Doug Nelms
March 12, 2007
Lake Oconee - Freshwater Fishing Report
March 13, 2007
Water Temp – 62
The crappie fishing is on right now! The lake is still pretty muddy, but the fish are hungry and anglers are catching them anyway. The dogwood trees haven’t started blooming yet but the fish are in spawning mode, with a lot of “bucks” pulling down the rods into the water.
All the favorite areas are producing fish right now. Lick Creek, Richland Creek, Rocky Creek, Apalachee River. Just go to where you have caught fish before and they should be there.
Spider-rigging is the preferred way right now, but very soon the fish will be moving up around the docks at night for some really wild action.
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!
