• Lake Lanier Fishing Report - GA

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  • Lake Lanier Fishing Report - GA

    LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 10.3 FEET, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR & 50’s

    Bass fishing is good. The lake came up approximately 1/2 a foot over the past week given the heavy rains. The surface temperatures continue to fall and with the ultra cold weather coming this weekend, should finally hit more seasonal levels. The ditch bite continues to be good and we are catching them using the traditional ditch fishing methods like the SuperSpin, SPRO Jerkbait, SPRO Crankbait, Jig, and Picasso Shake E Head. Start back shallow in these ditches early, and then move out deeper in the ditches as the day progresses. We are starting in these ditches first thing and riding out the bite through the day. Some days we adjust to much deeper water, others, we are finding the fish are staying shallow in and around those ditches as well as up around docks. We are starting with a SuperSpin tipped with a boot tail type trailer right in the ditch. Also, a Spro McStick or McRip has been a good choice as far as jerk baits go. A Spro crankbait is never a bad choice either, both in the ditches and around rocky/clay points as well. A finesse worm on a Picasso Shaky Football Head or a Chattahoochee Jig has been a good alternative if the fish are not as aggressive. When the ditch bite does start to slow, we have been shifting to steeper rocky points and finding success with a jig and worm as well. Keep that in mind if you start to struggle. We started to spoon up some fish out of the timber, or near the timber, in creek arms and ditches in 30 40 feet. Check for bait and fish out deeper in the ditches as the day progresses. If you see fish out deeper, a spoon, jig, or shaky head can be a great way to catch them, depending on how they are positioned.

    This report brought to you by Jimbo On Lanier 770 542 7764 www.jimboonlanier.com


    The ditch bite is here and the fish are positioning around the timber. If you are wanting to learn the deep timber bite, now is the time! Here are the dates I have open in January: 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, and 31 Give me a call and let’s get out and have some fun! Thanks to all and May God Bless.

    I am now guiding in a Brand New Xpress Bass Boat – 21’3″ powered by a 250 Yamaha SHO and equipped with the latest Lowrance HDS Gen III units featuring 3D Structure Scan technology. Come take a ride in this beauty!

    This Lake Lanier Striper report is from Captain Ken West 404 561 2564. Contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com

    Striper fishing is fair. Not a lot has changed this week. We are continuing use both medium Shiners as well as Blueback Herring. The smaller baits are working best early morning and when the fish are pushing baits to the surface. Herring has been working best when the fish are deep and down rod fishing is the preferred technique. It is critical that you match the size of the hook to the bait size. We are using #2 Gamakatsu Octopus hooks for the medium Shiners and 1/0 Gamakatsu Octopus hooks for the larger Blueback Herring. The Umbrella rigs will work but with the lake over 10 feet below full pool you should plan on getting them hung up in the trees. When we get hung up we go straight back until we get directly over the rig and use an Umbrella retrieval tool to recover the rig. To minimize Umbrella rig hang conditions we are deploying the rig 20 feet at a time and allowing the rig to rise before continuing with the deployment. It is also critical to keep your eye on your Lowrance HDS and throttle up to “jump” over the trees which would hang up your rigs The fishing has been better on cloudy overcast days versus bright sunshine and bluebird sky days. The middle of the lake continues to outperform both the extreme North and South ends of the lake. Flat, Balus, Four mile, Six Mile and Mud Creeks are good places to start. The lake is 10.3 feet below full pool. The water temperature is in the low to mid 50’s. Call Big Fish On Guide Service at 404 561 2564 to schedule a guided fishing trip on Lake Lanier.

    This Lake Lanier Crappie report is from Dan Saknini, member of the Lanier Crappie Angler’s Club. See our club’s website, www.laniercrappieanglers.net

    Water temperatures hovering right around 50 degrees and the lake level is down about 10 ½ feet. The rains over the last few weeks have finally saturated the dry ground so that any time we have additional precipitation, the result is heavy stain in the backs of creeks. My advice right now is to stay away from the heavily stained water. Today, the response from crappie was greater in moderately stained water, and fishing was good to excellent. We targeted deeper brush piles in twenty to thirty feet of water and brush piles located close to docks at the same depths. Bobby Garland’s 2” Baby Shad, Black Gum Twilight and Monkey Milk paired with 1/24 ounce jig heads worked best. For Hair Jigs, Jiffy Jigs’ JJ 20 also worked well. The areas we fished, a crappie minnow under a slip cork would also have worked well. Although fishing was good, the bite was short lived. So when the bite slowed we moved, covered a lot of ground today and it paid off.

    Another reminder: if you are on the water in cold weather, it is even more important to wear your life jacket, as a fall can be serious with the threat of hypothermia. Be safe on the water, bundle up and enjoy fishing during the lower traffic winter months.

    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.

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

    Advantage Boat Center in Cumming Georgia offer sales, service and storage close to Lake Lanier. 678 771 8745. Ask for Myra.

    We recommend Transducer Shield and Savers. Protect your investment.

    We have the LOWRANCE Gen 3 Touch and the game changing technology in the NEW 3D 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 us what machines you are using.

    Anglers we have these books for sale BASS FISHIN LAKE LANIER, BASS FISHING 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, March 18, 2017 2pm at Bass Pro Shops in Lawrenceville, learn BASICS OF ELECTRONICS BY LOWRANCE PRO STAFF, KEN STURDIVANT

    The Atlanta Boat Show is next week at Georgia World Congress center January 12 thru 15, 2017. Meet Lowrance Pro Staffers, Tom Branch Jr, Captain Mark Smith, Al Bassett and Ken Sturdivant.

    SPECIAL THANKS: Kathy and R. C. Barker of ProBass Networks (800 510 3139) our web masters for a great year. They have been on hand anytime we need counsel, service and advice. Ken and Karen Sturdivant
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