LAKE LANIER IS .52 FEET OVER FULL, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 50’S




The Corp has been pulling water over the last week, and as a result the lake has dropped more than a foot since my last report, and now stands at .5 feet below full pool. The main lake is fairly clear, the creeks are stained, and the rivers are muddy from last week's rain. The bite continues to change with the conditions and our procession into late fall. There are many different patterns and depths available each day, the trick is determining which bite is the best to pursue. We have continued working shallower rocky points with crankbaits, jigs, and worms in the mornings and sometimes throughout the day. When the fish are active, the crankbaits are hard to beat. Try using a deeper diving crankbait, like the Spro Little John DD on those shallow points and keep the bait digging on the bottom. You can cover water quickly and find the aggressive fish. Also, with the cooling water temperatures, look for the jerk bait bite to pick up soon as well in those same areas, as well as back in pockets. When the bite slows, switch to a worm and jig presentation in those same areas and back out from the shallows. The chasing fish have been in 10 feet or less, and the worm and jig fish have been more in the 12 to 20 foot range, but we have found them to be very shallow at times as well. Look for those worm and jig fish to show up deeper now on some days as well, based on the water continuing to cool. Focus on the shallower rock points in both the mouths of creeks as well as the main lake. Also the mouths of creek pockets in the first half of the major creeks have been productive as well. The creek ditches are holding some fish now as well and we have been catching some on the SuperSpin down in the ditches. So, count that bite has officially started and ready for training. Also, we have found a good spoon bite this week and that is always a blast for numbers and sometimes big fish as well. Look in the 30 to 45 foot range for the spoon fish, but that can change any day in terms of the depth they are holding based on the bait. This is the time to learn those winter patterns, ditch fishing, timber fishing, spoon fishing. It’s a great time to learn them all. I hope you will make plans to come join me. This is a great time to learn the deep timber bite with a spoon, worm, and jig, as well as the SuperSpin fishing in the ditches. Here are my open dates for November: 18, 24, 25, and 26 (PM), 27, 28 I am also booking dates for December: 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. 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 up and down. The fish are scattered lake wide and you can find fish anywhere on the lake from the Dam to Clarks Bridge and from the main lake channel to the back of the creeks. There is a considerable amount of bait hanging out at the 40 to 50 foot level on the south end of the lake. Check the areas with the greatest concentration of bait and deploy your down rods when you mark one or two fish. There are a good number of schooling fish moving on the north end of the lake which can be found primarily from the lake channel to mid way back into the creeks. These fish are moving and you will have to spend time finding them. You can also fish while you are looking for fish by pulling umbrella rigs. Set your rigs at 120 feet back and pull at 2.8 to 3.0 MPH. Focus on a depth of 30 to 60 feet. We have seen some surface activity early morning so keep your eyes on the water. The majority of the bait has been deep however, if you find shallow bait set up a “spread” of free lines and planner boards. To book your guide trip call us at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com

The 2019 Progressive Atlanta Boat Show is January 10 to 13, 2019 at the George World Congress Center building “A”. We will have one room for FISHING SEMINARS and there will be one seminar every hour each day.


LOWRANCE TIPS: VIEW: NO SPLIT, ZOOM, BOTTOM LOCK, and FLASHER PALLETTE: Palette 1 for 200 kHz, palette 3 for 83 KHz. TEMP GRAPH: Use as needed DEPTH LINE: Use as needed A SCOPE: Vertical flasher use as needed PREVIEW: CURSOR ON or OFF FISH ID: OFF, BE SURE TO HAVE THE CURRENT SOFTWARE IN THE MACHINES


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 Branches. The last seminars will cover Fly Fishing. 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.
We have the next Fly Fishing class this Sunday, November 18, 2018 Sharon Forks branch of the Forsyth County Library at 2 to 4 pm and Rene Hess will teach this class.
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.