CLARKS HILL IS DOWN .98 FEET, 80’S

Bass fishing is fair. There are still a good many fish that have held up shallow. Get a Whopper Plopper or a Spro Frog and use them both all day. Some fish up shallow on grass lines at less than 10 feet deep. Those shallow fish can still be caught on jig head/worm combo, top water and swim baits. Use a 3/16 ounce Texas rig with a Zoom Swamp Crawler in green pumpkin or watermelon seed around the shallows. Fish top water and buzz baits early and late. If we have some wind or rain, fish a ½ ounce River 2 Sea Bling spinnerbait in the I Know It pattern with double willowleaf blades. Once the sun gets up, you can stay shallow and grind it out or try to find some bigger fish out deeper. If you stay shallow, your best bet is to cover as much water as possible. Rig up a River 2 Sea Biggie Smalls crank bait in abalone shad and a green pumpkin Berkley Havoc Pit Boss. For the deeper fish the numbers are not there but the size is good. The deeper fish are really spread out, with some on points, ledges, brush but the one constant is bait fish. When you find areas that are stacked with bait, crank a Rapala DT 10 in shad or green tiger.

Now is a great time to ride the lake and scan the points, humps and ledges with the Lowrance Structure Scan and Down Scan technology. Now anglers and spend less time searching and more time catching once this technology unlock the lakes secret.

This summer is a great time to learn how to use your Electronics, so call 770 889 2654 to set a date.

We are planning classes on Lures for Bass, STRIPERS! Crappie, SONAR! and Fly Fishing for the fall and winter at the Forsyth County Library branches. Dates, locations and times will be posted soon. All are welcome and there is no preregistration required.

LOWRANCE TIPS: Leave the CHART in WGS84 as this is the current mapping for the United States, BE SURE TO HAVE THE CURRENT SOFTWARE IN ALL THE MACHINES. Learn this and more in one day during our 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