LAKE LANIER AUG 2008

106 Hickory Ridge

Cumming Georgia 30040

770 889 2654

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August 22, 2008

LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 17.4 FEET, AND LAKE IS STAINED AND THE CREEKS AND THE RIVERS ARE STAINED & 82 DEGREES.

SPECIAL NOTICE: BE VERY CAREFUL RUNNING LAKE LANIER AS WATER LEVELS FALL. THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT HAVE TREE TRUNKS, STUMPS AND ROCKS JUST BELOW THE WATER LEVEL.

Black bass fishing is barely fair during the day mid lake and up. The lake is still dropping and you need to be very careful even up in the rivers due to low water. The water up lake is cooling some and this will get some fish shallow. Early top water action has been fair up the rivers. At daylight, the bass head to the shallows and are feeding on small thread fin shad. This shallow action will last until the sun makes it way onto the water. Start the day with an all white buzz baits, cast all white, spinner baits and small ¼ ounce chrome Rat L Traps. The shad Devils Horse top water lure right on the banks as well as white Lunker Lure buzz baits are drawing strikes from bass. The fish are shallow at and before daylight and it’s best to be on the water as early each morning this week as possible. These bass are after recently hatched small shad and small sunfish right on banks both up and down lake. Use Zoom u tail worms in June bug and gourd green on a Texas rig on the bank cover. Keep baits in the structure as long as possible. The bone and parrot Deep Wee R cranks baits in the rivers and creeks are good choices and again cast these lures right on the bank. All lures should be worked in a stop and go technique and move around often. A green Zoom trick worm with a # 2/0 Mustad wide gap hook on a spinning reel will get the fish out from under docks. Skip this bait as far into cover and into docks.

Spotted bass fishing is fair and the fish are up shallow and are feeding on small baits just hatched. The scattered fish are coming up on top on long points and the main lake humps and if there is brush there. The drop shot seems to be the best way to get strikes. If fish pop up use small top water baits like the small Spittin mage in the shad pattern. Small Shad Raps and the all white ½ ounce spinner bait though and around these deep water locations because these fish will have to bite sooner or later. Small craws and small worms will work on Spot Sticker Heads. Small crappie minnows or spot tails on a drop shot rig will get some bites but you have to almost sit dead still to get them to bite. You must fish straight down and keep your line tight. Use a small Mosquito hook, light 6 pound test and work the baits keeping the line tight at all times.

This report is from Captain Chuck Biggers at Southern Striper Fishing Guide Service 404 405 8280, www.southernstripers.com

Striper fishing has been good and there have been some 20 fish days. We have been catching some really nice fish this week. In one trip we got 3 fish over 20 pounds. We are finding the fish over 60 to 80 foot bottoms. If you have a GPS with a map, look for the fish in the flat spots close to the channel. We have found lots of fish in the underwater valleys leading to the creek and river channels. Down line herring just over the fish and keep fresh baits. Look for fish at 30 or 40 feet but these fish may or may not bite. Try dropping your bait to 60 feet or more if the trees will allow. And most of the deep fish have been big ones. The trolling bite is still working well. Use down riggers to troll until we find a school or large group and the mark a way point. Be quick and pull up the down riggers go back and drop bait on them. I'll be happy to teach you what we know. Give me a call and book a trip. Check out my new website at southerstripers.com.

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We have these BASS FISHING books for sale: “BASS FISHING LAKE ALLATOONA” “BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE”, “BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL”, “BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE” and “BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL”. These books are written exclusively for bass and each book covers every week of the year. Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample of any book, send us an e mail to kensturdivant@earthlink.net. Our mailing address is: Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia 30040.

We have 3 books that cover ALL SPECIES in these lakes, “52 WEEKS ON LAKE ALLATOONA, “52 WEEKS ON LAKE LANIER”, and “52 WEEKS ON WEST POINT LAKE” on sale. Each book is $23.95. Our mailing address is: Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia 30040.

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