LAKE LANIER IS .08 FEET UP FROM FULL POOL, THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR AND CREEKS ARE SLIGHTLY STAINED & 78 DEGREES

Bass fishing is good. The lake temperature is in the low to high 70's to low 80's. The water is lightly stained in the back of the creeks and clear on the main lake both north and south. The post spawn fish are continuing to get more aggressive and the bite is improving each day. The main lake fish have been up shallower on the points and humps and are continuing to move out deeper. However, you can still find them up shallow early in the mornings. In general though, look for 15 to 25 feet to be holding right now, especially on the rocky places with brush. There are now lots of fish getting in and around the brush in 20 to 25 feet, and they will eat. You can get them to come up for top water and swim baits at times, if not that, a fluke and a Fish Head Spin has been good. Last resort is the Shaky Head and jig, which have been very good at times as well. Do not discount these baits. Every day is a process of figuring out how aggressive the fish are and how far they will come up. If the answer is not at all, then the jig and worm are good choices. With the full moon coming next week and the fish progressing nicely, we look for a great top water bite next week, and I have some dates open! Overall, I have the following dates left open for the month: June 9, 10, 12, 13, and 24 (afternoon), 26, and 30. June is traditionally a great top water season and a great time to go spot tail minnow fishing. Give me a call and let’s go fishing.

This Lake Lanier Bass report is from Jimbo Mathley. www.jimboonlanier.com 770 642 7764

This Striper report is from Captain Ken West and Captain Mike Maddalena of Big Fish On Service 404 561 2564. www.bigfishonguide.com

Striper fishing is very good. The primary pattern continues to be the creek mouth and main lake points. We are catching both spotted bass and stripers off the same point. There are some big 20+ pound fish moving up shallow on and off the points during the day. Weighted free lines on planner boards and out the back of the boat has been the primary technique. We are running weighted free lines with one or two split shots 20 to 100 feet back with Herring. We keep thinking this technique will give way to a down rod bite but so far it has held. We keep a couple of down rods in the water when we are pulling baits and will switch if the current flat line bite slows. Once the sun gets up in late morning the Stripers are moving out into a little deeper water, still off the points, but over a 30 to 50 ft bottom. We plan on pulling umbrella rigs this week and will have a report next week. Clipping points with the Umbrella rig should start to work over the next couple of weeks. I have been fishing mid lake but there are fish being caught lake wide.

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This Lake Lanier Crappie report is from Dan Saknini, President of the Lanier Crappie Angler’s Club. 404 425 4059

Crappie fishing conditions are good to excellent. The fish are pulling out to deeper docks, as always, with structure. It is an added bonus if you can find a good sized brush pile outside the dock. In this case, stay thirty to forty feet away from the dock and cast your jig to the other side of the brush. Jig it slowly over the brush toward the boat. You may want to experiment and let it fall a little into the brush. This time of the year, four pound high visibility line is very critical. One twenty fourth ounce soft body Jigs and hair jigs are working well. Also, the bigger fish are moving on stand alone brush piles in the backs of creeks. Those brush piles are in twenty to twenty five feet of water, topping out at ten to fifteen feet below the surface. As always, the more brush piles you hit and the more docks you fish, the better your chances of boating more fish. If a spot isn’t working, move on. Four to eight mid to large sized fish is about average per stop. So if your hits are yielding only smaller fish, move on to explore other docks or brush piles. Stay safe on the water, wear your life jacket! Dan Saknini is an avid fisherman and President of the Lanier Crappie Anglers Club.

Anglers have a new Bait Shop on Buford Dam Road at the Buford Dam Quick Stop at 2595 Buford Dam Road. Open daily from 6 to 6, Marty Kenney has Herring and other baits like shiners ready to go to the lake. Please call him at 706 867 5102 and say hello.