LAKE LANIER IS FULL, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 80’S

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

The Corp has continued to pull water, but mainly in the evenings of late, as opposed to through the day. The lake is now down from full pool for the first time in a long time. The lower lake is still mainly clear with a slight stain back in the creeks. Above Brown’s Bridge the water is slightly stained in the creeks, but fairly clear in the main river channel up to the Gainesville Bridge. Above the Gainesville Bridge there is even more stain both in the main river as well as the creeks. While the bite is still tough, it is definitely improving. We have found good results, in short bursts, on several different tactics. The top water and swimbait bite has is back on some days, which is refreshing to see. When it is there, it’s pretty good. Humps with brush have been the best option for that approach. Walking baits, Whopper Plopper, and a Sebile have been our best options. A SuperSpin with a Keitech trailer has still been productive as well on main river points as well as creek points. Also, very shallow on steeper creek banks has proven productive with the SuperSpin this past week. We have been fishing lay downs on steeper rock areas for some good fish on a weightless fluke rig. A jig has been good on these laydowns as well. Not a ton of bites, but certainly some good ones when you do get bit. When you see them hanging out on your graph in any depth, search around that area and fish it hard. If there is bait around, there is a bite to be had, but plan on working for it! I am seeing lots of bait starting to move back into the mouths of the creeks recently, and a lot of schooling going on both in the main channel as well as in the mouths of the creeks. These fish are tough to catch however as they don't stay up long. A SuperSpin has produced better for us than any other option on those schoolers Good luck to everyone fishing the BFL this weekend, hopefully the weather will hold for the event. The bite is starting to improve and should just continue to get better through the fall. For September I have: 17, 18, and 19 (PM), 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, and 29. Now is the time to book your fall trip! Lots of great fishing ahead of us in the coming weeks! Give me a call and let’s fish!

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. Striper fishing is the best it has been all summer. Fish are showing up suspended in the 30 to 40 foot range over the creek and river channels. This is primarily due to the lack of dissolved oxygen at the greater depths. You can still catch fish larger fish in the 60 to 80 foot range but it will require changing your bait often to ensure lively bait. Also, check deep water points in the mouth of the creeks at 60 to 80 feet and the mouth of “ditches” where they branch off the river and creek channels at 100 to 120 foot bottoms. We are setting down rods at 30 to 40 feet and 60 to 80 feet if we are marking deep fish. Pick up some medium shiners with your Herring in the morning and use them if you are getting short strikes on Herring. The majority of the short strikes have been the smaller Stripers at 30 to 40 feet level. There are a lot of boats fishing the Dam area, Baldridge, Shoal and Young Deer. If you do not want to fish with the crowds try Big Creek, Flowery Branch and the body of water connecting Two, Four and Six Mile creeks. We have also had some reports of fish starting to show up on the North end of the Lake. Umbrella rigs and Lead Core line with one ounce buck tail jigs are working. Set the Umbrella rigs 130 to 160 feet back and troll at a speed of 2.8 to 3.4 MPH. Set the Lead core line at 8 to 9 colors and a speed of 2.8 to 3.5 MPH. The water temperature is in low 80’s. The water is lightly stained in the backs of the creeks and clear on the main lake. The lake is .31 feet below full pool. To book your guide trip call us at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com

Ken Sturdivant, Lowrance Pro Staff, will host a FREE BASICS OF SONAR class on October 20, 2018 at 2pm at Advantage Marine at 301 Atlanta Road, Cumming, Georgia 30040. All are welcome.

LOWRANCE TIPS: PAGES: SETTINGS: SONAR: CHANNEL 1 for SONAR, CHANNEL 2 for TOTAL SCAN this syncs the ranges on your standard and 3D chart views NETWORK SONAR: Leave OFF. 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

Ken Sturdivant will be hosting FREE Fishing classes at 4 Forsyth County Library Branch s. These seminars will cover Bass Fishing, Striper Fishing, Crappie Fishing, Fly Fishing and Sonar. These are the dates and times. Anglers DO NOT need to pre register. Please come to the event 30 minutes prior to start time. All events are subjects to change without notice.

These are the locations: Cumming Library Branch, 585 Dahlonega Street, Cumming, GA 30040, Sharon Forks Branch, Sharon Forks 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming, GA 30041, Hampton Park Branch, Hampton Park 5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming, GA 30041, Post Road Branch, Post Road 5010 Post Road, Cumming, GA 30040
These are the dates, times and topics:
Thursday, October 4, 2018 Post Road STRIPERS 7 pm Ken Sturdivant will teach the Basics of Striper fishing.
Sunday October 14, 2018 Hampton Park SONAR 2 to 4 pm Ken Sturdivant will teach this class on Basics of SONAR.
Sunday, October 21, 2018 Sharon Fork BASS LURES 2 to 4 pm Ken Sturdivant will teach the Basic Bass lures.
Sunday, November 4, 2018 Post Road: FLY FISHING 2 to 4 pm Meet Rene Hess, FFI Certified Casting Instructor at this class.
Sunday, November 11, 2018 Cumming Library: SONAR 2 to 4 pm Ken Sturdivant will teach the Basics of SONAR at this class.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Cumming Library: CRAPPIE 7 pm Ken Sturdivant will teach the basis of Crappie fishing.
Sunday, November 18, 2018 Sharon Forks: FLY FISHING 2 to 4 pm Rene Hess will teach this class on Basics of FLY FISHING.
Sunday, December 9, 2018 Hampton Park: FLY FISHING 2 to 4 p.m. Rene Hess, FFI Certified Casting Instructor will teach this class.
All events are subjects to change without notice.