Thread: Lake Oconee report: Slow and Muddy

I am loaded and ready to go to Oconee/Appalache; however; I just checked the CyberAngler webpage; Doug Nelms; and he states the lake is very muddy and is very high; will be a couple of days before the fishing picks up; darn; tomorrow was supposed to be a warm; low wind day; as perdicted by;
www.srs.noaa

for Madison,GA.

I might go anyway and put in at Long Shoals; maybe the mud hasn't got there yet.

Originally Posted by Anythingthatpulls

I am loaded and ready to go to Oconee/Appalache; however; I just checked the CyberAngler webpage; Doug Nelms; and he states the lake is very muddy and is very high; will be a couple of days before the fishing picks up; darn; tomorrow was supposed to be a warm; low wind day; as perdicted by;
www.srs.noaa

for Madison,GA.

I might go anyway and put in at Long Shoals; maybe the mud hasn't got there yet.

If I were you and I was dead set on going, I'd try the lower end of the lake around Richland Creek and Sandy Creek. There's some clearer water down there I'm sure. The Appalachee is a mess right now.

Yep; I think you are right; I had a home on the lake down there for a couple of years and I was always told the best fishing was on Richland Creek.

It is always clear; at least clearer than the other parts of the lake.

So:

My tackle is loaded; my boat has had the motor run to clear the old fuel; my batteries are on full charge"Dual Pro " 15 amp charger; my livewell in the rear is filled with city water and is being recirculated with the Ranger Recirc. system; see Roger Miller at Flo-Rite; my minnow trap is in my minnow pond;;;; 16x32 inground pool; my Ram 3500 is full of fuel; my lunch is packed;
what did I forget:

Oh yeah; I think I will put in at Granite Shoals Marina;

Red Ranger with a Black Schnauser on the Bow.

See Ya.

Sounds like you're ready, don't forget your license. Good luck. GIT R DONE

Hope they get turned on by Saturday. Since the wife is coming with me on this trip I would love to see her get into a mess of crappie.

I fished Sandy creek yesterday. The water is well stained and no action to talk about.
I saw one of the lake guides fishing there and he had only landed 3 small crappie. He was fishing the right side of the creek chanel where the bottom rises from about 12 feet of water up to 8 feet. He fished there the whole time and never moved off of that one spot. . . fishing jigs about 6 to 7 feet deep.
He new what spot to fish I,m not sure if he using the right jig for the stained water. He was the only one I saw catch a fish the whole time I was there.

can't slay em every time mr. hawk. Yall did good on a tough part of the river it looks like from other post. You fish as much or more than I do.

oconee crappie are very finicky.this front shut em down..theyll pick back up as long as this weather stays steady for a few days and let the mud settle