Thread: Oconee fish buoys

never fished that lake but without a finder i would use the old fashion one a heavy weight and mark a line at different depths find the bottom and move slow you will feel the ledges and or brush piles keep several poles out at different depths when you catch a fish start pulling all poles that depth . you might try 2 hooks on each line with a heavy led on the end drop to bottom and make 2 cranks . go very slow and watch the longest pole for pull back like it is dragging the bottom or hit a ledge or brush pile .the marked areas probably been fished but more will move back in shortly.

best advice I could give is, if you don't have electronics, just concentrate on the bridges. Fish always hang out around them.

Originally Posted by bigfishheads

best advice I could give is, if you don't have electronics, just concentrate on the bridges. Fish always hang out around them.

I SECOND THAT ADVICE! it would be like an Easter egg hunt blindfolded without electronics!

Ouch! No electronics. Bridges would be my advice too!

But ppl with electronics does the bouy marker in sugar holds fish under them.?

From time to time. Get a Lake Oconee Map and look at all the different depths of the marked shelters. The fish have been holding 10 to 14 feet deep. Good luck!

Before the age of all the modern electronics we drifted minnows near the bottom in the middle of the creeks on my lake (Clark Hill) and did well. Watch where any other boats are fishing and that'll give you a clue as to where to start.

What he said. He been around a minute.