LAKE OCONEE IS FULL, 58 DEGREES, STAINED
Largemouth bass fishing is slow to bite due to cold weather. Use a 1/4 ounce Strike King jig in the black and blue or black and chartreuse with a Zoom Super chunk in watermelon seed color, which will slow the baits decent. Fish the bait around and under docks with a water depth in the 6 to 10 ft range. As the sun warms the rocks around the sea walls and rip-rap during the day, fish a number 5 Shad Rap in the shad or silver/blue colors. If it gets really cold, go to the drop shot on the rocks and pilings on the bridges lake wide and add a Basstrix shad bait.
Crappie fishing is also fair but most of the fish you catch are still good. There are some big crappies being caught in brush 20 to 25 feet deep. Use a minnow and fish right in the brush with 6 lb test P-Line on a drop rig with your hook 12 inches up from a ¼ ounce weight. This will allow you to fish right in the brush. Do your best to keep the boat on top of the brush so that you will be fishing straight down which will keep the number of hang ups to a minimum. Trolling up the Oconee River at the Indian Mound is another area where good size fish are showing up.
If you would like to have a free set up sheet for your sonar, send me an e mail to kensturdivant@earthlink.net and ask for the "Sonar Setup Quick List".
The 2007 Atlanta Boat Show hits the Georgia World Congress Center January 10-14, 2007. Meet Ken Sturdivant, Al Bassett,, Tim White, Mike Bucca, Mack Farr, Doug Youngblood, Jon Peters, Robert Eidson, Al Bassett, Mark Collins, Chris Scalley, Ryan Coleman, Rick and Allison Steckelberg, and Glenn Chappelear.
The Shallow Water Fishing Expo is January 20 and 21, 2007 at the Gwinnett Civic Center.
"THE SOUTHERN FISHING REPORT"
Ken Sturdivant is on the Professional Fishing Staff at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Lawrenceville Georgia.
106 Hickory Ridge
Cumming, Georgia 30040
770-889-2654