02-04-2004, 10:50 PM
LAKE JOCASSEE: Largemouth Bass: Fair, slow retrieves with plastic worms, casting Carolina-rigged worms, and topwater plugs Good catches in the early morning. Trout: Very Good, trolling with Apex lures, Sutton spoons and Yozuri baits from surface to 30 feet deep. Also try free-lining large minnows for trout. These fish are averaging 3 to 5 pounds. Recent catches of 3.5 to 4.8 pound trout are reported. Also good catches reported with crippled herring jigs in shallow water and with live minnows. Smallmouth Bass: Slow, drifting large minnows and brown hair jigs 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. Bream: Fair, using popping bugs and red worms around banks and brush. Water temperature is 50 and water is clear.
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