• Lake Lanier Fishing Report - GA

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  • Lake Lanier Fishing Report - GA

    LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 6.9 FEET, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR & 70 s


    The lake is on the rise again with the rain we have received this week. The rain has cooled off the surface temps a bit, which is a good thing. We love it when Mother Nature preserves the 70 degree water temps, ensuring us a longer lasting top water bite. The top water bite remains dominant and we are chasing it every day, all day. We have had good success with a chug bug and a pencil popper this week. Focus on offshore structure with cover, such as brush on humps and points, for this approach. The bite seems to be better in the middle of the day than any other time, but we have seen some good morning schooling activity this week as well, for which the top water lures have been excellent. Just throw it in the action and hang on. Wind blown points have been the best places for this action. The fluke has continued to produce well also in the same type places. Work it fast and then kill it and let it settle. Vary the cadence until you find what the fish want. The fluke can be a good option when there is no wind. The only other thing we are throwing with any consistency is a SuperSpin. We are using this bait in the same areas as we do for the top water as another option if the fish won’t come up. Lowrance Structure Scan and Down Scan technology can unlock these areas. Set the Down scan in auto depth. Set the left and right beams to five times the depth.
    This Bass fishing report brought to you by: Jimbo Mathley, www.jimboonlanier.com 770 542 7764




    Here are my available June dates: 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, and 20(PM), 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, and 30. Fathers Day is coming up! What better gift to give Dad than a fishing trip with Jimbo! Call me to purchase a gift certificate. In case you missed it in the short report above, its top water time! June should be the prime time for this top water action, and my June dates will go fast! Give me a call and let’s get out and have some fun!


    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! As I mentioned, if you are wanting to learn the deep timber bite and/or the ditch bite, now is the time!


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


    Striper fishing is good but the fish continue to move and can be a challenge to find. The majority of the stripers have moved to deeper water and are in the creek mouths lake wide. There continues to be a top water bite early and we have seen fish surfacing early. Chug Bugs were the top produce last week. Free lines and down rods are both working. There are still a lot or fish from Holly Park to Gainesville Marina but mid lake from Chestatee River to Browns Bridge is picking up. The “North End Fish” are starting to move south looking for better oxygen levels in deeper water. Deploy unweighted free lines in the morning and start weighting them with split shots as the sun gets up. Always keep a couple of down rods deployed as you are pulling live Herring. Pitching a Herring to a point is a blast as you never know what you might catch. Spotted bass, stripers and catfish are mixed in on points and brush piles. The umbrella rig is back this week and will work on those suspended fish. However with the Lake down 7 feet; be prepared to get hung up as you have to go deep with 120 to 140 feet of line out. Keep your eyes on your Lowrance HDS and when you see a shallow (20 foot or less) tree, power up and “jump” your rigs over the trees. We use 1 ounce buck tail jigs on a 3 ounce 4 arm frame. Pearl or chartreuse worms or chad bodies are the preferred trailers. Vary your speed between 2.7 to 3.4 MPH. The lake is 6.9 feet below full pool and the water is lightly stained on the main lake and heavily stained in the back of the creeks. The water temperature has risen to the high 70’s this week. To book your guide trip call us at 404-561-2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com


    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 are in the upper seventies. With the rains we’ve had the last several days, we expect the lake level to rise and the water clarity to show moderate to heavy stain in the backs of creeks. For the avid crappie fishermen who don t mind dodging the traffic on the lake, crappie fishing remains good. The early morning bite is best, from thirty minutes before daylight to about 9:30 a.m., later if cloudy. Target deeper docks with structure below the surface, especially if you can find a dock with a sizable brush pile just outside it, which is an added bonus. The docks that are producing have twenty to thirty foot depths, and are closer to the main creek channels. With this condition, these fish have the best of both worlds, the cover of the brush pile, then the shade of the dock during the middle of the day. If you can find a dock with an active beaver, that is even better, as fresh vegetation is continuous. Look for limbs and branches sticking out of a dock. Also target submerged brush piles in at least twenty to thirty feet of water. Fish the brush pile from all angles. This time of year, the fish are holding tight on the brush. Soft body and hair jigs are producing fish. Because the fish are deep, the sensitivity of the bite seems less, so watching your line is VERY important. If you see or sense any unusual movement, set the hook! For the night owls, bridge fishing is picking up. The sign of a good bridge is if you see dangling ropes from above. That typically means it is being fished by regular night fishermen. You will need a fishing light, and it can easily take an hour or two for the light to draw the bait and the bait to draw the crappie. So be patient, stay safe on the water, and Wear Your Life Jacket.


    Saturday, August 26, 2017 2pm at Bass Pro Shops in Lawrenceville, learn BASICS OF ELECTRONICS BY LOWRANCE PRO STAFF, KEN STURDIVANT


    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.


    The 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. See our Southern Fishing Schools page for the latest screen shots of the LOWRANCE 3D technology. See bass over a ladder in 10 feet of water, 168 feet from my boat. www.lowrance.com.


    Anglers 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


    Ultrex and Cable Guard protects external Transducer cable for remote control trolling motors. The cable guard will allow the transducer cable to turn kink free and the shaft can be raised or lowered without pinching the cable. No more messing with cable ties or black tape. For Factory Direct Pricing contact Precision Sonar at 270 703 6133


    For the Lowrance Gen3 & Carbon units on the boat using Software version 4.5 – aka NOS 56 (this includes StructureScan 3D & SonarHub). When first updated, the units will be in Legacy Mode.
    Once everything on the boat has been updated to 4.5, to get the units out of Legacy Mode, you need to go to each unit and: Press the Pages Button Select Settings Select Sonar Press Restore Sonar Defaults (Will light up blue, but no type or progress bar will show on screen) Power down the entire boat (graphs and all) for 1 minute. Power everything back up and you should be good to go. When you set the front graph to This Unit for its sonar source, it should not change, even if Network Sonar is turned on.


    May 26, 2017
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