• 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, 50S




    The lake is full stained over most of the main lake muddy from the 44 bridge north. The Richland creek arm of the lake is clear. The temperature is 50 to 53 degrees.

    BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME SERVICE 404 803 0741 reeltime@bellsouth.net





    Bass fishing is slow. You will need to match the color of your bait to the water color. You can fish muddy water up the rivers to clear water in Richland creek. Pick the water color you like and go for it. Sugar creek is not as stained as the main lake. Spoons are the hot ticket. South end of the lake in the light stained water around humps and just off the river channel in about 30 feet of water. Small crank baits fished around docks and sea walls from the middle of the creeks to the back of the creeks. Find 8 feet of water depth at the end of the docks. Be sure to rely on the Lowrance Structure Scan technology to scan a lot of water looking for bait schools.


    Striper fishing is good. As the mud line mover further south so will the stripers. They do not like muddy water. Down lines as well as flat lines will produce. Fish are also showing up in the mouths of the coves. Use your Lowrance to locate the schools of bait and the stripers will be close by. Now is the time to go bait hunting. Find large schools of bait and the fish will be close by. The sea gulls have not shown up yet.

    Crappie fishing is fair to great. This is the best fishing on Oconee right now. Long lining (trolling) will produce some nice catches. You will need to run your jigs about 10 to 12 feet deep. Down lining crappie minnows into tree tops and on ledges on the main lake at 10 feet 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.


    Meet Captain Mark Smith at the 2019 Progressive Atlanta Boat Show.


    The 2019 Progressive Atlanta Boat Show is January 10 to 13, 2019 at the Georgia World Congress Center building A. We will have room 312 for FISHING SEMINARS and there will be one seminar every hour each day. http://www.atlantaboatshow.com/seminars


    LOWRANCE TIPS: ADVANCED NOISE REJECT OFF, SURFACE CLARITY OFF, SCROLL SPEED NORMAL. Never alter the scrolling speed. PING SPEED at 18 ON CONSOLE, 16 at BOW


    We have all the details for our On the Water SONAR School on our web SCHOOLS page. We have the LOWRANCE LIVE and 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.


    Call Brian Leiva at www.bbgmarine.com 888 570 0916 for all your Lowrance and other technology.


    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


    Sunday, December 9, 2018 Hampton Park FLY FISHING 2 to 4 p.m. Rene Hess, FFI Certified Casting Instructor will teach this class. All events are subjects to change without notice.
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