LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, LOW 50’S

Bass fishing is fair. The Lake is full, light stain in the rivers, clearing down the lake. Start in the backs of the coves off of the main lake and work your way out using small crank baits around docks and sea walls. Chrome rattle trips are working best. Fish these baits slow as the water has cooled. The middle to back of the major creeks are working best. The keeper fish have moved into the shallows over the past week. Some fish are coming on jigs with a green or brown trailer. Use your Lowrance to locate schools of bass in the middle of the creeks and drop a jigging spoon down to them. This has been working best when the sun is high at mid day.

Striper/hybrid report by Mark Smith of Reel Time Guide Service. Phone 404 803 0741 or [email protected]

Striper fishing is good. Look for birds working bait and the fish will be under them. You can use a Capt. Mack Spoon in the naturel pattern or live shiners. When you see the birds use your Lowrance to locate the schools and how deep the fish are and drop your live bite or spoons down to the fish. Most of the fish are from the 44 bridge to the dam.

Crappie fishing is good. Most of the crappie have been in the mouths to the middle of the major creeks. Use your Lowrance to locate the schools in the timber and then drop live bait down to them. The other method that is working is to use a spider rig and work a large area of the creeks with jigs tipped with a minnow. Blue and black jigs have been the color of choice.

The 2015 Atlanta Boat Show is January 11, through 15, 2015 at The Georgia World Congress Center. Meet these anglers in the “Let’s Go Fishing Center”: Ken Sturdivant, Dan Saknini, Mark Smith, Jimbo Mathley, Al Bassett, Matt Henry, Matt Henry, Tom Branch, Jr., Rick Burns, Rene Hess CCI, Captain Mark Smith, Randy Hancock, Matt Driver, and Chris Scalley.