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· Lanier Bass
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· Electric Bassin’
http://forum.gon.com/threads/electri...hedule.927846/
· Bassin’ Reruns
Here are a couple of good reports from last week. Since we skipped a week on the WRD statewide blog, I’ve added them now so they will make it onto that Big Page: https://georgiawildlife.blog/category/fishing/
o Our Bassin’ Biologist
Fall is when Bass put on the "feed bag" for winter. This presents excellent opportunities for anglers on north Georgia's lakes. Look for these hungry fish on woody structure adjacent to deeper water. Top-water plugs such as the Zara-Spook and soft plastics such as the Zoom 'Ol Monster are quintessential for catching a big fish this fall. Here’s my 6 pound, 12 oz Largemouth and an even bigger brother caught on Georgia Power reservoirs, in Rabun County, last weekend while using a big, Texas-rigged plastic worm.
https://www.georgiapower.com/communi...gia-lakes.html
https://georgiawildlife.com/fishing-prospects
Zachary S. Moran
Fisheries Biologist
Wildlife Resources Division
(706) 947-1503
o Stocking More Smallies
How about a little “Sport Fish Restoration” in action?
https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpage...ms/sfr/sfr.htm
Here’s the most recent report from one of our great suppliers:
The Go Fish Education Center hatchery harvested 2 smallmouth bass ponds this past week. A total of 7,154 fish were stocked into Lake Blue Ridge. Their average length was almost 5.5” and in total, they weighed 343 pounds. These are new production records for smallmouth bass at Go Fish. Watch this video of excited smallies, leaping for joy when they learned the news about their upcoming road trip!
https://www.facebook.com/GoFishEduca...type=3&theater
-Tamatha Beckham, manager, GAWRD Go Fish Center
o Where are the fish?
Here’s a really nice article by Capt. Cefus, who took a ride on our special boat with the most effective bait in the world, electricity!
See page 33 in here: https://coastalanglermag.com/e-magazine/atlanta/
Also, biologist Hunter Roop’s most recent Lanier profile (attached) should indicate that stripers have moved up in the water column, where they are tolerating hot water to find some oxygen. Most of them are in a very thin layer of the coolest water with adequate oxygen. Watch the lake reports from Ken S and combine them with Hunter’s DO profile to aim your striper baits and lures at the best depth.
· Ken’s Reservoir Reports
The Southern Fishing Report
106 Hickory Ridge
www.southernfishing.com
770 889 2654
Cumming, Georgia 30040
OCTOBER 12, 2018
LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 1.08 FEET, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 70’S DEGREES.
This report brought to you by: Jimbo Mathley Jimbo on Lanier www.jimboonlanier.com
Give me a call and lets fish! 770 542 7764
The lake is in good shape from top to bottom right now. The water looks good! Above Brown’s Bridge the water is slightly stained in the creeks, but fairly clear in the main river channel up to the Gainesville Bridge. The recent weather changes have been fantastic for the fishing. The fish are really in their fall patterns now and we have enjoyed some great results in the last couple of weeks. The top water and swimbait bite has been strong of late for both spots and now some stripers. Traditional humps and points with brush in the 20 foot range have been a good option for this approach. When the wind is up, we have also found fish fairly shallow on windblown rocky points on the main lake as well as in the mouths of the creeks. Walking baits, Whopper Ploppers, and a Sebile have been our best options overall, which is no surprise. That's about all I'm going to have on my deck for the next month. Add the jerk bait and a SuperSpin as soon as the water cools some more. And maybe a crankbait for the early morning rock bite that will strengthen as the cooler weather arrives as well. Overall though, I'm really looking forward to power fishing for a while. We are really seeing lots of bait starting to move back into the mouths of the creeks recently, and a lot of schooling going on both in the main channel as well as in the mouths of the creeks. October, November, December are some of my favorite months on the lake I hope you will make plans to come join me. Come enjoy some fantastic fall fishing. Here are my open dates for October: 18(PM), 19, 25(PM), 29(PM), 30, 31(PM). I am also booking dates for November. Lots of great fishing ahead of us in the coming months, both morning and afternoon! Give me a call and let’s fish.
