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Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Spring is finally here

Thursday, 25 March 2010 10:29

Lake Lanier Fishing Report Shane Watson Guide Service Report (03-25-10).

Warmer days and nights have got the trees and flowers blooming around Lake Lanier. The surface temps are also rising and both stripers and spots are continuing to move up shallow.

Over the last week, our boats have had quite a few 20 to 30 catch and release striper trips. We've also had a day or two, when they have not bit as well. That's just the nature of spring time fishing with it's ever changing weather. Freelined bluebacks and Spro McSticks continue to produce the most fish.

Look in the middle to the rear of creeks and keep casting your lures to the bank while freelining. These Spro McSticks are working very well if you are on the fish. Keep dragging your freelines, make long casts, and you will come across some. We have gotten many calls and e-mails about how to fish this lure.

Our best success has been, to cast it as close to the bank as possible. Most days a medium to fast retreive has worked best on the stripers. Some days, a medium to fast retrieve with a short pause has worked well. Honestly, if you are on decent numbers of active fish, you can't do anything wrong with this lure.

This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service at LakeLanierStripers.com and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.

Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Jerk Baits for Big Stripers

Thursday, 18 March 2010 15:15

Shane Watson Guide Service Report (03-17-10). The stripers have been on fire the last couple of days. Our boats have caught stripers up to 30 pounds this week on Spro McStick Jerk Baits in spooky shad pattern and on freelined bluebacks.

Fish points in the middle to the rear of just about any creek. The north and southend are equal right now.

The water temps that I saw today were 50-53 degrees.

The store is getting in a shipment of the spooky shad McSticks in the morning.

This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.

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Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Surfacing Stripers

Friday, 26 February 2010 15:45

Lake Lanier Stripers The stripers have been up boiling on the surface most every morning since my last report.

We've caught all of our fish on freelined medium shiners, white Fat Albert grubs on a leadhead, and on white bucktails with a white hyper striper tail. These fish have been boiling on the surface and sub-surface about a foot under the water. Sometimes you will see a big visible swirl, sometimes it will be a slight boil as the fish are not always making it to the top. They are feeding on small shad, that are trying to come to the surface before dieing.

Slick calm pockets in the middle to the rear of creeks are where we are seeing most of these fish. The seagulls are more of a distraction right now than anything else, as they are picking up random shad kill. You will see them everywhere picking up single baits and flying on. You want to see them pounding the water, hovering, and staying in a tight group.

This is when they have fish under them. Most of the single boiling fish that we are catching have no birds with them. The store got in a big load of medium shiners this morning and they also have all the jigs and white grubs that you will need for casting.

This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.

Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Bigger Stripers

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 14:13

Shane Watson Guide Service Report (03-09-10).

Since my last report, the surface temps have begun to rise on Lake Lanier and the bigger stripers are moving up shallow. We have been catching 15-25 pound stripers, up in 5 to 10 feet of water on big freelined bluebacks and on jigs.

We have also hooked a couple of really big fish this week for our customers, one we never stopped and one that pulled out about 150 yards of line, got up under a dock and we could not get it out of a Christmas tree. I could see this fish well and it was at least 40 pounds. We tried to pull up the tree and get the fish, but it broke off and swam away. It always amazes me how far a 40 pound plus fish can run.

There are fish in the rear of most creeks with stained water and up both rivers. Over the next 6 weeks or so, more and more big stripers will be moving up shallow.

This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service www.lakelanierstripers.com and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.

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Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Miami Boat Show

Friday, 19 February 2010 14:38

Shane Watson Guide Service Report (02-17-10).

Dwayne and I spent most of the last week in Miami for my boat sponsor Carolina Skiff - Sea Chaser.

The weather was warm and the boat show was crowded. It was nice once again, to see warm weather and a thriving economy.

While we were gone, I had boats out on guide trips and they said everything was about the same. Freelined medium shiners, shad body u-rigs, and casting bucktails are your best producers.

There are stripers in the backs to the middle of most creeks and in the backs of pockets. Look for the birds diving and keep moving. The north and south end are about equal right now.

This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.

Lake Lanier Fishing Report