Thread: New to Lake Oconee

Welcome to Oconee. First let me say Oconee can be a very humbling lake at any given time. When they backed up the lake they left a lot of standing timber and topped it so when the lake is full it will be 10-12ft below the surface of the water. With good electronics you can find these areas (there are many and not hard to find). Start over these areas in the morning and as the sun gets higher in the sky move to the flats or under water points (a navonics chip is very helpful to find these). Hope this will help.

Thanks for the info.

Don't become a crappie fisherman! It will ruin you financially and cause you sleep with you eyes wide open. But if you persist here is what I would do. Look for boats with big long nets. These boats are easy to spot when the nets are in the upright position. Also look for boats with more fishing rods sticking out of them than you see on the rack at Bass Pro. If you get close enough to see the people in these boats they will have a dazed look as they get very little sleep! When you find them start fishing near them and watch what they are doing. Hopefully, you will find one that knows what he is doing. On the other hand you may find me out there. If you do you are back to square one. Like "thespiderman" said, "Oconee can be very humbling". If that doesn't work try launching at the JP store on Hwy 44 (Lick Creek) outside of Eatonton. There is a $5 launch fee. Go under the bridge and head towards the main lake. When you go under the second bridge start looking for timber. Good electronics are a must. When you find the timber do two things: 1) what thespiderman said and 2) what I said.
If you follow Lick Creek to the main lake you will be real close to a lot of good spots. The lake is fishing very good right now. Get out there as soon as you can. Oh, one more thing. You will find that there are a lot of helpful people on this web site. Read their posts and look at their pictures. You can learn a lot by doing that. Send me a PM and I will pass along some other information that will surely ruin your life. It has ruined mine.

Oconee Saturday 25

Wow Benny a net full of Crappie

Stinger175camo that Hotwater fellow is right everything he said is true and Lake Oconee has caused me to wake early many mornings stumbling through the dark house while trying not to disturb or awaken my wife while attempting to sneak out to the lake. I have had it bad for a few years now. It's not too late to find something different to do, if not before you know you will be buying boat after boat or breaking pole after pole or driving many miles going from lake to lake looking for crappie.

that make a old man cry sitting here with my leg propped up .

Originally Posted by Stinger175Camo

Me an my dad fished lake Oconee on 11-28-15, only boated 1 crappie . we were trolling jigs an minnows. We are new to this type of fishing. Any advice or fishing locations on Oconee would be appreciated Thanks . plan on trying to make another trip before Christmas

Call me....I'll help you any way I can...There are some very good crappie fishermen on this forum. I Guide on Oconee and have learned new things everyday!..What works, what doesn't ...time lines for fish migration..etc etc... We share more info typically than the blue haired women at the beauty shop! ...I had a mentor years ago....I've given back to newbees like yourself...It's very satisfying to pay the sport of crappie fishing forward! Enjoy!

Jody
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