Fishing Report For Lake Oconee, GA

By Rick Seaman

January 26, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Oconee, GA

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Popular Fish Species Lake Oconee, GA

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Like most lakes, Spring starts the bass moving shallow in Lake Oconee, into the coves to spawn in protected areas, and the fishing is good from pre-spawn through summer. Docks are a good place to seek out bass when shallow, after the spawn. In Fall the bass begin migrating back to the main lake points and structure. According to Southern Fishing with Ken Sturdivant, bass fishing is slow here in winter, and most fish are hanging around deep schools of bait in the 20' to 25'-range.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Crappie and cover go hand in hand, and the crappie at Lake Oconee are prime examples. Crappie fishing has been on the rise here for several years, with plenty of big slabs being caught. Most locals report that Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Docks, brush, wood and deep vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Many dock owners plant brush piles off the end of their docks, which are a great place to find crappie. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal.

Striped Bass

Current Report: Poor To Fair
Outlook: Good

Striped bass in Lake Oconee tend to hang around river channels in the main body of the lake. Creek channels that intersect the river channel are great places to check for stripers especially if water is flowing in from either channel. Some of the best striper fishing is from the dam at the Georgia Power Station, to the railroad bridge by the Lake Oconee-Greensboro KOA Campground. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here. Being successful at fishing for stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and wolf packs of stripers are likely to be nearby. Fish finders are a big help in locating schools of bait and stripers.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, white bass, striped bass and hybrid striped bass at Lake Oconee in Georgia.

Lake Oconee is 19,000-acre lake, with 376 miles of shoreline is a great bass fishing lake. In addition to bass the reservoir has quality populations of catfish, crappie, sunfish, white bass, yellow perch, hybrid stripers, and striped bass.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".