This Lake Lanier Striper report is from Big Fish on Guide Service. To book your trip call Captain Ken at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com
Striper fishing is good. It looks like summer is over and fall temperatures have arrived. It is time to get out your planner boards and top water baits out and put away your Lead Core rods. Look for the Stripers to break out of their summertime pattern and start feeding aggressively on the shallow bait you have been seeing all over the Lake. You have spent the last several months with your head down looking at your electronics for fish. How is the time to lift your head up keeping your eyes on the water looking for surface activity? You should carry several spinning rods with the basic top water baits tied on including Chug Bugs, Red Fins and Spooks and a 1/2 ounce buck tail jig with a small fluke. Focus on reef markers and long sloping points with your top water baits and live bait. Vary the free line distance for your planner boards and the boat from 20 feet to 100 feet. Use split shots to weight some of your free lines. The umbrella rigs will work when pulled shallow over points and reef markers. The stripers will also start to move north and from the mouth of the creeks to the middle of the creeks. We have been fishing the south end of the Lake but the fish will be on the move this week and can be anywhere. Fish the areas where you find a large concentration of bait fish. The water temperature is in the high to mid 70’s. The water is lightly stained in the creeks and clear on the main lake. The lake is 1.3 feet below full pool. To book your guide trip call us at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com
This Lake Lanier Crappie fishing report is from Dan Saknini, member of the Lanier Crappie Angler’s Club. See our club’s website, www.laniercrappieanglers.net
Water temperature is hovering around 80 degrees, a little cooler in the morning. I suspect that the backs of the creeks are moderately to heavily stained with around 4” of rainfall this week. Except for this past Monday, the combination of rain and wind kept most anglers off the lake. The ones who fished on Monday, did well targeting deeper docks with structure below or nearby. Also, submerged brush piles have plenty of fish on them. Having said that, put your electronics to use side scan and downscan can be very helpful this time of year. If I’m fishing a dock, the Bobby Garland soft body grub seems to be working well. When fishing brush piles, you might get more action using a hair jig. There is good weather ahead of us, with cooler temps which will lower the water temperature and increase the bite even more. There is almost certainly a great deal of debris in the water, so be vigilant, and be careful. Be safe on the water. Wear your life jacket, it can save your life.
LAKE ALLATOONA IS DOWN 4.39 FEET, 70S, CLEAR
This Bass Fishing report is from Captain Todd Wynn
Bass fishing continues to be good on Lake Allatoona with great fishing in sight. With the weather starting to change and the water temperature dropping, the pattern is starting to change towards winter. The mane lake points are producing fish on crank baits, jerk baits and spinner baits. The wind blown points have been the most successful because the bait stacks up on these points, which intern draws in the spotted bass. Also, look for bass still in deep water. Look for trees or boulders in 20 to 30 feet of water. The best techniques for these fish are either drop shot or Shaky head.
o http://forum.gon.com/threads/monday-...w-pics.927745/
o http://forum.gon.com/threads/lanier-...ng-but.927860/
· Electric Bassin’
http://forum.gon.com/threads/electri...hedule.927846/
· Bassin’ Reruns
Here are a couple of good reports from last week. Since we skipped a week on the WRD statewide blog, I’ve added them now so they will make it onto that Big Page: https://georgiawildlife.blog/category/fishing/
o Our Bassin’ Biologist
Fall is when Bass put on the "feed bag" for winter. This presents excellent opportunities for anglers on north Georgia's lakes. Look for these hungry fish on woody structure adjacent to deeper water. Top-water plugs such as the Zara-Spook and soft plastics such as the Zoom 'Ol Monster are quintessential for catching a big fish this fall. Here’s my 6 pound, 12 oz Largemouth and an even bigger brother caught on Georgia Power reservoirs, in Rabun County, last weekend while using a big, Texas-rigged plastic worm.
https://www.georgiapower.com/communi...gia-lakes.html
https://georgiawildlife.com/fishing-prospects
Zachary S. Moran
Fisheries Biologist
Wildlife Resources Division
(706) 947-1503
o Stocking More Smallies
How about a little “Sport Fish Restoration” in action?
https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpage...ms/sfr/sfr.htm
Here’s the most recent report from one of our great suppliers:
The Go Fish Education Center hatchery harvested 2 smallmouth bass ponds this past week. A total of 7,154 fish were stocked into Lake Blue Ridge. Their average length was almost 5.5” and in total, they weighed 343 pounds. These are new production records for smallmouth bass at Go Fish. Watch this video of excited smallies, leaping for joy when they learned the news about their upcoming road trip!
https://www.facebook.com/GoFishEduca...type=3&theater
-Tamatha Beckham, manager, GAWRD Go Fish Center
o Where are the fish?
Here’s a really nice article by Capt. Cefus, who took a ride on our special boat with the most effective bait in the world, electricity!
See page 33 in here: https://coastalanglermag.com/e-magazine/atlanta/
Also, biologist Hunter Roop’s most recent Lanier profile (attached) should indicate that stripers have moved up in the water column, where they are tolerating hot water to find some oxygen. Most of them are in a very thin layer of the coolest water with adequate oxygen. Watch the lake reports from Ken S and combine them with Hunter’s DO profile to aim your striper baits and lures at the best depth.
