Fishing Reports by Capt. Doug Nelms

Fishing is really really really good now! - The striper bite has taken off huge on Lake Oconee! We are boating between 30 and 50 fish on each and every 4 hour trip. The water has cooled to a wonderful 66 degrees and the bait, fish and gulls are all having a feast. This is the time of year we l more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Man, its Hot - Hey Guys, The o2 sat rates on lake oconee near Wallace dam is .1 - .2, which means fishing is just not that great right now. It always is kinda sad this year. The guys on Lake Lanier are just having Mardi Gras, and us Oconee guides feel like we have more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Its Hot - The fishing has slowed down over the past few weeks. The water temp on Oconee is 93 and the O2 Sat rate is an alarming 1.0 at the dam. We are in the summer dog days when most of us guides just work on our boats, websites and equipment. It will so more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

The U-Rig Bite is just unbelievable! - Our late Spring, Umbrella Rig bite is in full swing on Lake Oconee and we are seeing some very nice fish come to the boat. This is what I call the Fish Fry Bite. We can go out an catch a cooler full of fish in just a half day. Of course, it is comp more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

The "Broke-Necks" Have Arrived - March is the Season of the Broke-necks. I'm talking about crappie so HUGE that when you grab them by the lip, and hold them up for pictures, it appears their necks come out of joint, due to their freakishly monster size. We have been catching lot o more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Finally! - The weather has broken, the lake is clearing up, and the big huge crappie have showed up en masse. This is the time of year we get on the big gurls, when a 2.5 pound crappie is more the rule than the exception. The fish will be entering into their more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Merry Christmas from Lake Oconee - Its that wonderful time of the year when the fish all get together and decide to make us anglers very very happy! The crappie and stripers are doing just that right now. Its awesome and I think that it will continue for some time now. We have having more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

The Oconee has Awakened! - October 9, 2015 I haven't posted a report in some time because the water has been so hot, and the fishing has been poor. Since Jouquim rolled in here, the water temps have dropped and the crappie fishing has been fantastic. We are catching 30 to 50 more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Hot Weather, Hot Fishing - The striper fishing has been awesome for the past 2 weeks. The pumpback is creating a huge bite every morning and by 10:30 we are done and dusted. Some of the fish we are catching will go over 10 pounds, and the rest of them are the happy size fish more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Load the boat in May! - It is that time of year when the big numbers bite for stripers and crappie begins and it has started off with a bang. Just over the past 2 guided trips we have boated over 180 stripers/hybrids/white bass. I know that sounds like a fish story, but wi more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee