LAKE SEMINOLE IS DOWN 1.8 FEET, MAIN LAKE IS CLEARING, RIVERS ARE STAINED & 70’S BY MATT BATY

Bass are up shallow and biting pretty good. As long as you are fishing near sand and spawning areas, you are going to be around some fish. There are several techniques that will catch fish when they are in this stage. For backwater areas, use a small swimbait that you can swim over the tops of grass and lily pads. A good bait of choice is a 5 inch Big Bite Baits Cane Thumper in easy money color. Rig this on Sunline braid, a 7 foot extra heavy Magic Pro rod, a Lews Tournament Speed Spool in 7:5 gear ratio, a 1/8 ounce tungsten weight (with bobber stopper) and a 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG hook. This bait will catch bass that are on bed, bass that are swimming around beds and bass that are guarding fry. Another good pattern is to fish main lake sand bars. These can be somewhat hard to find if you are not familiar with where they are, especially if the water is stained. A good depth finder, such as a Lowrance HDS touch, makes it much easier to find the sand. Make sure to set your Lowrance to read shallow water instead of freshwater only on this lake. This will allow your transducer to read much better in water less than 5 feet deep. Just use your Lowrance to locate a hard bottom. A good technique is to throw a shallow crankbait, such as a Spro Fat John, while you’re searching for sand. This allows you to feel the bottom and catch fish while you’re looking. Once you find good sand, slow down with a Texas rigged or Carolina rigged finesse worm. If pepper grass is present, then you can swim a jig to catch some big ones. A 3/8 ounce Buddha Baits in Seine Swim Jig in bluegill or green pumpkin paired with a 4 inch Buddha Baits Swag Swimmer in watermelon gold is awesome for swimming through the grass and landing the big ones. The jig has a unique head design that allows it to swim straight, and the massive hook doesn’t allow any flex, so this increases the hook to catch ratio

Our On the Water Schools are Rods Reels and Lures for Bass SONAR and we have a Striper school. Learn how to use the Lowrance Structure Scan and Down Scan technology. Call 770 889 2654 or see the details on our web site for more info and dates.fo

Lowrance HDS Gen3 software is now on www.lowrance.com. Here are the highlights: TotalScan™ Skimmer® Transducer, Precision 9 Solid State Compass, SiriusXM® Local Weather Feature (North America only), Network Analyzer and Service Assistant

Lowrance Gen2 Touch update is now on www.lowrance.com. Here are the highlights: Precision 9 Solid State Compass, SiriusXM® Local Weather Feature (North America only), Network Analyzer and Service Assistant

We have the LOWRANCE Gen 3 Touch and 3D NEW Lowrance Technology on our boat. Bring any HDS machine only to Lake Lanier and learn it ALL in one day. Call Ken for details.

Ken Sturdivant Lowrance Professional Fishing Staff will be conducting FREE Sonar Seminar at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Lawrenceville Georgia on Saturday June 252016 at 2pm. Seminar is subject to change without notice. Be sure to see the NEW Lowrance machines coming on www.lowrance.com

For a free set up sheet for your sonar send me an e mail to [email protected]

Anglers 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 [email protected].

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

Insight Genesis announces the Varsity Rewards program for high school fishing teams. See this address www.varsityrewards.com for all the details.

Our mailing address is Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge Cumming Georgia 30040. 770 889 2654