LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 50S


The lake is full. The main lake is muddy from the rivers to the dam. Richland Creek is stained north and muddy from Rocky creek to the dam. The temperature is 50 52.

Bass fishing is slow. You will need to match the color of your bait to the water color. Whatever bait you use make sure it is dark makes noised, and puts off vibration. Small crank baits fished around docks and sea walls from the middle of the creeks to the back of the creeks. 8 ft. water depth at the end of the docks seems to be the best producer. A spinner bait fished around wood in Richland Creek has been producing a few fish.

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

Striper fishing is slow. Stripers do not like muddy water but they have to eat sometime. Down lines as well as flat lines will produce. Fish are also showing up in the mouths of the coves in the Richland creek area. 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 Captain Mack Mini rig has been producing good catches.

Crappie fishing is good. 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.

Reel Time Guide Service is hosting a fishing seminar at Lake Oconee on January 26, 2019 from 9am until noon. You can go to my web site: www.reeltimeguideservice.com for all the details. There will be lots of information as well as lots of door prizes.

Jimbo On Lanier is hosting a Fishing Swap Meet on February 2, 2019 at Midway UMC on Atlanta Hwy and Post Road. You can rent a table and sell your tackle or just come and shop. We expect a packed house so let me know ASAP if you would like a table. Contact Jimbo directly for details or table rental. www.jimboonlanier.com 770 542 7764 There is a $5.00 cover charge at the door.

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

Ken Sturdivant, Lowrance Pro Staff, will be hosting a FREE Basics of Electronics class February 16, 2019 at Bass Pro Shops in Lawrenceville Georgia at 1:30pm.