LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 50S

BY CAPTAIN MARK SMITH, REEL TIME SERVICE 404 803 0741 [email protected]

The lake is full muddy from the 44 bridge north, heavy stain to the dam. The Richland creek arm of the lake is heavy stain to light stain depending on day. The temperature is 48 to 51.

Bass fishing is slow. You will need to match the color of your bait to the water color. As you can see the best fishing is in Richland Creek. 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 30ft of water. Small crank baits fished around docks and sea walls from the middle of the creeks to the back of the creeks. Look at 8 feet of 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.

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 Captain Mack mini rig has been producing good catches in the cleaner water.

Crappie fishing is fair to 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 foot 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.

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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected].

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