Jocassee Dam Area

10.29

I fished today solo from the Jocassee Dam south to the Highway 11 bridge from 8:30 to 11:30 AM.

I haven’t been up there in a while and wanted to see if there was a schooling bite.  As I motored under the bridge I noticed that no water was moving, which seems to kill any schooling activity…and sure enough none was found.

I started at the base of the dam throwing small swimbaits and worms but no bites occurred.

Motored down to the main channel checking for a deeper bite and bumped into a school of bass that were in 55’ of water.  I managed a 15” spot and lost another of similar size at the boat on a drop shot with a Reins 4” bubble shaker in morning dawn.

Saw a lot of wood structure up the bank and started throwing the Evergreen DT95 near the bluffs with wood.  Caught two small largemouth that might have measured but wasn’t worth the effort to lay them on the board.

Headed back toward the highway 11 bridge fishing areas I have never fished, looking for rock and deepwater.

Stopped at a high spot near the river edge and started throwing the DT 95.  Landed three and missed another.  2 were 15” and one was 16”.  Expanding that are and looking deeper I came upon some unusual structure that had a drop from 40’ to 60’ and started dropshotting.  That worked well as 3 spots came to the boat.  One 13” and the others at 14”.  I dragged a Keitech swing impact swimbait on a jighead through the structure and caught a 17” fat spot.

Left those fish and finished at the bridge where I managed one baby spot on the JT 95.

It was flat calm up there today with extremely clear water.  Near the dam I could see bottom and my depthfinder was reading 15’.

The water temp at the dam was 72 and the temp was 74 at the bridge.

Continuing on the Theme of Big Fish

10.21-10.25

Fishing is still good even though it is still hot.  In a club tourney Monday my partner and I won a tournament on the South End of the lake.

I had a 19.25" spot for big fish on the JT 95.  I wrestled him out of a treetop.

As the wind picked up spinnerbaits were the ticket on the islands.

We won with 6 fish that measured 99.5"

I prefished with a Keowee Angler partner and taught him how to throw a bait caster and fish the Ned rig.

He managed 5 fish on the Ned Rig and I caught about 15 fish on a variety of baits.  But the bigger fish again came on the JT 95 out of tree tops.  I had a nice 18" LM and lost another nice one doing a similar deal.

I caught a bunch of spots on the Megabass Spark shad.  The water is still in the high seventies.

A Week of Big Fish It Was

10.15-10.18.2019

For me, this was a week of big fish as I caught 3 large fish of different species.

The first was this big brown trout caught on the Soque River in Georgia.  I have never caught a trout this large, although I don't fish for them ever, but have been around and caught my share in Alaska, Ohio and New York. This catch was made on Tuesday.




Thursday I went out looking for fish here at Lake Keowee for an upcoming tournament.  I caught my biggest spot since we have lived here for a year and a half.  It was 19" long and estimated weight of close to 4 lbs.  It ate a Zman Hula Stick near the skimmer wall.  I have caught some that long but this one was fat with shoulders.



Finally I went up to Lake Jocassee with a new fishing partner Jason and caught a smallmouth in the 6 pound category.  I've caught quite a few smallies in Ohio and Canada, but none this big.  She also bit the same hula stick that I had fished the day before.



Quite a few days for fishing!

Soque River Trip In Clarksville, GA What A Day!

10.15.19

Our family got Nancy and I a guided trout trip on the Soque River for our 40th wedding anny.

To say the trip was fantastic would be an understatement.

From the fish fry the night before at Patty and Willies home to the beauty of the river, the professionalism of the guide to the rain holding off, everything was great!

Pictures do more than my words, so here goes.



Thanks everybody!!