Oconee Striper Question(s) and appreciation

Hello All!

First of all, THANK YOU! With this site as a resource and those of you familiar with the waters I was fishing I was able to finally catch my first limit of Crappie ever. With a freezer full of crappie meat I wanted to mix things up and try my hand at some simple Striper trolling.

I am thinking about rigging up 2 med. action ugly sticks that currently have 15lb braid on them to troll spoons or storm swim baits. I'm not looking for lunkers just good legal/eating sized stripers.

I've heard some mention that on Oconee they are heading up into the flats/shallows a bit. Is this still the case? I am mostly only familiar with Sugar Creek and was thinking about trolling around the river bed and up the sides of those channels. I have a small boat, simple but hefty rod holders, no planer boards. Just trying to keep it as simple as possible. Basically long lining for them with larger jigs/line than I'm using for crappie.

Any locations, baits, depths, tips appreciated. I know it's not Crappie so forgive me if I've posted in the wrong place!

Thank you all again, it has been such a treat learning from everyone and I look forward to continuing to learn more about crappie as the seasons change!

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I am also not opposed to long lining some live bait off the bow while trolling 2 long lines off the sides with jigs. Never done this before, so just wanting to learn more. Thinking about something like this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mzxiFmYcjj...llStriperB.jpg
I do know that my line weight is on the very light side for this, but with medium action rod might be able to get a decent fish in still. I always err on lighter line/tackle when fishing, has rarely let me down.

Thanks!

If you have found a limit of crappie then I'm surprised you didn't catch some hybrids and stripers. They nearly ruin my crappie trolling trip every time. Anywhere in front of Sugar Creek Farms is usually loaded with them.

I've been catching Crappie at a local lake closer to me than Oconee lately as the drive time was limiting my ability to go fishing. I'll certainly give that area a try! Thank you Jamie!