• Lake Oconee Fishing Report - GA

    Southern Fishing Schools
    (770) 889-2654 http://www.southernfishing.com/ ken@southernfishing.com
  • SOUTHERN FISHING SCHOOLS INC. is the ONLY full time Fishing School in the south. We have been fishing these lakes and streams of the south since 1957. We have attended more than 40 worlds championship events, that include 26 Bassmasters Classics, 7 Red Man All Americans and 5 BassNGal World Finals. We can teach anglers of all skill levels how to find and catch more bass

  • Lake Oconee Fishing Report - GA

    LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 50’S TO 60’S BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME SERVICE.




    Lake Oconee is full, the water temperature is 55 58. There is a heavy stain up the rivers, then stained to the river bend area of the lake. Richland creek is clear. Spinner baits have been the best producers over the past week. Fish them from the middle of the coves to the back. Docks and wood structure have been the best producers. Match your spinner bait color to the water color. White/chartreus seem to be the best all around. Jigs fished under docks will also draw a few strikes. Carolina rigs in green or pumpkin (or a combination) fished around docks and sea walls on the Richland Creek side of the lake. Most of these docks are in the middle of the coves to the back of the coves.
    Captain Mark Smith of Reel Time Service, 404 803 0741, reeltime@bellsouth.net




    Striper fishing is good. The best location has been around the dam. Some fish can be found in other locations on the south end but the dam bite is starting to kick off. Live bait fished on flat lines have been the way to catch these fish. The fish are hard to see on your graph because they are so high in the water column. We have been using bass minnows. Also pulling the mini Mack rigs have also been producing.


    Crappie fishing is good. The fish have started to move into the creeks. Long lining has been the best producer over the past week. Any jig color will work as long as it has chartreuse in it. The fish are deep so you need to make sure you are getting your bait down to the fish. These fish are in water depth form 10 to 15 feet deep. Heavy jigs are the ticket. Some spider rig fish are coming up the rivers.
    Ken Sturdivant will be hosting FREE! Fishing seminars at 4 Forsyth County Library Branch’s. These seminars will cover Bass fishing, Striper fishing, Crappie fishing and SONAR. These are the dates and times. Registration will be open soon. Events at Cumming Library Branch Cumming 585 Dahlonega Street, Cumming, GA 30040 Session 1 Tuesday, June 12 at 7pm Bass Session 2 Tuesday, July 10 at 7pm STRIPERS! Location is Sharon Forks Branch Sharon Forks 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming, GA 30041 Session 3 Sunday, June 24 at 2pm Crappie Session 4 Sunday, July 22 at 2pm SONAR! Location is Hampton Park Branch Hampton Park 5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming, GA 30041 Session 5 Saturday, June 16 at 2pm Crappie Session 6 Saturday, July 7 at 2pm SONAR! Location is Post Road Branch Post Road 5010 Post Road, Cumming, GA 30040
    Session 7 Saturday, June 2 at 2pm BASS Session 8 Saturday, July 14 at 2pm STRIPERS!


    LOWRANCE TIPS: New software for the Lowrance Elite Ti, Gen 3 and CARBONS is now on the web site. This software will add the new FISH REVEAL feature on the DOWN SCAN. There will new STRUCTURE SCAN palettes available too. There is also a new software for Lowrance 3D STRUCTURE SCAN AND DOWN SCAN technology. All this software is free.

    Now is the best time of the year to run into deeper creeks and coves and use the Lowrance Structure Scan technology to scan an area. This technology “sees” the bait, the fish and the structure as far out as 250 feet away. Set the DOWN SCAN on the red palettes and the SIDE SCAN on the blue palettes. DOWN SCAN in AUTO DEPTH. STRUCTURE SCAN at 5 times the water depth. Learn this and more on out ON THE WATER ELECTRONICS in one day. 770 889 2654.


    We have all the details for our On the Water SONAR School on our web SCHOOLS page. We have the LOWRANCE CARBON and LOWRANCE GEN 3 Touch and the game changing technology in the NEW 3D Lowrance Technology on our boat. Bring any HDS machine only to Lake Lanier and learn it ALL in one day. Call Ken for details. See our Southern Fishing Schools page for the latest screen shots of the LOWRANCE 3D technology. See bass over a ladder in 10 feet of water 158 feet from my boat. www.lowrance.com


    Ask for a free sonar set up sheet by sending me an email to ken@southernfishing.com. Please tell me what model machine you have.


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    We have these books for sale BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE and BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL. These books have lots of bass fishing and covers every week of the year. Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample of any book send us an e mail to ken@southernfishing.com.


    We offer these waypoints for sale. You get the coordinates and you load them into your GPS unit for Lake Allatoona for $99.00 Lake Lanier for $99.00 Lake Oconee for $99.00 Lake Weiss for $99.00 Lake Hartwell for $99.00 WAYPOINTS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE


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