· Ken’s Reservoir Reports
The Southern Fishing Report
106 Hickory Ridge
www.southernfishing.com
770 889 2654
Cumming, Georgia 30040
OCTOBER 12, 2018
LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 1.08 FEET, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 70’S DEGREES.
This report brought to you by: Jimbo Mathley Jimbo on Lanier www.jimboonlanier.com
Give me a call and lets fish! 770 542 7764
The lake is in good shape from top to bottom right now. The water looks good! Above Brown’s Bridge the water is slightly stained in the creeks, but fairly clear in the main river channel up to the Gainesville Bridge. The recent weather changes have been fantastic for the fishing. The fish are really in their fall patterns now and we have enjoyed some great results in the last couple of weeks. The top water and swimbait bite has been strong of late for both spots and now some stripers. Traditional humps and points with brush in the 20 foot range have been a good option for this approach. When the wind is up, we have also found fish fairly shallow on windblown rocky points on the main lake as well as in the mouths of the creeks. Walking baits, Whopper Ploppers, and a Sebile have been our best options overall, which is no surprise. That's about all I'm going to have on my deck for the next month. Add the jerk bait and a SuperSpin as soon as the water cools some more. And maybe a crankbait for the early morning rock bite that will strengthen as the cooler weather arrives as well. Overall though, I'm really looking forward to power fishing for a while. We are really seeing lots of bait starting to move back into the mouths of the creeks recently, and a lot of schooling going on both in the main channel as well as in the mouths of the creeks. October, November, December are some of my favorite months on the lake I hope you will make plans to come join me. Come enjoy some fantastic fall fishing. Here are my open dates for October: 18(PM), 19, 25(PM), 29(PM), 30, 31(PM). I am also booking dates for November. Lots of great fishing ahead of us in the coming months, both morning and afternoon! Give me a call and let’s fish.
This Lake Lanier Striper report is from Big Fish on Guide Service. To book your trip call Captain Ken at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com
Striper fishing is good. It looks like summer is over and fall temperatures have arrived. It is time to get out your planner boards and top water baits out and put away your Lead Core rods. Look for the Stripers to break out of their summertime pattern and start feeding aggressively on the shallow bait you have been seeing all over the Lake. You have spent the last several months with your head down looking at your electronics for fish. How is the time to lift your head up keeping your eyes on the water looking for surface activity? You should carry several spinning rods with the basic top water baits tied on including Chug Bugs, Red Fins and Spooks and a 1/2 ounce buck tail jig with a small fluke. Focus on reef markers and long sloping points with your top water baits and live bait. Vary the free line distance for your planner boards and the boat from 20 feet to 100 feet. Use split shots to weight some of your free lines. The umbrella rigs will work when pulled shallow over points and reef markers. The stripers will also start to move north and from the mouth of the creeks to the middle of the creeks. We have been fishing the south end of the Lake but the fish will be on the move this week and can be anywhere. Fish the areas where you find a large concentration of bait fish. The water temperature is in the high to mid 70’s. The water is lightly stained in the creeks and clear on the main lake. The lake is 1.3 feet below full pool. To book your guide trip call us at 404 561 2564 or contact us on our web site. www.bigfishonguide.com
This Lake Lanier Crappie fishing report is from Dan Saknini, member of the Lanier Crappie Angler’s Club. See our club’s website, www.laniercrappieanglers.net
Water temperature is hovering around 80 degrees, a little cooler in the morning. I suspect that the backs of the creeks are moderately to heavily stained with around 4” of rainfall this week. Except for this past Monday, the combination of rain and wind kept most anglers off the lake. The ones who fished on Monday, did well targeting deeper docks with structure below or nearby. Also, submerged brush piles have plenty of fish on them. Having said that, put your electronics to use side scan and downscan can be very helpful this time of year. If I’m fishing a dock, the Bobby Garland soft body grub seems to be working well. When fishing brush piles, you might get more action using a hair jig. There is good weather ahead of us, with cooler temps which will lower the water temperature and increase the bite even more. There is almost certainly a great deal of debris in the water, so be vigilant, and be careful. Be safe on the water. Wear your life jacket, it can save your life.
LAKE ALLATOONA IS DOWN 4.39 FEET, 70S, CLEAR
This Bass Fishing report is from Captain Todd Wynn
Bass fishing continues to be good on Lake Allatoona with great fishing in sight. With the weather starting to change and the water temperature dropping, the pattern is starting to change towards winter. The mane lake points are producing fish on crank baits, jerk baits and spinner baits. The wind blown points have been the most successful because the bait stacks up on these points, which intern draws in the spotted bass. Also, look for bass still in deep water. Look for trees or boulders in 20 to 30 feet of water. The best techniques for these fish are either drop shot or Shaky head.
