Pauley
Senior Member
Got on the water yesterday a little after 11 and fished until 5:30ish. The bite was awesome and making a few adjustments paid off in finding some bigger fish.
Started fishing where I have been focusing in a couple creeks. Points and humps in around 20' with brush. Was catching fish at each stop, but not much size so decided to start moving out a little deeper. I hit brush a little deeper 28'-30' on the main lake and mouths of creeks and caught at least one at every stop, good ones too.
Each brush pile got the same treatment: few fan casts with a bleeding shad chug bug, (no love on swimbait or FHS so eliminated that early), Spotsticker casting jig in green craw around and in the brush, and DS wackem LJ's obsession and passion.
Caught most fish on top and with jig, but a few good ones on DS. The striper pictured was caught on top and had a school of MONSTER spots with it. I was trying to not let the striper hook up to catch one of the spots, but no luck. Didn't keep exact count but boated 25+ fish with at least a dozen good solid fish.
The new clothing experiment is working well. Actually is cooler with sleeves, buff, and pants. Also not exhausted from being baked all day long.
One of my best days on Lanier and hope I can keep it up!
Started fishing where I have been focusing in a couple creeks. Points and humps in around 20' with brush. Was catching fish at each stop, but not much size so decided to start moving out a little deeper. I hit brush a little deeper 28'-30' on the main lake and mouths of creeks and caught at least one at every stop, good ones too.
Each brush pile got the same treatment: few fan casts with a bleeding shad chug bug, (no love on swimbait or FHS so eliminated that early), Spotsticker casting jig in green craw around and in the brush, and DS wackem LJ's obsession and passion.
Caught most fish on top and with jig, but a few good ones on DS. The striper pictured was caught on top and had a school of MONSTER spots with it. I was trying to not let the striper hook up to catch one of the spots, but no luck. Didn't keep exact count but boated 25+ fish with at least a dozen good solid fish.
The new clothing experiment is working well. Actually is cooler with sleeves, buff, and pants. Also not exhausted from being baked all day long.
One of my best days on Lanier and hope I can keep it up!