10 LAKESIDE
March 2021
Lake Lanier Fishing Report
A sampling of fishing information and tips from area experts Lake level: Down 1.09 feet Clarity: Main lake clear, creeks stained Temperature: 40s Bass fishing is still tough but warm weather is on the way. Look for the better fish on deep points, main lake humps, and ditches of the last deep water going up into coves. Areas where there are brush piles and bait in about 25 to 40 feet of water are best. Try jigging with a small spoon or blade style bait with a small profile and a slow flutter. The points in Shady Grove Park and main lake marker #7 have been holding spots all day. Get out to 30 feet on any location before looking for the fish. Many fish are dead on the bottom and a spoon or a Shakey Head dropped to them will get them up off the bottom. Use a small Flex It and Silver Buddy Cicada type bait in the ¼ and 1/2 ounce sizes. Use white or silver color on sunny days and gold or solid white on a cloudy day. On sunny days, some fish are being taken on deep rocky banks out of the wind on suspended jerk baits. Use Strom Suspend style baits in silver and blue or an orange and copper color; or a Zoom finesse worm rigged on a
3/16 ounce round plain jig head. Use green pumpkin and natural blue colors. Spots will get moving soon and look to any area that will warm the quickest. Pick sun baked early morning pockets like the ones in the mouth of any down lake creek. Sand and rock areas out of the wind with stagnant water that has no wind blowing into it are the better areas. In the back of Shoal Creek right across from the ramp are a set of points and banks that warm during the afternoon. Try a 1/8 ounce plain lead head and half a live night crawler on a spinning reel and 8 pound test Sufix Elite line on points and deep double wide docks in the middle of the creeks. This report was filed by guide Phil Johnson: Pjohnson15@hotmail.com or 770 366-8845. Crappie fishing is good. The hot bite target zone is 12 to 15 feet deep. The crappie are getting fat. They are on the docks and when you find them they are loaded. The bite still is super soft. Keep your pole in your hands and feel for the slightest bump. Look under docks that are in 20 to 40 feet of water and have brush or structures. Crappie love the shade
slip bobber. Use jigs for short casting, vertical jigging or dock shooting.
so cast into the shadows of a dock. Try down lining crappie minnows with a sinker or set up a
This Lake Lanier Crappie report is from Captain Josh Thornton: 770 530 6493.
Fishing line contest could net big bucks Winter is annual maintenance time for many anglers, and respooling with new line and recycling the old is a common task. Ever thought about what happens once you dispose of the old line in a fishing line recycling tube? It’s not pretty. Turning fishing line into new products is labor-intensive, requiring workers to manually comb through, sort, clean, remove hooks and weights, and separate out miles of encrusted debris in entangled fishing line. So as you pile up a few reels of line to be recycled this winter, the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is asking for ideas on increasing the volume of line recycled. Teaming up with fishing tackle company Berkley, the BoatUS Foundation’s Recast & Recycle Contest seeks out new ideas and improvements to the process, new ideas for recycled products, or technology breakthroughs for the current process. Entry is simple –
CREDIT BOAT/US
Recast Line Recycling tube.
all you have to do is send a short video or one-page summary explaining your idea. A total of $30,000 in prize money is at stake for the three best ideas submitted through May 14, 2021. “It’s great that anglers recycle,” said BoatUS Foundation Director of Outreach Alanna Keating. “Now we need to ask for help with scaling up recycling with a greater volume of line, whether it’s a time- and labor-sav-
ing process improvement or creating a new market to fully sustain recycling efforts.” Judges will add weight to contest submissions that actually work, are practical, innovative, and have the potential to have a significant impact. First-place prize is $15,000, second place $10,000, and $5,000 will be awarded for third place. Contest submissions can address any part of the process (or multiple parts) of taking discarded fishing line and soft plastics from end of life to a new beginning. Professionals, amateurs and students alike are encouraged to apply, as are school teams and groups. Contest entries can be submitted with as little as a link to a video demonstration of the idea or a one-page graphic summary. Videos are limited to four minutes. Contest rules and details can be found at the Recast & Recycle website: www.boatus.org/contest.
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