LanierSpots
Senior Member
The surface temps are holding in the low 70's right now but expect them to rise in the upper 70's pretty quick. We are getting some nice weather here in the Lanier area and that has kept the water temps perfect for spotted bass.
A lot of the spotted bass have finished the spawn but there are still some big main lake fish that are yet to spawn. We always get a decent late spawn in May and early June and this year will be no exception. The big main lake fish are usually the last to go. I am starting to see some very big fish pull up on shallow rock on the lower end of the lake and start to spawn.
I have been having some great days out on Lanier fishing main lake reef poles and shallow rock. There are a few fish out on brush but the main group of fish are up shallow. I have been absolutely killing the big spots on windy days fishing off shore rock reef poles with a painted blade white Mini-Me spinnerbait. The wind is positioning the fish in 3-8 feet of water around these rocky areas and they will kill a white bladed spinnerbait. Make sure you have a trailer hook rigged on your spinnerbait. Never throw a blade in open water on Lanier without a trailer hook. I use a 2/0 most of the time but you will catch half your fish on the trailer hook alone
When the wind dies, I am switching to a 3/16 ounce Spotsticker stand up Football Head rigged with a Green Pumpkin or Watermelon Seed ZOOM swamp crawler. This rig should be on everyones deck for the entire month of June. Last year we had a fantastic shallow bite up on the reef poles with the jighead and things are lining up for that to happen again this year.
A white Superfluke fished weightless is also doing very well on the reef poles. I am rigging mine on a 3/0 worm hook and 12 pound fluorocarbon line. Using a very slow twitching motion as I work the bait out over the rock. I had one customer get a 5 pound spotted bass today on the fluke. Monster fish....
As we roll into June, there will be some fish start to gather up on the main lake brush as usual. Top water baits such as a Chug Bug, Vixen and Sammy are your tools of choice for this. Make sure you have some kind of swimbait or under-spin rigged for fishing the deeper fish on the brush. This bite has been going on for over 15 years and it wont change this year. As we roll into late June, the drop shot will be coming on as will the live bait bite.
Good luck to everyone out there.
Ryan Coleman
A lot of the spotted bass have finished the spawn but there are still some big main lake fish that are yet to spawn. We always get a decent late spawn in May and early June and this year will be no exception. The big main lake fish are usually the last to go. I am starting to see some very big fish pull up on shallow rock on the lower end of the lake and start to spawn.
I have been having some great days out on Lanier fishing main lake reef poles and shallow rock. There are a few fish out on brush but the main group of fish are up shallow. I have been absolutely killing the big spots on windy days fishing off shore rock reef poles with a painted blade white Mini-Me spinnerbait. The wind is positioning the fish in 3-8 feet of water around these rocky areas and they will kill a white bladed spinnerbait. Make sure you have a trailer hook rigged on your spinnerbait. Never throw a blade in open water on Lanier without a trailer hook. I use a 2/0 most of the time but you will catch half your fish on the trailer hook alone
When the wind dies, I am switching to a 3/16 ounce Spotsticker stand up Football Head rigged with a Green Pumpkin or Watermelon Seed ZOOM swamp crawler. This rig should be on everyones deck for the entire month of June. Last year we had a fantastic shallow bite up on the reef poles with the jighead and things are lining up for that to happen again this year.
A white Superfluke fished weightless is also doing very well on the reef poles. I am rigging mine on a 3/0 worm hook and 12 pound fluorocarbon line. Using a very slow twitching motion as I work the bait out over the rock. I had one customer get a 5 pound spotted bass today on the fluke. Monster fish....
As we roll into June, there will be some fish start to gather up on the main lake brush as usual. Top water baits such as a Chug Bug, Vixen and Sammy are your tools of choice for this. Make sure you have some kind of swimbait or under-spin rigged for fishing the deeper fish on the brush. This bite has been going on for over 15 years and it wont change this year. As we roll into late June, the drop shot will be coming on as will the live bait bite.
Good luck to everyone out there.
Ryan Coleman
I was told not to get the white blades and go with silver...gonna have to go kick somebody.
