LAKE SEMINOLE IS FULL, CLEAR & 60’S BY MATT BATY


Spring Creek and Fish Pond Drain are clear and 60 64 degrees. The Flint and Chattahoochee rivers are stained and 60 65 degrees. Some shallow back ponds are gin clear with 65 75 degree water.


Bass fishing fair. The bass are in all three stages of the spawn right now with quite a few fish already spawned out. There are empty beds and bass fry all over the lake, but there’s still plenty of bass that have yet to spawn, so the bite is in between and can be tough on certain days. Fishing shallow around spawning areas is the best consistent pattern for catching fish. If you’re in the backwaters, throw a top water hollow body frog around visible cover such as hydrilla and peanut grass. Also keep your eyes open for fish busting shad. You can catch these on an umbrella rig with 3.5 inch Big Bite Baits in ss shad. Out in the main lake, the deal is sand. You need to either be on the sand or on the edge of it. If you’re on the edge of it, you can either fish a bladed jig or a lipless crankbait. For the bladed jig, check out Buddha Bait Company’s new Head Banger Swagger Jig. This bait is awesome as the blade bangs the head, making an awesome sound. Pair this with a 4 inch Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper. Green pumpkin is the best color for both clear and stained water. For the lipless, use a Jenko Rip Knocker 75 in citrus shad. Both the jig and the lipless can be thrown on 16 lb. Sunline FC Sniper, a Lews Custom Pro and a 7 3 medium/heavy moderate action Buddha Stick. As the weather continues to warm, look for more fish to become post spawn and start schooling back up on deeper grass and shell beds. Then, it’s time to use the Lowrance Down and StructureScan to find the schools of bass.


Ken Sturdivant will be hosting FREE! Fishing seminars at 4 Forsyth County Library Branch’s. These seminars will cover Bass fishing, Striper fishing, Crappie fishing and SONAR. These are the dates and times. Registration will be open soon. Events at Cumming Library Branch Cumming 585 Dahlonega Street, Cumming, GA 30040 Session 1 Tuesday, June 12 at 7pm Bass Session 2 Tuesday, July 10 at 7pm STRIPERS! Location is Sharon Forks Branch Sharon Forks 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming, GA 30041 Session 3 Sunday, June 24 at 2pm Crappie Session 4 Sunday, July 22 at 2pm SONAR! Location is Hampton Park Branch Hampton Park 5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming, GA 30041 Session 5 Saturday, June 16 at 2pm Crappie Session 6 Saturday, July 7 at 2pm SONAR! Location is Post Road Branch Post Road 5010 Post Road, Cumming, GA 30040
Session 7 Saturday, June 2 at 2pm BASS Session 8 Saturday, July 14 at 2pm STRIPERS!


LOWRANCE TIPS: New software for the Lowrance Elite Ti, Gen 3 and CARBONS is now on the web site. This software will add the new FISH REVEAL feature on the DOWN SCAN. There will new STRUCTURE SCAN palettes available too. There is also a new software for Lowrance 3D STRUCTURE SCAN AND DOWN SCAN technology. All this software is free.

Now is the best time of the year to run into deeper creeks and coves and use the Lowrance Structure Scan technology to scan an area. This technology “sees” the bait, the fish and the structure as far out as 250 feet away. Set the DOWN SCAN on the red palettes and the SIDE SCAN on the blue palettes. DOWN SCAN in AUTO DEPTH. STRUCTURE SCAN at 5 times the water depth. Learn this and more on out ON THE WATER ELECTRONICS in one day. 770 889 2654.


We have all the details for our On the Water SONAR School on our web SCHOOLS page. We have the LOWRANCE CARBON and 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 158 feet from my boat. www.lowrance.com


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.


We recommend Transducer Shield and Savers. Protect your investment.


We recommend Spider Diapers for your protecting your boat in your dock.
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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


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 270 703 613