Before the storms, the fishing was good. Bass are being caught in shallow water around rocks, docks, and blow downs. Use a Strike King Spinnerbait in the 3/8 ounce size in white and chartreuse. Using a ¼ ounce chrome and blue
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The lake is 1 foot low and clear over most of the lake, light stain up the rivers. The temperature is 83 to 87. Same old story. The bass cannot decide if fall is here or is it still summer. The fishing is still
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Lake Oconee is down one foot. The water temperature is 83 to 85 degrees and the lake is clear even up the rivers. With the shorter days the water temperature has stopped rising. The bass have started to move out of the deep water
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LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 80 S BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME GUIDE SERVICE 404 803 0741 reeltime@bellsouth.net
Bass fishing is slow. The lake is full. Stained up the rivers, the main lake is clear. Richland creek is clear. Nothing much has changed over the past week.
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Bass fishing is slow. Go at first light and use a Strike King white and chartreuse buzz bait on the rip rap. If Georgia Power is pulling water, then stay with it and back up your buzz bait with a #7 Shad Rap in the baby bass pattern.
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LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 80’S BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME GUIDE SERVICE 404 803 0741 reeltime@bellsouth.net
Bass fishing is slow. The lake is full. Stained up the rivers, the main lake is clear. Richland creek is clear. Some fish are showing up on the lower
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LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 80’S BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME GUIDE SERVICE 404 803 0741 reeltime@bellsouth.net
Lake Oconee is full, the water temperature is 88 92. Bass fishing continues to be slow. The lake is full. Stained up the rivers, the main lake is clear.
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Bass fishing is fair. The hot days are here and the bass fishing is barely fair at daylight. Bass are active early on shady areas especially in Richland Creek. Rapala DT6 crank baits will work along with the #5 Shad Raps in the shad color on light 6 pound Sufix line. Concentrate
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Lake Oconee is full, the water temperature is 86 to 89. The lake is full, stained up the rivers and the main lake is clear. Richland creek is clear. The bass fishing is slow. The buzz bait bite is producing the first hour of daylight.
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Bass fishing is fair. At times, especially during power generation crank baits will produce. Use the #7 Fat Free Shad, Poe’s 400, Mann’s 20 Plus and a Norman DD22. Both shad and chartreuse patterns will work. Some are also coming from
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LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 80’S BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME GUIDE SERVICE 404 803 0741 reeltime@bellsouth.net
Lake Oconee is full, the water temperature is 84 to 88. The lake is full, stained up the rivers and the main lake is clear. Richland creek is clear.
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Bass fishing is fair. The lake is full and 82 to 87 degrees. The main lake is clear, stained up the rivers. The best bite is deep. The fish have move in to the summer pattern. Deep cranking the shoal markers in the mouth of Richland
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One of the conditions we see on a regular basis in the fall is clear water although this year has been more rain, the reason being is generally we do not see a lot of rain and the thickness of the hydrilla causes the water to clear as it acts as a filter and cleans the water.... read more
The fall can be some of the best worm fishing of the season, small worms and lots of bites go together like chips and football in the fall time of the year. Most worm fishermen would really improve their hook up ration if they would just fish with the rod tip high, keep your... read more
As we approach the colder winter months and I start looking for the winter bite, I get reminded why the upper river appeals to me for my winter search of bigger fish. My first reason is shallow water has its advantages in the winter; next I’m better at fishing shallow than deep... read more
Guntersville has its ups and downs but one thing, one presentation that remains high on the list of fun for the fall fisherman is frog fishing. The key to frog fishing is finding productive grass mats, or to figure out what grass area are productive for the frog bite. Well I... read more
I ask my good friend Captain Steve “Triple Trouble” Howell to do a little checking on the web to see what he could find out these darn worms. He is a whiz at this sort of stuff! As it turns out the so called ship worms are not worms at all. They are basically in the saltwater... read more
Habits change in the fall these changes and these pattern movements in fall fishing occurs more in how the largemouth bass changes their habits, and why they relate to open flats more than any time of the year. Reason is simple, bass will more often follow the forage or bait... read more
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