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05-02-2018, 06:03 AM
Hotwater

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LAKE OCONEE REPORT 5/1/18 (VIDEO)

Jim, Stan and I fished Lake Oconee yesterday. We fished from 7:45 a.m. until around 4:00 p.m.. The water temperature was 68 degrees when we started and 75 degrees when we finished. We fished mid lake. We caught tons of small fish. It would not be an exaggeration to say we probably caught at least 80 fish. In the end we finished the day with 23 good fish 11-13.75 inches. There was no particular jig color that seemed to work best. We caught them on light colors and dark colors. We also caught some "trophy" trash fish. Stan is still amazed at the contempt Jim and I have for stripers, white bass, hybrids, et al. It grieved him to see us pitch those fish back in the water while proclaiming their vileness. Stan told us the he once paid $300 at another lake for a guided striper fishing trip and they only caught one fish. According to Jim, at that rate we caught about $900 dollars worth yesterday. Hmmm? Oh by the way, a lot of fish are in the woods. We had a great day made more enjoyable by picking on Stan who laughed it off. He knew he was fishing with a couple of hard headed old guys. Additionally, we did not lose or break any fishing rods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAVk6me94CM
05-02-2018, 07:38 AM
Danbo

Those line fish are MUCH better to eat and your string gets hard pulls.
05-02-2018, 08:34 AM
Thunder

Nice fish and video. Did the females have any eggs?
05-02-2018, 08:51 AM
Hotwater

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Originally Posted by Danbo

Those line fish are MUCH better to eat and your string gets hard pulls.

:ThumbsUp
05-02-2018, 08:53 AM
Hotwater

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Originally Posted by Thunder

Nice fish and video. Did the females have any eggs?

All females caught this week and last week had eggs according to Jim.
05-02-2018, 10:19 AM
Thunder

All the females I cleaned yesterday had eggs. I had a 15” that was full of eggs.

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05-02-2018, 12:31 PM
hobo

Having fun is the name of the game, water looked good Thanks for report, Looks like hot weather is coming
05-02-2018, 12:58 PM
Ttexastom

Beautiful day to be on the water. Great catch. Thank y'all for posting.!!
05-02-2018, 03:47 PM
pdupre3

Jay Mayo & I fished mid-lake all day last Tuesday, I told him, I needed my spotted bass gear!! Caught 4 spots & one small largemouth on crappie gear, Was thinkin maybe they
d hit bass gear! Nice Fish!! Hop yall had a GrEat dAY!!
05-02-2018, 07:22 PM
litewirehooker

We wound up with 20 good keepers this morning. Like Jim said lots of small fish but some good ones also. Our best color was blue/white with chartreuse tail.
05-02-2018, 07:39 PM
Artie

Thanks for sharing.
05-02-2018, 08:25 PM
Crappie Shooter

Enjoyed the video as always. Looks like another good day on the lake.
05-03-2018, 01:08 AM
Skeeter150

Hotwater,

Looks like a great day on the water. Appreciate you sharing the video. Im traveling from Louisiana for a week stay at a home on Lake Sinclair next week. First trip to this area and plan to do some fishing. Is crappie fishing on Sinclair as good as Oconee ? and would you recommend spider rigging there too ? Thanks for any information you can share.
05-03-2018, 06:09 AM
Hotwater

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Originally Posted by Skeeter150

Hotwater,

Looks like a great day on the water. Appreciate you sharing the video. Im traveling from Louisiana for a week stay at a home on Lake Sinclair next week. First trip to this area and plan to do some fishing. Is crappie fishing on Sinclair as good as Oconee ? and would you recommend spider rigging there too ? Thanks for any information you can share.

I have never fished Lake Sinclair but there are others on this site who can give you more information than I can. I believe the average size is bigger on Oconee but again I am not speaking from experience. You can't go wrong spider rigging, long lining or jigging over brush piles. I hope others will chime in. Good luck.
05-03-2018, 02:31 PM
3Redfish

Nice day. Thanks for the pics and video. Man, you stayed busy with that net.
05-04-2018, 12:41 AM
Dutch

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Originally Posted by Skeeter150

Hotwater,

Looks like a great day on the water. Appreciate you sharing the video. Im traveling from Louisiana for a week stay at a home on Lake Sinclair next week. First trip to this area and plan to do some fishing. Is crappie fishing on Sinclair as good as Oconee ? and would you recommend spider rigging there too ? Thanks for any information you can share.

Sinclair is good for numbers, but not size...while one can catch some nice fish, nothing like Oconee size slabs. This time of the year will be tough due to all the water lice and other pleasure boaters on the water. Try around Optimus Island and you can catch some fish...fyi catfish are on fire right now at Sinclair.

Another nice video, Hotwater...thanks for sharing. I hope to be back on the water next week
05-04-2018, 06:10 AM
Skeeter150

Thanks for the reply guys ! I'll try that out Dutch. And we may end up fishing on Oconee.
05-22-2018, 06:19 AM
tenncrappie

Another masterpiece!!!!!!!! Thanks guys