Bass fishing is fair to good. Largemouth are relating to the slightly cooler water temperatures at the back of these tributaries. There is some schooling out in the main lake mostly from mid lake to the upper end. Lots of white bass mixed in with small to medium sized spots. They are very skittish on the top water so use the Lucky Craft CB 200's in American shad. Also the Mini Me's in the Allatoona Special color can be used as deep as 30 feet. The fish are holding in deep water from 18 to 26 feet near main lake points. Use a Texas rig worm on light line 6 pound test line and a finesse worm for the deep water early. Mid morning change up to a big deep diving crank bait and move to the river channel ledges. Try the small version of the Spittin Image in shad for the schooling fish as the threadfin have just spawned. The threadfin the fish are feeding are very small. Once the fish go down you can catch a few of them on the drop shot using a very small bait like a 3 inch Cut Tail, Tiny Fluke or baby Sluggo. Keep an close eye on your sonar to see these drop shot fish. Some big bass are cursing the shallows during the heat of the day. They are biting the big 8 inch swim baits and there are some largemouth bass hitting top water late afternoon up lake close to the rivers. Out on the main lake from Little River to Downing Creek the spots are chasing bait and are running with the stripers and hybrids on the lower end of the lake from the dam to Clarks Creek. These fish are hitting spinner baits and small crank baits and top water plugs early to late evening. Look for the schooling activity and use the run and gun approach to catch these fish. New web site www.gafishing.org.
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Line side fishing is good and all the major creeks are producing good numbers of fish. The down-line bite is nothing short of incredible. These fish are scatter in the water column from any where from 13 feet to 40 feet deep. Shad, shiners and bream are all working. Make sure you catch your bream on hook and line. Be sure to carry plenty of bait and change it often. Frisky bait is the key to putting more fish in the boat. Trolling is working well and there is nothing better than the Mack Farr umbrella rig. We have had some great days lately pulling these rigs. Also single buck tails fished at 150 feet behind the boat at 2.4 miles and hour will get you bit. Top water is good early in the morning and late in the afternoon and a white Rooster Tail is hard to beat on hybrids, stripers and schooling spots.
Ken Sturdivant / Guide Services Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge Cumming, Georgia 30040 770-889-2654
