Doug Nelms
November 3, 2006
Lake Oconee - Freshwater Fishing Report
November 2, 2006
Water Temp 68
Finally, Its On!
The hybes have showed up enmass and the beginning of the new fishing season in now underway.
You will find the fish in River Bend, Richland Creek and around Flagpole point. We are using big bass minnows right now, but the stomachs of these fish are filled with 3 inch shad. This is typical of their feeding behavior for this time of year.
Flat-lines and Down-lines are working very well and late in the evening you will catch a few of the places showing fish busting up on top. Another piece of good news is our stripers. The first years catch has grown to over 3 pounds and they are a lot of fun to catch.
Put you some warm clothes on, give me a call and lets go fishing.
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!
