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- FINALLY!!!
- I'M FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO MAKING SOME MUCH OVERDUE UPDATES TO MY WEBSITE. I PLAN ON KEEPING FISHING
REPORTS UP TO DATE AS WELL AS MY PICS.
- 2007 HELD SOME BIG SURPRISES ON JOCASSEE.
I STARTED THE YEAR WITH MY PERSONAL BEST LARGEMOUTH, A NICE 11 LB. 2 OZ PIGGY. (HOPE TO HAVE A PIC UP SOON). AND IN NOVEMBER
I TOOK A RUN AT MY RECORD WITH A 11 LB. 1 OZ. LARGEMOUTH COMPLEMENTED WITH A 9 LB. 11 OZ AND A 7LB. + ON THE SAME DAY!!!
THATS JOCASSEE FISHING. NOVEMBER WAS VERY GOOD WITH SEVERAL BIG LARGEMOUTH COMING IN THE BOAT.
- DECEMBER 2007 AND JANUARY 2008 BROUGHT COLDER TEMPS AND DEEPER FISH. A COLD RAINY DAY HELD A NICE MIXED BAG
OF REDEYE BASS, RAINBOW TROUT, MAGNUM PERCH, AND A FEW CATFISH. THERE HAS BEEN A REAL COLD SNAP LATELY DROPPING
THE SURFACE TEMP RATHER QUICKLY. FEBRUARY IS TRADITIONALLY ONE OF MY TOUGHEST MONTHS ON JOCASSEE BUT THATS WHEN THE MONSTER
SMALLIES LIKE TO START SHOWING UP MAKING UP FOR THE MANY LONG FISHLESS DAYS THERE.
- FEBRUARY
WAS TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH. I DIDN'T GET TO FISH JOCASSEE MUCH THIS MONTH BUT WHEN I DID THE FISHING WAS RELENTLESS.
- MARCH IS HERE AND HOPEFULLY SOME INPROVED FISHING. I USUALLY DO MOST OF MY FISHING FROM SEPT. THRU MARCH,
WITH A FEW TRIPS IN APRIL AND MAY. I PROBABLY WONT HAVE MANY MORE REPORTS AFTER THIS MONTH. I LIKE TO LEAVE THE HUGE JOCASSEE
FEMALES ALONE DURING THEIR SPAWNING SEASON. I KNOW SOME WILL DISAGREE WITH ME BUT I AM STRONGLY AGAINST SITE FISHING AND THE
JOCASSEE WATERS MAKE IT THAT MUCH MORE OF A THREAT. THEY HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME WITH NATURE AND NATURAL PREDATORS. I WANT
TO DO MY PART IN HELPING THE FISH IN THIS TROPHY HATCHERY TO PROGRESS.
- ITS THE
1ST WEEK IN APRIL. I DIDN'T MAKE IT TO JOCASSEE MUCH THIS PAST MONTH. WITH DIESEL FUEL HOVERING NEAR THE $4.OO MARK,
AND GAS NOT FAR BEHIND, I DIDN'T MAKE THE TRIP AS MUCH. THE FISHING WAS STILL TOUGH THOUGH. TALKING TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS
WHO FISHED THERE THIS MONTH, IT WAS A MONTH TO FISH 2 DAYS ( 8 HOURS OR MORE A DAY) FOR 2 OR 3 BITES. I WASN'T FAIRING THAT
GOOD :( WE'LL SEE WHAT APRIL HOLDS.
- MAY 13TH. BIG OIL WINS. I HAVEN'T
VENTURED TO JOCASSEE IN QUITE A WHILE. I GUESS I WILL WAIT FOR THE FALL BITE WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND THE END OF SEPT. TO EARLY
OCT. I DON'T GUESS DIESEL ($4.30ish)AND AND GAS ($3.70ish)WILL BE ANY CHEAPER, BUT ITS EASIER TO PAY WHEN THE FISHING
IS BETTER. I GUESS THIS WILL BE THE LAST JOCASSEE REPORT TILL FALL.
- SEPT. HAS ARRIVED
AND IS ALMOST GONE!!! ITS THE LAST DAY OF SEPT. AND THE FISHING ON JOCASSEE HAS BEEN GOOD THE LAST 2 WEEKS. THE 2 TRIPS I'VE
FISHED HERE HAS BEEN MOSTLY CHASING THE BIG'UNS. WITH SOME NICE LARGEMOUTHS ( PICS ARE IN PICS #1), AND SOME NICE REDEYES.
THE SMALLIES HAVE HID THEMSELVES WELL THOUGH. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO CATCH A BIG FISH ON JOCASSEE. THE 5+ LB. FISH LIKE
TO COME OUT OF HIDING!
- WELCOME TO FEB. 2009. THINGS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY QUIET ON
JOCASSEE. AFTER HAVING 2 VERY FUN TRIPS IN DEC. CATCHING TROUT (THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALTY ON JOCASSEE) MY LAST TRIP CHASING
THE BLACK BASS YIELDED A NIECE 2 1/2 LB. SMALLIE AND A 4 LB. LARGEMOUTH. THEY HAD TO BE CAUGHT ON FINESSE TECHNIQUES IN THE
CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS. YOU HAVE TO BE A HARD CORE FISHERMAN OR WOMAN TO ENJOY THAT KIND OF FISHING BUT IF YOU ARE
ITS TRULY REWARDING.
