LAKE HARTWELL IS DOWN 4.3 FEET, CLEAR, 80’S

This bass fishing report is from Josh Panyard.

Bass fishing is fair. These fish continue to be finicky from the start but one thing that worked for us this week was working shallow flats close to deep water for the first couple of hours with topwater baits. After the sun comes up move out to that 23 to 45 foot zone in both the main lake and the river areas. Continue to look for main lake and river channel humps and points from 23 to 45 feet deep. These fish are chasing small bait from 1" to 3" long so you will need to match the hatch using the underspin with a Fluke Jr. style bait. Also throw a small swim bait like the Bass Pro Shops 2.8" speed shad on a 1/4 ounce ball head jig giving it a 5 count on 8 pound test Seaguar Fluorocarbon over the brush for some bites. Try a small spoon casting it to schooling fish or dropping it down on the fish you see on your electronics. If that doesn't work you can drop down on them with a drop shot using a very small profile bait like a zoom meat head or z drop bait. Play with your leader length as these fish will follow the bait at times and not eat.

LOWRANCE PING SPEED: Default is desirable but ping can be adjusted to conditions. 16 on the console and 18 on the front unit.

High end features have never been more affordable. Purchase a Lowrance Elite 5 Ti display by September 30, 2016 and receive a $100 rebate.

We have the LOWRANCE Gen 3 Touch and 3D NEW Lowrance Technology on our boat. Bring any HDS machine only to Lake Lanier and learn it ALL in one day. Call Ken for details.

Ken Sturdivant Lowrance Professional Fishing Staff will be conducting FREE Sonar Seminar at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Lawrenceville Georgia on Saturday September 24, 2016 at 2pm. Seminar is subject to change without notice. Be sure to see the NEW Lowrance machines on www.lowrance.com

We recommend Overboard Designs for 2956 Waterworks Road Buford, Georgia 30518 Phone: 678.714.7122.

We have the LOWRANCE Gen 3 Touch and 3D NEW Lowrance Technology on our boat. Bring any HDS machine only to Lake Lanier and learn it ALL in one day. Call Ken for details.

Ask for a free sonar set up sheet by sending me an email to ken@southernfishing.com. Please tell me what model machine you have.

FREQUENCY: 200 kHz in fresh water and 83 kHz in fresh or salt water (experiment with this frequency). 50 kHz for deep salt water fishing past 400 feet deep.

Anglers we have these books for sale BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE, BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL, BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE and BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL. These books have lots of bass fishing and covers every week of the year. Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample of any book send us an e mail to ken@southernfishing.com.

We offer these waypoints for sale. You get the coordinates and you load them into your GPS unit for
Lake Allatoona for $99.00 Lake Lanier for $99.00 Lake Oconee for $99.00 Lake Weiss for $99.00 Lake Hartwell for $99.00 WAYPOINTS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE

Saturday, September 24, 2016 2pm at Bass Pro Shops in Lawrenceville, learn SONAR! LOWRANCE PRO STAFF, KEN STURDIVANT

Our mailing address is Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge Cumming Georgia 30040. 770 889 2654