LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 50S


Lake Oconee Line Side report brought to you by Mark Smith at Reel Time Guide Service. 404 803 0741. wwwreeltimeguideservice.com


The lake is full. The rivers are still muddy, the main lake is lightly stain. Richland Creek is almost clear, still has a light stain. The temperature is 50 to 53.


Bass fishing is slow. Spinner baits slow rolled near sea walls and rip rap have been producing some good fish when Georgia Power is pulling water. Small crank baits fished around docks and sea walls from the middle of the creeks to the back of the creeks. Also fish are starting to show up off of points in Richland Creek. Shad raps fished off of these points have produced. Jigs and trailers fished under docks and around wood structure in Lick and Sugar creeks have been producing bigger fish. It is a slow bite but good size fish.


Striper fishing is fair to good. The fish are from the mouth of double branches up to the Ritz. Use your Lowrance to locate the schools and you can drop a small shiner into the school. There are a lot of fish in the upper water column. Target these fish with a flat line with no weight on it. The mini Mack fished on a down line at .5 mph have been deadly on the down line fish. This is a new way to fish the mini Mack and it is working very well.

Crappie fishing is good. Long line trolling is the best bet for catching these fish. Fish a rig that will get you down into the fish which are holding from 10 to 15 feet deep. We have been using a double 1/16 rig. The darker color jigs are working best in the dark water. Sugar creek has been on fire the past week. Also the fish are starting to show up in the rivers. Pushing has been the best way to catch the bigger fish up the rivers.


Ken Sturdivant, Lowrance Pro Staff, will be at the Bass Pro Shops in Lawrenceville, Georgia on March, 9, 17, 23 and 30, 2019 from 10 am until 5 pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice.


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