Outdoors
Schedules for the 2010 Lake Oconee tourney season
Sugar Creek Marina plays host to the majority of bass fishing tournaments held on Lake Oconee. Sugar Creek Marina will kick off the 2010 tournament season with the C&R; Bass Series Jan. 3.
The C&R; Bass Series tournaments are two-man team tournaments that are held throughout Georgia. C&R; will return to Lake Oconee Feb. 13. Check their Web site at www.candroutdoors.com for additional information on their two-man tournament trail.
The American Bass Anglers (ABA) Weekend Trail will conduct a American Fishing Tour tournament on Jan. 30. The ABA will return to Oconee March 20 and the ABA will also have an American Couples Tournament on Oconee March 27. For information on all the American Bass Anglers tournaments visit their Web site at www.americanbassanglers.com.
On Saturday, Feb. 6, Berry’s Trail will visit Lake Oconee and Sugar Creek Marina for their second tournament of the 2009/2010 season. They held their first tournament at Lake Sinclair back on December 12. Their tournament trail features eight one-day team tournaments which are evenly divided between Lakes Sinclair and Oconee.
The Berry’s Trail is the most successful of all fishing tournaments that visit Lake Oconee. Go to www.berrysbass.com to see a complete schedule and rules for their trail.
The popular Oconee Marine Trail is scheduled to visit Oconee Feb. 21. Their tournaments feature a two-man team format.
This trail is run by Oconee Marine (located in Eatonton near Lake Oconee) and the trail will be back at Lake Oconee March 14 and May 9 for additional one day tournaments. Check out the Oconee Marine Web site at www.oconeemarine.com.
A really unique tournament will be at Sugar Creek Marina on March 7. The HD Marine will have a Couples and Kids tournament where two adults or an adult and one child or two adults and one child may compete as a team.
The tournament is put on by HD Marine out of Buford and affords an opportunity to get the entire family involved.
For more information on this tournament you can check out their Web site at www.hdmarine.com.
R&R; Outdoor Promotions will conduct two tournaments on Lake Oconee with the first on March 13. They will return to Oconee May 8 and then conduct a one-day Classic event June 12 at Lake Sinclair. The R & R Outdoor Promotions Web site can be found at www.dixiebass.com/sba.
This just gives you a taste for a few of the upcoming fishing tournaments on Lake Oconee.
Tournaments are scheduled for just about every weekend from January until June when the hot weather arrives.
For a complete list of all scheduled fishing tournaments visit the Sugar Creek Marina Web site at www.sugarcreekmarina.com.
Lake Oconee fishing tournaments are still controversial to many lake residents and I certainly understand why but overall the positive impacts of fishing tournaments outweigh the negative impacts when it comes to conducting these tournaments.
If everyone will do their part and that certainly includes the anglers, we should be able to enjoy the positive aspects of tournament fishing this year and at the same time minimize any negative feelings that may occur when fishing tournaments are held on the lake.
Happy New Year, good fishing and see you next week.
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