10 LAKESIDE
June 2021
Lake Lanier Fishing Report
A sampling of fishing information and tips from area experts Level: Lake is full Clarity: Main lake clear, creeks stained Temperature: 70s
Plopper, Chug Bug or Pencil Popper. It seems that chrome is working better on bright sunny days and bone or white is working betBass Fishing ter on cloudy days. When you Bass fishing on Lanier is chal- move away from the brush a Carlenging right now. The combina- olina Rig worked on 20-foot deep tion of the weather changes and humps will draw some strikes. A the bass being in post spawn have small green pumpkin lizard has created a fishing situation that been a very steady bait to use. takes some patience and work. When you are looking at dock While it may be difficult for fishing work the docks that are 15 some there are some good bags of feet deep or less with a shakey fish being coming in. The top head. Right now you need to start water bite has slowed a few the day with an open mind and weeks ago but should be increas- work through the various patterns ing quickly with the warmer to see what they want that day. weather that we have coming up. Lanier bass can change their mind As the temperature finally goes hour to hour so be flexible. They above 70 and the bass recovering are out there to catch but you may from spawn this bite should exhave to work a little Go Catch plode. ‘Em! Work a walking bait such as a This bass report is from Phil Spook or Sammy on long points, Johnson: pjohnson15@hotmail. reef poles and 15- to 25-foot deep com, 770 366 8845. brush. If the fish don’t want to come to the surface work a Sebile Crappie Fishing or Kitech over the same areas. Crappie fishing is good. Water Move up on the brush and utilize temperatures are in the low 70s. a drop shot to catch bass. On days The hot bite target zone is 10-15 that have wind work with a noise foot deep. The crappie are on the bait such as a small Whopper docks and also can be found on
open water brush piles and blow downs. I always put out a crappie minnow. If you have live scope or active imaging set the minnows just above the fish. Right now I am setting the minnows around 10 to 12 feet deep. For best results use a live minnow. Look under docks that are in 20 to 40 feet of water near a main channel and have brush or structure use your electronic charts to locate these areas. Remember crappie love the shade so cast into the shadows of a dock. Try different Jigs colors
and jig styles jigs can be used for short casting, vertical jigging, trolling or dock shooting. When dock shooting the biggest fish are usually the first to hit. Let your jig sink and give it time to get down to the fish and retrieve your jig slowly. The most productive jig colors are chartreuse and green (blue grass) and the White with chartreuse tail (monkey milk). Recently I was 50 percent minnows and 50 percent jigs. I’m using ATX lure company’s plastics that can be purchased locally at Sher-
ries Bait and BBQ or the Dam Store. I use the K9 5 pound test high visibility yellow braid for my line (unless I am using a bobber) and a Piscifun reel on an Acc crappie Stix. I use Garmin Live Scope and the Navionics Boating app. This crappie report was filed by Captain Josh Thornton, 770530-6493.
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