Lake Oconee Fishing Reports

Hybrids and Stripers are loose! - May 5, 2008 Water Temp is 72 at Wallace Dam There is alot of muddy water at the dam, which has slowed the lineside fishing down considerably, but just before it showed up the fish were showing up. This year we have caught more big fish than I more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Red Hot Linesides! - It is on again, still, right now, however you want to say it, the fish are doing really great on Lake Oconee. By far this has been our greatest Hybrid and Striper in a long time, and it is not over by no means! The fishing should be great for the more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

The Hybrids and Stripers are back! - Crazy, Crazy, Crazy fishing! It is on and it is wide open on Lake Oconee. The linesides are at the dam and they are in full swing. They are full of eggs and eating everything that comes into their path. Normally it is good for the water to be r more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Hybrids are at the dam! - March 30, 2008 The crappie have moved up on the shallows and they are in full spawn, which means for me it is time to chase the hybrids! I have never seen such big fish taken at the dam as I have this year. Wow! The hybrids are huge! I have more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Only two weeks left - You have about 2 weeks left to have the crappie fishing experience of a lifetime! I know this sounds like a shameless headline for an end of the year car sale, but if you are going to catch the really big slab crappie on Lake Oconee, you only do more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Still Catching Crappie - Most of you understand that my bread and butter, so to speak, is hybrid and striper fishing. However here lately all we have been talking about is how good the crappie fishing is. It is really good, no kidding, and for a lot of you anglers who don't more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Crappie Gone Wild! - The crappie have gone wild on Lake Oconee and we have been right in the middle of them. They have knocked rods down, pulled drags and made this one of the most memorable crappie seasons we have had in a long time. Yesterday just in an afternoon more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Big Time Crappie Fishing - The crappie fishing is just silly good on Lake Oconee right now! I know the last few reports have all sounded the same but we are having so much fun catching these things. Between now and the last big moon in March the fishing is going to be crazy! more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Lake Oconee, Madison Georgia - February 25, 2008 Water temp 52 I can’t tell you just how good the crappie fishing is on Lake Oconee! You just have to come and see for yourself. Last year the crappie fishing was so-so; we caught a lot but it just never really took off like it more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Lake Oconee, Madison Georgia - February 8, 2008 Water temp 45 The hybrids have been kind of hard to find over the past couple of weeks, but alas, when one fish goes on strike, the other fish show up to work! The crappie fishing has been awesome! I am talking about 2 plus po more...
Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee