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Lake Oconee, Madison Georgia
Doug Nelms
January 14, 2003
Lake Oconee - Freshwater Fishing Report
Lake Lanier/Stripers
Water Temp 48.5
The bite at Lanier is getting better all of the time. Went fishing Friday in Flat Creek and we did all right, I guess. I (accidentally) caught some of the biggest blue back herring that I have ever netted. I blind threw the net without seeing bait on the screen and picked up some around 8 inches long. If you want blue backs you need to be there before the sun comes up and you need to throw a big, heavy net. It seems to me that when it the sun comes up, everyone has a hard time catching them.
We pulled free-lines and down-lines throughout the morning and we landed 3 fish, 12, 18, and 15 pounder respectively. I thought the afternoon bite would be really good and we waited, but with no luck. I did not see any stripers schooling in F.C. and actually I think it is still a little early.
All of our fish came on flat-lines (which surprised me) and the 18 pounder blew up on the poor BB and knocked him out of the water. I was retying a line when it happened and it sounded like someone dropped a stove in the water. We got to the rod in just the nick of time!
Again, I think it is still a little early, due to the fact that we didn’t mark a lot of fish there, but if you go now there is a great chance you will pick up one or two, here and there. I know there are three nice ones still there because we released all 3 in great shape!
Tightlines
Doug
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