- Joined
- Apr 27, 2010
- Location
- Bethlehem, Georgia
October 15, 2010
By Ken Sturdivant
LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 3.1 FEET, CLEAR AND 73 DEGREES.
Spotted bass are biting well lake wide and lots of baits will work. Keep a Zara Spook in bone ready and cast to anything schooling but be ready for a striper. There are a lot fish shallow in the off colored waters in the creeks and rivers. Start the day on the main lake points, rocks, mud and sand banks. There are lots of average spotted bass in 5 to 10 feet of water and almost any style of finesse worm is working but choose something in green or June bug. Small watermelon green and natural green Zoom finesse worms are very good lures for the spots. Up the rivers and up lake creek, spots are biting really shallow until mid day. Fish the rocky points and banks with Zoom Fat Albert grubs on a 1/8 ounce lead head and small baby bass crank baits are catching fish lake wide. Small pumpkinseed creepy crawlers are fair and work these baits a little deeper. Work lures slowly on and around the points all over the lake and even shallower in the rivers. Don’t overlook the marina docks as few anglers go into these areas to fish. Look in the back of Holiday Marina and you will find biting fish and no pressure. Doodling the lures can will draw strikes and look for and brush in deep water to hold the larger spots. Live night crawlers on any dock will get a spot. The Zoom green worms in the finesse style on a Texas rig is fair for the average fish. The Young Deer Creek docks are good early morning locations and almost any dock can produce several fish.
This Lake Lanier Striper report is from Captain Ken West and Captain Mike Maddalena of Big Fish On! Guide Service.
Striper fishing is slow and the high pressure system we had coupled with the lake temperatures rising into the mid 70's plus the low dissolved oxygen content at the 40 foot level continues to stress the larger fish. The forecast for 40 degree mornings with the highs in the 60's and low 70's should start the turnover down to 40 to 50 feet. When this happens, the larger fish will surface and scatter lake wide. This will greatly improve fishing lake wide. The good news is we have seen some smaller fish at 3 to 5 pounds surfacing. We are catching these surfacing fish with Red Fins and have also had some luck blind casting to points and humps. Early morning and late afternoon seems to be the best time for surfacing fish. It's time to put up your lead core and get out your planner boards and free lines. Look for fish on points over a 20 to 50 foot bottom. Herring on free lines and down rods at 20 to 30 feet is a good start. The most productive areas have been from Browns Bridge to Flowery Branch. We have been fishing south of Browns Bridge but have heard of some smaller fish being caught in the northern creeks. Umbrella rigs 100 to 120 feet back and down riggers at 20 to 25 feet will also work.
By Ken Sturdivant
LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 3.1 FEET, CLEAR AND 73 DEGREES.
Spotted bass are biting well lake wide and lots of baits will work. Keep a Zara Spook in bone ready and cast to anything schooling but be ready for a striper. There are a lot fish shallow in the off colored waters in the creeks and rivers. Start the day on the main lake points, rocks, mud and sand banks. There are lots of average spotted bass in 5 to 10 feet of water and almost any style of finesse worm is working but choose something in green or June bug. Small watermelon green and natural green Zoom finesse worms are very good lures for the spots. Up the rivers and up lake creek, spots are biting really shallow until mid day. Fish the rocky points and banks with Zoom Fat Albert grubs on a 1/8 ounce lead head and small baby bass crank baits are catching fish lake wide. Small pumpkinseed creepy crawlers are fair and work these baits a little deeper. Work lures slowly on and around the points all over the lake and even shallower in the rivers. Don’t overlook the marina docks as few anglers go into these areas to fish. Look in the back of Holiday Marina and you will find biting fish and no pressure. Doodling the lures can will draw strikes and look for and brush in deep water to hold the larger spots. Live night crawlers on any dock will get a spot. The Zoom green worms in the finesse style on a Texas rig is fair for the average fish. The Young Deer Creek docks are good early morning locations and almost any dock can produce several fish.
This Lake Lanier Striper report is from Captain Ken West and Captain Mike Maddalena of Big Fish On! Guide Service.
Striper fishing is slow and the high pressure system we had coupled with the lake temperatures rising into the mid 70's plus the low dissolved oxygen content at the 40 foot level continues to stress the larger fish. The forecast for 40 degree mornings with the highs in the 60's and low 70's should start the turnover down to 40 to 50 feet. When this happens, the larger fish will surface and scatter lake wide. This will greatly improve fishing lake wide. The good news is we have seen some smaller fish at 3 to 5 pounds surfacing. We are catching these surfacing fish with Red Fins and have also had some luck blind casting to points and humps. Early morning and late afternoon seems to be the best time for surfacing fish. It's time to put up your lead core and get out your planner boards and free lines. Look for fish on points over a 20 to 50 foot bottom. Herring on free lines and down rods at 20 to 30 feet is a good start. The most productive areas have been from Browns Bridge to Flowery Branch. We have been fishing south of Browns Bridge but have heard of some smaller fish being caught in the northern creeks. Umbrella rigs 100 to 120 feet back and down riggers at 20 to 25 feet will also work.