We were able to take a day to get away, so we decided to head for Lake Oconee. It's a beautiful lake about 75 miles east of Atlanta. Our neighbor used to have a place on this lake, so we became well acquainted with it when we would spend time at his place. So, we love going out there to fish. We left early and was on the lake by 8:30 a.m. It was warm, but not bad. We went down the lake and found a nice place to fish. It was in the shade the entire time we were there. Hubby decided we needed to move to another place, so we headed up the lake and was in the sun the rest of the day.
We have umbrella brackets on the back of our boat seats, so they were opened as soon as we anchored at the second fishing hole. Unfortunately umbrellas do not render the same coolness as shade from a tree. By noon it was too hot to fish, so we headed back to the marina where we had a picnic lunch in the shade of a tree. By this time it was so hot it wasn't comfortable even in the natural shade. So, we pulled the boat out of the water and headed home. We had fun, we caught a lot of fish (we threw all of them back) but it's just too hot to fish right now. I can't stand baking my brain in this heat.
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Is that the lake up near Gainesville?
The lake near Gainesville is Lake Lanier. I remember when they (Corp of Engineers) built that lake. My mom's cousin lived on a road that was going to be covered by the water. The corp moved their house and they had lake front property. Oconee is out I-20 near Greensboro, GA. Carrie Underwood was married at Reynolds Plantation. It's on Lake Oconee.
I've been up there a couple times. What kind of fish is that?
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That is a big bass, caught on a cricket, which is very unusual, according to my husband.
That's it: Lake Lanier. We have or had some long lost relative that had a cabin up there and I used to go up to Gainesville regularly for work. It is a lovely spot!
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