Any recent reports or info on the fishing?

I'll hunt a few more weeks....but when the new year gets here I'll be on Athens at least twice a week.
I love fishing there in Jan/Feb.
Reports to follow.

I was there Wednesday afternoon. One bite and one fish in four hours. Tons of bait out deep but no bites. Tried everything from from 2 ft to 30 ft. I fish there at least 4 days a month and this was the worst day of the year.
Very windy day Wednesday. I would think they would turn on soon with warming trend.

last trip got me 1. Carolina rig on point

Well it doesn�t sound promising but I�m gonna give it a go tomorrow

I zerod wed. and caught one Thursday. Wind made it aweful

Athens has been as BAD as I ever seen it for catching fish.
I mean nothing -- brush piles, weed beds, points, brush piles, channels, boat docks, brush piles --- NADA / ZERO

This is how bad Athens is fishing. 6:15am on Saturday morning and not one boat trailer in the parking lot
I am the only one here.

Wow...... that�s bad

Guess everyone was waiting on daylight and the wind
I left at 9 and there were 10-11 trailers in the lot.
2.5 hrs of fishing weed beds � no bites
I came home to watch college football and eat some quac

I don�t feel so bad then fishe from 7:30 to 11:30 boated 4 and lost one mostly on a double fluke rig

I guess you didn�t hear about the family of 5 they found floating face down last night.......




















I know, not funny. Sorry, just kidding.

give up on athens there are no fish in that lakeLOL,you have to change it up in winter think DEEP

I've been catching them well on Athens, most recently just floating down the creek channels in coves.

I use a weightless Keitech 4" shad thrown weightless, almost fish it like a worm . . . letting it fall through the water column, rest on bottom, then small jerks to retrieve it.

This morning, I caught 3 really fast, missed about 3 others where they spit the hook.

Fish are cold, not fighting very hard. Interesting!

One from yesterday, maybe a bit bigger than my average.

Brad

Thanks for sharing Brad. I was not sure which bait you meant at first but with a little looking found your detailed review on Tackle Warehouse. Good stuff.

Keitech Shad Impact