Fishing Reports by Capt. Doug Nelms

Red Hot River Stripers! - It just doesn't get any better than right now!! I could close this fishing report with that opening line and feel like I have said everything that needs to be said. The weather is perfect, the fish are hungry, and we are just wearing them out on e more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Chattahoochee River

Here we go!! - Here we go! August is here and with it brings the biggest, baddest trophy striper bite of the year on the river. Can you feel the excitement? It has started off with a bang, and already many customers have caught their personal best fish. Ther more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River - Mongo Stripers on the Chattahoochee River! It seems like many people get their backs up when you start posting reports about the hooch, saying. its a small place, it'll get fished out. I have fished it the entire summer and only seen 3 boats the e more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

RIver Monsters - As I reported the last time, this is the time of year when we wrangler some of the largest fish of the year. Now I know that it is hot, and fishing can go down, but not if you get in the right areas where the big ones hide. Sounds like a clique, I kn more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Big Fish on the Rivers - Its that magical time of the year when stripers are looking for cool water, and we are sitting in the river, waiting on them. The bite in our local rivers has been just fascinating, as we have boated many monster stripers above the 20 pound range. more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

They Hybrids won't go away - Typically, at this time of the year, the bite at Wallace Dam is long over. The stripers have moved on to other parts of the lake, and the fishing traffic has slowed to near nothing. The only thing true in this sentence is about the fishing traffic. more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

The Stripers have returned - The striper bite is wide open on Lake Oconee, and we are having a blast chasing them. The fish are in the deep water at the dam, and live shad is the ticket. We are seeing the bite early and late in the day. If you are interested in catching one of t more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

The Crappie are Biting! - Its on like Donkey Kong. Check out our new video of crappie fishing from 2-8-12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSJIW-jErz0 Tight Lines Doug more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Time for the February Blitz - February is when it all starts happening! The first thing we will begin to see are those huge crappies. In February and March it seems that I spend most of my time, as a guide, chasing after these big fish. Using the spider-rig technique we will beg more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee

Stripers and Crappie are on! - Water Temp mid 50's Water Clarity - clear We are approaching the time of year when the bite really starts to take off. The on and off warm weather has slowed the bite considerably, but it seems the weather has finally stabilized, and great fis more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee