Oconee After Work

[Koz]

As some of you know, I recently moved to GA to take over as GM at a hotel on Lake Oconee. I mean, it's right on the lake. But that doesn't mean I've fished as much as I would like. The hotel needs a big overhaul and that takes up most of my time. Then we had a cold snap and the bass fishing went quiet here in the shallows.

 

But the weather has been warmer the past 4 or 5 days with daytime temperatures in the 70's. I've talked to some guests who fished off of our docks, but they are fishing for catfish. One guy was throwing a cast net for gizzard shad and managed to net a 3.6 pound black crappie. But no one was catching much, even the kayakers who covered more of the lake.

 

Anyway, I decided to fish for an hour after work tonight. I wasn't expecting much as the biggest LMB I have caught out there was a pound and a half or so, but most everything has been one pound or less. Of course, with the deeply stained water I was throwing chatterbaits. Fishing in Oconee is a lot different than fishing the lagoons in SC. There's a lot more structure here with a lot of rocks, sticks, old Christmas trees, and who knows what else people dump in the lake. We also have locks lining our sea wall (lake wall?) along the bank. So there's a lot of new feel that I have to get used to being transmitted through my line and rod. I'm having fun with that.

 

I found the bass in the rocky shallows and under our docks today. But the good news is I did manage a 2.5 pounder. While that's about the average size that I caught when fishing in SC, it seems to be a decent size for this lake. Even if there are no trophy fish here, I can live with that. I landed two other two pounders, so it was a good evening. It also gives me hope for when I decide to head out on a kayak.

 

So far the job is fun - with a lot of challenging obstacles - and the fishing is good. Now if I could find a decent place to live I'd really like this place.

[TnRiver46]

Nice job!!!

[roadwarrior]

14 hours ago, Koz said:

Now if I could find a decent place to live I'd really like this place.

 

Maybe a RV?  My brother bought a GAINT used Winnebago, top of the line 

when it was new. A current model in this class would be $150k or more. His

is in great shape (9/10) and he only paid $28K.

https://www.winnebago.com/models/product/motorhomes/forza