LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 80S


The Lake Oconee fishing report is from Captain Mark Smith at www.reeltimeguidesevice.com.


Lake Oconee is full, the water temperature is 83 85 and the lake is clear even up the rivers. As of today nothing has changed on the lake from last week. BUT if we get a lot of from the storms things will change. So keep an eye on the weather and hang on. We could get a lot of water or no water. We should know the outcome by the first of next week. With the shorter days the water temperature has stopped rising. The bass have started to move out of the deep water and a few are chasing bait into the coves and creeks all over the lake. A buzz bait at first light will still produce for the first hour of daylight. Soft plastics fished under docks and around wood structure in the mouth of the coves mid lake will produce during daylight hrs. Crank baits fished around bridge rip rap will also produce when Georgia Power is pulling water in the afternoons.


Striper fishing is poor. The early morning pump back bite at the dam is the best thing going and it is only fair at best. Spoons, live shad, small crank baits, popping corks are all working. This bite will work as long as Georgia Power is pumping back into the lake. The only other bite is going on with the umbrella rig fished off the usual location on humps and points from the pipe line to the dam. The O2 levels in the lake are dropping fast and the fish are heading up the rivers for the summer. Don't look for much improvement in the striper fishing until fall.


Crappie fishing is fair to good. This is the best fishing on Oconee during these dog days of summer. Some days you can catch big slabs and other days only the small fish will bite. Long lining (trolling) will produce some nice catches. You will need to run your jigs about 10 to 12 ft. deep. Down lining crappie minnows into tree tops and on ledges on the main lake at 12 15 ft. deep will also produce a lot of fish. Use your Lowrance to locate the fish in the tree tops and then drop your bait down to the fish.


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