Great Summer time fishing ahead
Capt. Doug Nelms
June 23, 2008
Lake Oconee - Freshwater Fishing Report
Water Temp is 85
The fishing on Oconee has reached a fevered pitch. I think the introduction of striped bass has made a difference in the summer time patterns and is now offering anglers a longer fishing season than we are accustomed too. When there were only Hybrid Bass, it seemed like they would get scattered out during the summer time and were very hard to catch. Today we are seeing some record catches coming in for this time of year.
Yesterday in 45 feet of water I marked one of the largest schools of fish that I have seen all year. When we lowered baits to them it didn't take long for all the rods to start bouncing and we were reward with several nice fish. The Class of 2003 that were stocked on Oconee have now grown to over 10 pounds, which means they are eating really good. Probably just in time too, because this year I have netted some of the largest gizzard shad I have ever seen. I netted one close to 3 pounds in the net last week.
The deep water humps at the dam are where we are finding the fish. Sugar Creek is also set to go on line pretty soon. Yesterday afternoon I pulled a goober rig, (we are really going to have to change the name of the thing, maybe we should call it a Norris Rig, since we think he is the creator of the thing) at Sugar Creek and on the first pass caught a hybrid over 7 pounds. So they are starting to show up in Sugar Creek. If you can catch live bait, your first choice should be dropping downlines over the humps at the dam. I have a feeling we will be catching a lot of nice fish right through the hottest part of the summer.
Tight Lines
Doug
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