LAKE LANIER IS 1.2 FEET OVER FULL, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 70’S DEGREES.




Bass fishing is good. The top water and swimbait bite is HOT. The baits of choice seem to vary each day, but we are now enjoying an all day top water and swimbait bite. Baits like a Sebile, fluke, Chug Bug, Pencil Popper and a Vixen are on my deck all day. We are focusing on points and humps with brush in anywhere from 15 to 30 feet in both the main lake and creeks. That's the whole story. As many of you know who have followed me over the years, when this bite is on, that is what we do and that's all we do until we can't catch them anymore. The high water does not seem to be affecting this bite. The fish do change positions on the structure each day, but this is normal on any day and with varying conditions. I like focusing on the open water bite as it seems to remain fairly consistent even in the face of multiple changing conditions. Please get with me soon if you would like a trip this summer.

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This Lake Lanier Striper report is from Big Fish on Guide Service. To book your trip call Captain Ken at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com


Striper fishing is good. The lake water temperature is in the mid 80’s and the stripers are transitioning from a spring to a summer pattern. Consequently, the stripers are slowly moving off the shallow water points and into pockets and drainage ditches off the creek and river channels. There are still fish on points and you can catch them pulling weighted free lines during the first couple of hours of daylight. Once the sun gets up during mid morning the fish are moving into pockets over a 40 to 60 foot bottom. Use your Lowrance HDS to search for these suspended fish. Use down rods as your primary technique. We are using 5 foot of 15 lb. test fluorocarbon leader. The Umbrella rigs are working early on points. Target a 30 to 40 foot bottom with your rigs at 60 to 70 feet back. Vary your speed to avoid the brush piles and trees. Do not waste a lot of time making multiple passes on any given point. We are not finding large schools on points. You can also use the Umbrella rig as a search tool. It is not unusual to pick up a fish that you did not see on your graph. You can also use the Umbrella rig to trigger a bite when they will not eat. Look for the fish to continue to move off the points as then complete their transition to a summer time pattern. The key for this week is to stay flexible as the fish transition to their summertime pattern. There are fish lake wide but look for the fish to migrate to the southern half of the lake over the next couple of weeks. The lake level is 1.5 feet above full pool. The current water temperature is in the mid 80’s. To book your guide trip call 404 561 2564 of contact us on our web site at www.bigfishonguide.com


This is the web site to get all the information about the FREE! Southern Fishing Schools Summer Seminars at the Forsyth County Libraries.


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The FREE! SONAR class is July 22, 2018 at 2pm at the Forsyth County Library at the Sharon Forks branch at 2pm. You do not need to pre register but please come 30 minutes before start time. Hammonds Fishing Center is sponsoring this event.


LOWRANCE TIPS: CHIRP technology gives anglers a better look at anything on the bottom of the lake. Try HIGH CHIRP and 200 kHz on the same screen for the detail. Learn this and more ON THE WATER ELECTRONICS SCHOOL 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.


Call Brian Leiva at www.bbgmarine.com 888 570 0916 for all your Lowrance and other technology.


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


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