LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 1.08 FEET, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 70’S DEGREES.


The lake is in good shape from top to bottom right now. The water looks good! 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. The recent weather changes have been fantastic for the fishing. The fish are really in their fall patterns now and we have enjoyed some great results in the last couple of weeks. The top water and swimbait bite has been strong of late for both spots and now some stripers. Traditional humps and points with brush in the 20 foot range have been a good option for this approach. When the wind is up, we have also found fish fairly shallow on windblown rocky points on the main lake as well as in the mouths of the creeks. Walking baits, Whopper Ploppers, and a Sebile have been our best options overall, which is no surprise. That's about all I'm going to have on my deck for the next month. Add the jerk bait and a SuperSpin as soon as the water cools some more. And maybe a crankbait for the early morning rock bite that will strengthen as the cooler weather arrives as well. Overall though, I'm really looking forward to power fishing for a while. We are really 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. October, November, December are some of my favorite months on the lake I hope you will make plans to come join me. Come enjoy some fantastic fall fishing. Here are my open dates for October: 18(PM), 19, 25(PM), 29(PM), 30, 31(PM). I am also booking dates for November. Lots of great fishing ahead of us in the coming months, both morning and afternoon! Give me a call and let’s fish.

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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. It looks like summer is over and fall temperatures have arrived. It is time to get out your planner boards and top water baits out and put away your Lead Core rods. Look for the Stripers to break out of their summertime pattern and start feeding aggressively on the shallow bait you have been seeing all over the Lake. You have spent the last several months with your head down looking at your electronics for fish. How is the time to lift your head up keeping your eyes on the water looking for surface activity? You should carry several spinning rods with the basic top water baits tied on including Chug Bugs, Red Fins and Spooks and a 1/2 ounce buck tail jig with a small fluke. Focus on reef markers and long sloping points with your top water baits and live bait. Vary the free line distance for your planner boards and the boat from 20 feet to 100 feet. Use split shots to weight some of your free lines. The umbrella rigs will work when pulled shallow over points and reef markers. The stripers will also start to move north and from the mouth of the creeks to the middle of the creeks. We have been fishing the south end of the Lake but the fish will be on the move this week and can be anywhere. Fish the areas where you find a large concentration of bait fish. The water temperature is in the high to mid 70’s. The water is lightly stained in the creeks and clear on the main lake. The lake is 1.3 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

This Lake Lanier Crappie fishing report is from Dan Saknini, member of the Lanier Crappie Angler’s Club. See our club’s website, www.laniercrappieanglers.net


Water temperature is hovering around 80 degrees, a little cooler in the morning. I suspect that the backs of the creeks are moderately to heavily stained with around 4” of rainfall this week. Except for this past Monday, the combination of rain and wind kept most anglers off the lake. The ones who fished on Monday, did well targeting deeper docks with structure below or nearby. Also, submerged brush piles have plenty of fish on them. Having said that, put your electronics to use side scan and downscan can be very helpful this time of year. If I’m fishing a dock, the Bobby Garland soft body grub seems to be working well. When fishing brush piles, you might get more action using a hair jig. There is good weather ahead of us, with cooler temps which will lower the water temperature and increase the bite even more. There is almost certainly a great deal of debris in the water, so be vigilant, and be careful. Be safe on the water. Wear your life jacket, it can save your life.


LOWRANCE TIPS: Set the machine in FULL SCREEN SONAR and PRESS MENU: RESTORE DEFAULTS FIRST. Go through the WIZARD SET UP FIRST. Set the map on HEADING UP and 2D MAPPING.


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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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:
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.