Giant Lake Oconee Blue Cat Smashes Old RecordWayne Tatum, of Tennile, and his grandson Will Tatum, 6, with the record-breaking 69-lb., 7-oz. blue catfish.A new blue catfish record on Lake Oconee was set on Sept. 16 by Wayne Tatum, of Tennille. The monster blue weighed 69-lbs., 7-ozs. and was caught around 10 a.m. Friday morning about a
mile up the lake from the dam. The giant fish smashes the old Lake Oconee blue cat record by more than 22 pounds.
This is the second record catfish from Lake Oconee within the same week. A record-breaking flathead was caught Sept. 9. That full story can be viewed at www.gon.com.
Wayne said he has been fishing Lake Oconee since it was impounded.
"I go to Highway 44 and put in, and I catch my bait there. After I catch my bait, I take my boat back out of the lake and drive down to the dam and put in," said Wayne.
Wayne anchored in 45 feet of water. He was fishing about 3 feet off the bottom using an Abu Garcia 6500 reel.
"I was using some live gizzard shad and cut gizzard shad," said Wayne.
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