StriperrHunterr
Senior Member
And a note on locations. You'll notice my GPS coordinates are blocked out. That's not because I believe in "holes" but because other people do, so much so that they'll chase numbers without looking at the patterns.
If you want to catch summer striper in Lanier, look for humps and points that come up out of deep water. I set my depth highlight during the summer to be 40ft +/-10ft, because that gets you the bottom edge of the thermocline, typically 27-30 feet, and the real productive parts of the deeper hump, 40-50. That's not to say that you can't catch them deeper, or shallower, but just where your highest chances are.
Even last night with water at 85 degrees I had one chase the spoon all the way to 7 feet and flash away on it. With water that warm they shouldn't be coming that shallow, and yet they are.
If you can find a chain of humps, that's even better. Work the windy side if there is wind, and drift over the hump to the other side. If you can use the wind to push you down the chain that's the best. It will allow you to drop the trolling motor controls and focus on the fishing.
As many fish as I mark, I'm still about 50/50 for seeing the fish that I catch. Meaning that around half of them never showed on the graph when I hooked up. Now, when I'm fighting and they're under the boat I will see the whole school light up the graph so thick that the unit will read them as bottom and change 40FOW to 15, for example, as they stay under. The same happens with big bait clouds that are all over the place right now.
The striper are returning to their summer haunts, so they can be found pretty much anywhere on the lake right now, just look for the structure that I just talked about and scout it out. I don't usually drop on one fish, but if I see 3-5 I'll make a pass on them. Usually there are more around.
I hope these answers help, if you have other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
If you want to catch summer striper in Lanier, look for humps and points that come up out of deep water. I set my depth highlight during the summer to be 40ft +/-10ft, because that gets you the bottom edge of the thermocline, typically 27-30 feet, and the real productive parts of the deeper hump, 40-50. That's not to say that you can't catch them deeper, or shallower, but just where your highest chances are.
Even last night with water at 85 degrees I had one chase the spoon all the way to 7 feet and flash away on it. With water that warm they shouldn't be coming that shallow, and yet they are.
If you can find a chain of humps, that's even better. Work the windy side if there is wind, and drift over the hump to the other side. If you can use the wind to push you down the chain that's the best. It will allow you to drop the trolling motor controls and focus on the fishing.
As many fish as I mark, I'm still about 50/50 for seeing the fish that I catch. Meaning that around half of them never showed on the graph when I hooked up. Now, when I'm fighting and they're under the boat I will see the whole school light up the graph so thick that the unit will read them as bottom and change 40FOW to 15, for example, as they stay under. The same happens with big bait clouds that are all over the place right now.
The striper are returning to their summer haunts, so they can be found pretty much anywhere on the lake right now, just look for the structure that I just talked about and scout it out. I don't usually drop on one fish, but if I see 3-5 I'll make a pass on them. Usually there are more around.
I hope these answers help, if you have other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.