneva, AL.


Sculling Is A Fine Art

If anyone can scull a boat come to the Festival On The Rivers held yearly they last Saturday in April at Robert Fowler Memorial Park in Geneva, Alabama and compete in the Annual World Championship Contest at 10:30 a.m. How do you scull a boat and what is sculling? Sculling is the fine art of moving a boat up and down the river by moving an oar at the back of the boat. Sculling was used long before boat motors were used. In the April 19, 1979 edition of the Geneva County Reaper, the late Ira Talbert said sculling is an art. “First of all you need a good oar with a thin blade. You have to get comfortable. You put the blade inthe water flat and move it edge-wise in a figure eight. You make an eight in the water, more or less. There are two ways to scull that I know of - figure eight and flat – they’re about the same. The boat is important too. You need a light weight boat with a wake...a flat bottom drags too bad. Just get comfortable and it comes naturally.” Ira and his father, Thomas som people believe invented the art of sculling Geneva styel, if you go more or less 50 to 100 miles from the Geneva area peope do not know what sculling is they think it like rowing a boat or canoeing. Robert Morris said – “I don’t think you put into words. It’s really simple but people make it hard. It’s just like swimming. Once you get that stroke, it’s there. You just give it an easy lick... move it this way and that way. And the boat is important. A sculling boat, one built just for sculling means alot. You put the oar in flat, make a pitch and over it just flips in the water. You pull every time it flips.” Hugh Herring said – I can’t tell you how. It is just a stroke you have. Actually the oar is turned flatways, and a sweeping motion pushes the boat forward. The oar is never turned up and down. It stays flat. The flat scull is a sweeping motion from side-to-side and propes the boat. It is an art, all right, and one found in just the Choctawhatchee River basin. Fishermen are identified in other places by this sculling. Some of the best scullers in the world came from this water. We think it is the best way to “spat” fish. You can find them that way and cover large areas. It si the very best way to bream and shellcracker fish. There is a stroke to it – just the most rythm you’ve ever seen.” Traditionally sculling is not for speed. A good sculler can make a tp speed fo four miles an hour in dead water. The skill is valuable one for fisherman to learn. It leaves one hand free and takes almost no effort to move a light boat up and down the river. Chucks Small Engines will sponsor the Sculling Contest this year. The championship belt was retired in 2002 by Bo Morris who had won this event 3 years straight. A trophy and a cash prize will be awarded to the first place winner, second and third place winners will receive cash prizes only. For more information call Wynnton Melton at 334-684-2048 or Chuck at Chuck’s Small Engines, 806 Sizemore Hwy, Geneva, AL 36340 or call 334-684-2392.