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| Sunday, 23 May 2010 22:02 |  Shane Watson Guide Service Report (5-21-10).
The striper fishing has been very good this week on Lake Lanier. Our boats have done well on downlined bluebacks fished 20 to 25 feet deep over a 35 to 70 foot bottom on points. We have also done well on Capt. Mack's u-rigs fished from 60 to 80 feet behind the boat on the 4 arm rig and 120 to 130 feet out on the 3 arm rig. The north end has been better this week for numbers. The fish on the south end have been a little bigger this week on average. We have done ok on a freeline and on a Redfin for the first hour most mornings, but switched over to downlines and trolling after the sun gets up. Overall, the striper fishing has been very good this week on Lake Lanier. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service, Hammond's Fishing Center, and Carolina Skiff Boats. Good Fishing. |
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| Tuesday, 11 May 2010 17:53 |  Not much has changed since my last report. Our boats have been out on trips everyday both north and south and the fishing has been very good overall. Mid-lake and south we are seeing some schools of busting stripers early and freelined bluebacks, Redfins, Spro Dawgs, and Spooks are all working.
There are also fish up shallow on reef poles and points early each day. After the sun gets overhead, we have done well on downlined bluebacks fished 20 feet deep over a 25 to 30 foot bottom on and just off secondary, slick bottom points. Up north the water is warmer and your numbers of school size fish will be better, if you start downlining on points at daylight. There are a few big fish up both rivers and freelined gizzard shad will work best up there. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com, Hammond's Fishing Center, and Carolina Skiff Boats. Good Fishing. |
| Friday, 30 April 2010 16:42 | Shane Watson Guide Service Report (04-30-10). We've had boats out on guide trips everyday and many things are working on Lake Lanier. The topwater bite has been very good this week on bone Redfins and on the Spro BBZ-1. Freelined bluebacks have also worked well this week. On my boat, we have also done very well on downlined bluebacks fished 20-25 feet deep over a 25-40 foot bottom, on and just off points and humps. Most of these downline fish have been 5 to 15 pounds, but the action has been great. Some of our boats have also done well on freelined gizzard shad both up north and down south. I have fished mid-lake and south everyday and caught stripers in every creek that we have went in. They are really bunching well in places. Several of you have asked for me to show a photo and give my opinion on the new Lowrance Elite 5 graph and Elite GPS. I was able to take a quick photo while were catching downline fish. It has 4,000 watts of power and works very well. It works like the pre HD units, but with an improved screen and easier features than the old models. I like it because, like the old LCX units, once you set it, it requires no adjustment other than adjusting your manual depth scale if you wish. I use a stand alone Elite 5 fishfinder and a stand alone Elite 5 GPS. The gps also works very well. It updates quickly and is easy to use. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com , Hammond's Fishing Center, and Carolina Skiff Boats. Good Fishing. 
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| | Friday, 23 April 2010 21:16 | Shane Watson Guide Service Report (04-20-10). The last couple of days, the topwater bite has been strong on Lake Lanier. It is so great to see big stripers and spots blowing up on a surface lure and on a freeline. I spent most of last week rigging my new Sea Chaser boat and got back on the water on Friday. We spent a couple of days out over the main channel freelining and caught some nice fish, but there just wasn't enough out there yet. The last 2 days, we found stripers up in 2 to 8 feet of water and caught them well on Bone Redfins, Spro BBZ-1's, and on Spro Dawgs. Fish as many points and reef poles as you can, and cast your lures up very shallow. Freelined bluebacks are also working well. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com, Hammond's Fishing Center, and Carolina Skiff Boats. Good Fishing and We Appreciate Everyone's Business. 
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| Tuesday, 30 March 2010 12:39 |  Shane Watson Guide Service Report (03-29-10)
Just a quick report. The bigger stripers were back up shallow today on Lake Lanier. The blowups on the freelines were amazing. The customers that were on my boat today, caught and released stripers up to 35 pounds on regular size Hammond's bluebacks. The fish pictured above was 35 pounds and was released to live another day. Thomas wanted me to mention that starting April 1st, Bluebacks will be 4.99 per dozen. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com, Hammond's Fishing Center, and Carolina Skiff Boats. Good Fishing. |
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