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Dog Days are Here

Doug Nelms
August 19, 2010
Lake Oconee - Freshwater Fishing Report

Water is clear

Water temp is 94 degrees

We have offically entered into the dog days of summer time and the fishing is as poor as it will get all year. The pumpback causes warm water to go back into the lake, which in turn keeps the lake from developing a thermo-cline. What does that mean to fishing? Simple, no oxygen.

I put it to a customer a few days ago and said, "If you were in an airtight room, which would you preserve, oxygen or food. The fish really don't think about eating, when they are just trying to find cooler water to stay alive.

So the fishing is not so good right now, but all will change in a few weeks.

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Doug has been guiding on Lake Oconee for over 10 years. His specialty is trophy Striped and Hybrid Bass, and huge Crappie during certain months. His boat is a Ranger 2300 Bay Series powered by a 225 Yamaha 4-stroke motor. It is spacious and can fish up to 6 people! Lake Oconee is the second largest reservoir in the state of Georgia with over 18,000 surface acres of water. The lake is heavily stocked each year with Striped and Hybrid Bass. Doug tries to catch all of them!

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Fishing Oconee
1230 Apalachee Woods Tr.
Buckhead, GA 30625
Phone: 770-354-0300
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