Oconee, Dead sea starting to wake up

jigslinger and i went to oconee today. heard about and saw all the posts about it not giving up its bounty. we got on the water about sunrise. sugar creek was beautiful. except for a green carp tourney going out of the marina. headed towards the main lake and the fog was as thick as pea soup. so we stayed in sugar till the sun burned it off. dang bass boats flyin everywhere.what do ya have to do to get a little comon courtesy on the water with these guys. we managed a few out of sugar and moved on. all in all it was a tough day but we managed a few good ones. 2 biggest were 2.4 and 1.7. i think things are starting to turn around a little. we were still marking fish like crazy but tough to get them o bite. the ones that did bite were in 25 to 25 fow. and hanging about 8 to 15 ft down. Attachment 112502Attachment 112503Attachment 112504Attachment 112505Attachment 112506

hows that earl. even my dog went crazyAttachment 112507only bad part was i thought i saved a bunch of screen shot that were incredible. but only got way points because somehow the screen shot feature got turned off on my humminbird.

Coop, did you take a bite out of that one on the way home?

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Originally Posted by jigslinger

Coop, did you take a bite out of that one on the way home?

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I was hungry man. Like you said I need to put some groceries in the boat. Bloodymarys and olives just don't cut it. Oh and a few pop tarts on the way to pick you up.

why dont you fellas stop at the blue house before you go...there open at 5 am.

What's the blue house. We need lunch on the water man. 7am till 4 pm with no food was just crazy. Got home at 6 and I'm still stuffing my face

Coop. I dont need pics, just coordinates. Going tomorrow afternoon, so just PM the info to me. You know as bad as I did yesterday that I wont do any damage to your honey hole.

Dern good report guys. This lake will start to buzz in about three weeks. If this weather holds the love making will be over by end of Feb.

Going next Tues if weather allows.

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Originally Posted by EARL KITCHENS

Coop. I dont need pics, just coordinates. Going tomorrow afternoon, so just PM the info to me. You know as bad as I did yesterday that I wont do any damage to your honey hole.

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Earl I had the coordinates all written down on a pice of paper ready to pm them and my dog ate them sorry.

Joe, i see your using a 798 Hummingbird. I was looking to buy a new unit soon, what do you think of that model? Do you use I-pilot Link with it?

Good fishing guys. Don't get me started about them bass boats. Me buds caught 35 yesterday and 15 today. 10 over 2 pds, I agree, it is getting close!!

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Joe, i see your using a 798 Hummingbird. I was looking to buy a new unit soon, what do you think of that model? Do you use I-pilot Link with it?

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Badbull I love it. If I had it to do over though I would save a few more dollars and buy the 898, 998 or 1198 the size of the screen on them just gives you a better picture on the SI. Also the bigger units have 800khz on the DI and SI that the 798 is not capable of. But that being said. The 798 is still amazing. Man I can go by a dock or underwater timber and know exactly where to fish or not fish. It's almost unfair. It is a big learning curve though you have to get used to setting it up and understanding what you are seeing on the screen. Over all I don't regret one dollar I spent on it. If you buy one get ahold of me and I will give you any help I can on setting it up and figuring out what you are seeing.

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Earl I had the coordinates all written down on a pice of paper ready to pm them and my dog ate them sorry.

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:fish Thinking bout getting me a dog so I can have a scapegoat not to mention how i could save electricity not using the schredder:Rofl

Joe,
Thanks for the info! I'm buying for the long run, so I'm going to go back and look at the 898 harder now. One question though, I have a 55 PD with the buildt in transducer. Do you know if the DI and SI will work thru it? I like having the transducer on the trolling motor.

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Joe,
Thanks for the info! I'm buying for the long run, so I'm going to go back and look at the 898 harder now. One question though, I have a 55 PD with the buildt in transducer. Do you know if the DI and SI will work thru it? I like having the transducer on the trolling motor.

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No the us2 in the minnkota will not give you SI and DI. Just 2d sonar readings. But you can mount the transducer for the 898 on the trolling motor. Also the 898 gives you SI DI and 2d. And has GPS. U can find last years models on sale real cheap right now. For 2013 they changed the back lighting on the units to led. It has a much brighter picture now. Some people say the old units were a little hard to read in direct sunlight. But for the price I think I would deal with it. You can get last years 998 for cheaper than the new 898. Hope this helps you. No I don't have the I pilot link. Mine is the old model and is not either net capable. The new 798 hd units can use it though as we'll as all the bigger units. Don't buy from Humminbird itself. U can get the units cheaper from places like bbgmarine.com and universalmania.com

Brian at BBGMARINE.COM is the best I have ever dealt with. Great prices.

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Brian at BBGMARINE.COM is the best I have ever dealt with. Great prices.

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X2 that's we're I got my unit.

I been looking at a 798 myself. I like the 598 SI too. I almost upgraded to the Lowrance HDS units when I ordered my boat but I was looking at another few grand. I just want a good 2D, DI and SI unit with a 5 inch screen to replace the basic lowrance mark 5 that is mounted from the factory in the bow of my boat. Glad to know you can mount the transducer to the trolling motor. To me it does no good when your spider rigging to know what is behind you with a transom mount transducer.