- ITS MAY AND MOST OF MY JOCASSEE FISHING IS OVER TILL
SEPTEMBER. I MIGHT SNEAK DOWN THERE ANOTHER TIME OR TWO BUT AM NOT PLANNING ON IT. MY LAST TRIP YIELDED A "INTERESTING"
FISH. A POSSIBLE NEW WORLD RECORD REDEYE!!! I'M AFRAID IT IS A CROSS BETWEEN A REDEYE AND A SPOTTED BASS BUT WILL HAVE TO
WAIT FOR THE S.C.D.N.R. TO DO A GENETICS TEST TO KNOW FOR SURE. I'M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP BUT IT WAS A GOOD FISH EITHER
WAY. 5.31 LBS. I GUESS THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR ME TO SAY MY PEACE ABOUT SPOTTED BASS. I KNOW THEY ARE LOVED AND ADORED BY
MANY ANGLERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT I AM NOT ON BOARD. THE FISH HAVE ALOT OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OTHER SPECIES. THEY CAN DESTROY
A SMALLMOUTH FISHERY IN A SHORT TIME, NOT TO MENTION A VERY RARE REDEYE (COOSA BASS) FISHERY. S.C. BIOLOGISTS SAY THAT ABOUT
50% OF JOCASSEE REDEYES ARE HYBRIDIZED WITH SPOTS. AT THIS RATE THE REDEYES ARE GOING TO GET SCARCE VERY SOON. THEY HAVE A
LIMITED RANGE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHAINS AND ONCE THE SPOTS ARE IN THEY SEEM TO BE THERE TO STAY. THIS BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT
THOUGHT. ILLEGAL STOCKING. THERE'S A REASON WHY BIOLOGISTS GO TO SCHOOL, AND ONE REASON IS TO KNOW THE WHOLE PICTURE ABOUT
INTRODUCING A SPECIES INTO A NEW WATER. ALL INTRODUCED SPECIES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WHOLE FISHERY. FROM THE SPOTTED BASS
TO THE BLUEBACK HERRING THEY LIKE TO EAT. SO DO US ALL A FAVOR AND LEAVE THE STOCKING TO THE WILDLIFE AGENCIES. I PERSONALLY
FEEL THEY MESSED UP WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE FAMOUS KENTUCKY "SPOTTED" BASS. SEEMED GOOD IN THEORY BUT IT
SURE HAS MESSED UP ALOT OF GOOD SMALLMOUTH AND REDEYE WATERS. AND THE BLUEBACKS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO STOCK TO GROW THE SPOTS
NICE AND FAT HAS A VERY BAD EFFECT ON WALLEYES, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME STERILE. I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT WILL STOP HERE. IF
I GOT YOU RILED UP I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR MY THOUGHTS ABOUT SPOTS AND ILLEGAL STOCKING. ANYWAY, CHECK
BACK HERE IN SEPT. FOR A FISHING REPORT.
- ITS THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER
AND WHAT A FALL IT HAS BEEN. I HAVE HAD MORE "LOST OPPORTUNITIES" THAN I CARE TO MENTION. THE LARGEMOUTH, SMALLMOUTH,
SPOTS, AND REDEYES HAVE BEEN BITING WHEN THE WEATHER IS RIGHT. EVERYTHING FROM TOPWATER TO DROPSHOTS. THE LAKE IS BACK UP
GOOD BUT THEY ARE FLUCTUATING IT SOME.
- ITS THE LAST DAY OF 2009. THE LAST BITTERLY COLD DAY
ON JOCASSEE PRODUCED A 9.4 LB. LARGEMOUTH!!! WHY CAN'T BIG FISH BITE ON WARM SUNNY DAYS??? ANYWAY, THE STOCKED TROUT WERE
BITING BUT SLACKED OFF A BIT. I'M SURE THE TROLLERS ARE CATCHING PLENTY OF THEM IF THEY WANT. WE SEEM TO BE HAVING A REAL
WINTER THIS YEAR SO MAYBE THE JANUARY SMALLMOUTH BITE WILL BE BETTER THAN THE PAST 2 YEARS. THE LAKE IS AT FULL POOL,
RATHER DIFFERENT LOOKING AFTER ITS BEEN DOWN FOR SO LONG. GUESS ITS TIME TO GET THE HEATER OUT, HUNTING CLOTHES, AND SUPER
THICK GLOVES AND TRY TO LOCATE A BIG SMALLIE ON JOCASSEE. ITS NOT FOR THE CASUAL FISHERMAN FOR SURE!
- JANUARY WAS SLOW ON JOCASSEE. WE DID MANAGE A FEW FISH ON A COLD JANUARY DAY TOPPED OFF BY A 5.5 LB. SPOTTED BASS.
ITS NOW THE 1ST WEEK IN MARCH AND ITS SNOWING AGAIN. WITH ALL THE SNOW WE HAVE HAD THE PAST 2 MONTHS ITS BEEN HARD GETTING
TIME TO GO WHEN THE ROADS ALLOW IT. MARCH MEANS TOUGH FISHING ON THE JO BUT THE SHOT AT SOME HUGE PRESPAWNERS!!!
- JOCASSEE TRIPS ARE OVER FOR ME UNTIL LATE AUGUST EARLY SEPTEMBER. THIS LAKE GETS TOUGHER THAN TOUGH IN THE SUMMER.
YOU CAN STILL CATCH SOME AT NIGHT BUT I'M NOT MUCH OF A NIGHT OWL SO I'M IN A HOLDING PATTERN....
- JULY
12TH, STILL HOLDIN'...
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