06-01-2004, 11:59 PM
MOUNTAINS-PIEDMONT AREA
LAKE JOCASSEE: Largemouth Bass: Very Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms, and topwater plugs with slow retrieve. Also in early morning drifting minnows off shallow points. Trout: Fair, trolling early in the day in 30 to 65 feet water with Sutton spoons, Doctor spoons and Apex spoons. Also try drifting large minnows early in the morning in 40 feet of water. Smallmouth Bass: Slow. Try drifting large minnows, brown hair jigs or green colored plastic worms around rocky points and rocky banks. Crappie: Slow. Try small minnows and jigs around brush piles. Catfish: Fair, using nightcrawlers or cut bait on bottom. Recent catch of a 18-pound catfish has been reported. Bream: Very Good, using crickets redworms around banks and brush. Water temperature is 65 and water is clear.
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LAKE JOCASSEE: Largemouth Bass: Very Good, casting Carolina-rigged worms, and topwater plugs with slow retrieve. Also in early morning drifting minnows off shallow points. Trout: Fair, trolling early in the day in 30 to 65 feet water with Sutton spoons, Doctor spoons and Apex spoons. Also try drifting large minnows early in the morning in 40 feet of water. Smallmouth Bass: Slow. Try drifting large minnows, brown hair jigs or green colored plastic worms around rocky points and rocky banks. Crappie: Slow. Try small minnows and jigs around brush piles. Catfish: Fair, using nightcrawlers or cut bait on bottom. Recent catch of a 18-pound catfish has been reported. Bream: Very Good, using crickets redworms around banks and brush. Water temperature is 65 and water is clear.
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