LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 6.6 FEET THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR & 70’S

We are just back from the Indy 500 and running trips again this week. We are pleased to say that not much has changed with the bite since my departure, except that it has gotten better. The lake has come up a foot since last week, and the average water temperature has cooled a couple of degrees all perfect ingredients to keep the top water bite HOT! The top water bite remains dominant and we are chasing it every day, all day. To sum it up, if it walks, pops, spits, wakes, chugs, or swims, it will catch fish right now! 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 are still seeing 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. Also the swimbait bite has returned and has been producing some good fish. We have been using the Sweet Herring and a Sebile. Same places as mentioned for the top water bite. 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.

This Bass fishing report brought to you by: Jimbo Mathley www.jimboonlanier.com 770 542 7764

Here are my remaining available June dates: 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, and 20(PM), 21, 22, 23, 28, and 29. Father's 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, it’s 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. Fishing has been crazy this past week. We caught fish on top water with a Chug Bug. We caught fish on free lines both weighted and un weighted with Herring. We caught fish on down rods at 20, 30, 50 and 70 feet down. We also caught fish on umbrella rigs. We caught fish over a 40 foot bottom and out over the river channel at 120 feet. While this sounds great, the problem is the fish could be anywhere at any time. Things are changing. The lake is transitioning from a spring to a summer pattern. The lake is “setting up” from a temperature point of view and there is a very clear thermocline at 20 feet in some areas of the lake. It is time to get out your lead core line, umbrella rigs and Ben Parker spoons. Start looking for fish from 20 to 70 feet over a 40 to a 120 foot bottom. Set your down rods just above the fish and under the fish. If you are marking fish at 30 feet do not hesitate to set you baits from 25 to 70 feet The only common factor last week was the fish were caught south of Browns Bridge and in the main lake and creek mouths. The lake is 6.7 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 mid to high 70’s. To book your guide trip call us at 404-561-2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com

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.