Scout'nStripers
Senior Member
I'd say today was the best day I've ever had on Lanier for topwater. I've had days with lots of numbers but not too many big fish. Today the big guys were out and eating. I think the north wind helped by providing a little chop on the surface. Last week the winds were calm for most of the week and it was hard to fool the bigger bass with the glassed over surface. Today the light chop had them fooled. I caught so many stripers I lost count and the same with the bass. I culled a good # of bass this morning. The stripers put on a show very early and the by mid morning the bigger bass showed up on the points. I didn't have to sight fish for most of the bass, I caught the majority by just making long blind casts, waking, rattling and walking the bait back to the boat on points.
Originally, my plan was to target larger surfacing bass but I ran across some stripers early and worked them over pretty good, with the highlight being one nice striper very close to 20lbs. I got just a little bite of video of him with my remaining battery power.
All in all it was a great morning with a light north breeze and some lower humidity. Surface temps were around 77 when I left them biting a 11am. Here's a video of a few of the fish and some blow-ups. Most of my bass were caught later in the morning so I didn't get much video of the bass till I recharged and videoed the released at the dock. Some of the big bass blow-ups were incredible this morning.
Originally, my plan was to target larger surfacing bass but I ran across some stripers early and worked them over pretty good, with the highlight being one nice striper very close to 20lbs. I got just a little bite of video of him with my remaining battery power.
All in all it was a great morning with a light north breeze and some lower humidity. Surface temps were around 77 when I left them biting a 11am. Here's a video of a few of the fish and some blow-ups. Most of my bass were caught later in the morning so I didn't get much video of the bass till I recharged and videoed the released at the dock. Some of the big bass blow-ups were incredible this morning.