LAKE HARTWELL IS DOWN 6.5 FEET, CLEAR, 80’S




Water Level is down 6.51 feet below full pool. The water temperatures are in the upper 70's with the hot weather we have had. Not much has really changed for us except the bite has been up and down for us this past couple of weeks. We have been keying in on the summer bite now. We have been throwing a lot of top water, flukes, and swimbait style baits. Our best top water baits have been a walking style bait like a Zara Spook out over brush and humps. The fish will be on the top part of the humps in anywhere from 10 to 15 feet first thing in the morning. As the sun gets up start working the bait out over brush in 20 to 25 feet of water. If it was calm we stayed with the fluke and the walking style of top water. If the wind picked up we would add the swimbait to our rotation to see if we couldn't call up some bigger fish. The swim bait we are using is a hard body style swimbait like a Sebile, Bull Herring, or the Bite Sized Herring from Sworming Hornet Lures. If the bite really slowed down we worked the brush with a shakey head, Spot sticker Hand tied jig, or we eased up on the brush and would drop down with a drop shot rig to catch a couple more fish. Key is to continue to move quickly specially when using the top water baits if we didn't get bit within the first 5 or 6 casts we would move on to the next spot. If we did get bit we would work the area thoroughly before moving on. The key is to be patient and keep moving throughout the day. With this warmer the fish are going to continue to move deeper don't be surprised if you have to move out to the 30 to 40 foot range to catch your fish. Remember the lake is still low and there are a lot of objects sticking up out of the water and not marked so be safe out there.

This bass fishing report is by Josh Panyard




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.


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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


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