- Joined
- Apr 27, 2010
- Location
- Bethlehem, Georgia
February 11, 2011
By Ken Sturdivant
LAKE LANIER IS FULL, THE CREEKS ARE SLIGHTLY STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR & 45 DEGREES.
Spotted bass are deep on and over natural structure mid lake. There is not a good pattern and there are not a lot of anglers out with the water so cold. If you go, wear your PFD and go with a friend. It is dangerous on the lake alone. Get on any point or under water island and work the small silver spoons, drop shot rigs with sand or shad colored small worms and the dark 3/8 ounce all black jigs to from 25 to 45 feet. Then go to the standing timer and do the same thing. The spots are suspended in the tops of the trees and they will pick off any bait what falls to the tree tops. The sea gulls are not much help as they are just sitting on the water. Find the trees on the Lowrance and work the spoon right into the brush. The pilings on the big bridges are never fished with a spoon. Try it and fish every pilings and use the same baits. Spoons can work in the mouths of the lower lake creeks and depths are almost 40 feet in the center of the creek channels. Let the spoon go all the way to the bottom and work it up slowly. If it warms this week, then we can get back to some deeper docks in the creek mouths. The water is the backs of the creeks are way to cold right now so stay out in the mouths of the creeks. A spot sticker and a green Zoom finesse worms and jigs slowly worked deep will produce a quality fish. The Zoom finesse worm in green or sand with the tail dipped in some JJ’s Magic will kick in soon. All the lakes game fish are inactive except on major or minor feeding periods so watch the Fish and Game Forecaster the rest of the month. This week we caught some big spots pulling baits for stripers over 70 feet of water while striper fishing.
By Ken Sturdivant
LAKE LANIER IS FULL, THE CREEKS ARE SLIGHTLY STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR & 45 DEGREES.
Spotted bass are deep on and over natural structure mid lake. There is not a good pattern and there are not a lot of anglers out with the water so cold. If you go, wear your PFD and go with a friend. It is dangerous on the lake alone. Get on any point or under water island and work the small silver spoons, drop shot rigs with sand or shad colored small worms and the dark 3/8 ounce all black jigs to from 25 to 45 feet. Then go to the standing timer and do the same thing. The spots are suspended in the tops of the trees and they will pick off any bait what falls to the tree tops. The sea gulls are not much help as they are just sitting on the water. Find the trees on the Lowrance and work the spoon right into the brush. The pilings on the big bridges are never fished with a spoon. Try it and fish every pilings and use the same baits. Spoons can work in the mouths of the lower lake creeks and depths are almost 40 feet in the center of the creek channels. Let the spoon go all the way to the bottom and work it up slowly. If it warms this week, then we can get back to some deeper docks in the creek mouths. The water is the backs of the creeks are way to cold right now so stay out in the mouths of the creeks. A spot sticker and a green Zoom finesse worms and jigs slowly worked deep will produce a quality fish. The Zoom finesse worm in green or sand with the tail dipped in some JJ’s Magic will kick in soon. All the lakes game fish are inactive except on major or minor feeding periods so watch the Fish and Game Forecaster the rest of the month. This week we caught some big spots pulling baits for stripers over 70 feet of water while striper fishing.