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2015-04-09
8:22 PM
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Full Blown Striper Bite on Lake Oconee - Full on Striper fishing bite!! Thats the headlines on Lake Oconee. We are boating 20 - 30 fish per day and they are some of the biggest I have seen in.....well forever. The fish are spawning and they are carrying a lot of weight and a nasty attitude. more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2015-03-19
7:53 AM
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Its full Tilt on Lake Oconee - It is on full tilt! The crappie are going off and the stripers are just starting. The white bass are running up the rivers, and the largemouth are doing their thing. I love this time of year! Right at this moment I am crappie fishing and we are catc more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2015-03-05
8:54 PM
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March Crappie - The season is just beginning for our super large industrial sized crappie. From now until the middle of April, we will boat fish that for many people are hard to believe. The weather has pushed back the start of the spawn, but with a good forecast ah more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2015-01-22
10:09 AM
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It begins!! - While the crappie are getting ready to crank it up for our exciting 3 month long season, the stripers have been about the best I have ever seen on Oconee. This is the beginning of long days, lots of fish, and exciting times for us guides. The big cr more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2014-12-03
8:34 AM
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The Crappie and Stripers Return - There is a lot of activity going on Lake Oconee right now, and we are having huge catches of stripers. This is the time of year we fish our spoon bite really strong, and the fish are responding very well. On our last half day trip we boated over 40 s more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2014-11-06
8:57 AM
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The fish have returned - The summertime can be a drag on Oconee, but since all the cooler temps have returned, so has the fishing. Yesterday we boated some very big crappie on a half day trip. They were some of the biggest I have seen since March, and it looks like it will j more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2014-07-01
10:51 PM
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The stripers are doing the summertime thing - Its really kinda weird!! Just when we thought the stripers were over, they show up with a vengeance and it is great fishing again.
It looked like our fish were just not going to show up for the U rig bite, and they are about a month late, but ove more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2014-04-24
7:54 AM
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the stripers are showing up strong on Oconee - It has been our guess that everything is running about 3 weeks behind this year, due to the freakish weather we have had here. The stripers have finally showed up at the dam, and in an unexpected twist, there are more of them UP the river, than at th more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2014-03-13
8:57 AM
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The crappie are fired up! - Yesterday was the biggest poundage day my customers have ever experienced on Lake Oconee. We boated 4 fish over 2 pounds and 24 other that were over 1.8lb. The bite should continue for another 3 weeks and if you want to get in on this great bite, jus more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
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2014-01-30
10:57 AM
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Its here!! - It is COLD, it is muddy, and for the most part pretty miserable in Georgia. But there is great news. It is not going to last and in just a few days the start of our 2014 crappie season will be underway.
Its not like there is an official starting d more...
Capt. Doug Nelms - Lake Oconee |
