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Saturday, 09 August 2008 19:00
Water Temperature: 84
Water Clarity: 4 feet or greater
Shane Watson Guide Service, End of the Week Report (08-10-08). Last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the striper fishing was very good. Saturday was slower. Today, Sunday was very good. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday's strong east wind and scattered fish were replaced with a calm lake and strong fishing this morning. The downline bite and the leadcore bite, both were very good at mid-lake and further south, over and just off of
the main channel. All of our bigger fish were caught out over the channel and this continued most of the morning. We caught some smaller fish at the end of our trip over a 70-75 foot bottom down 60 feet, but most of our fish were caught out over the main channel. Our fish this morning ranged in size from 5-18 pounds. Overall, it was great to be out there this morning. The fishing and the weather was perfect. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. We appreciate everyone's business and hope everyone enjoyed the blueback lottery on Saturday.
Water Clarity: 4 feet or greater
Shane Watson Guide Service, End of the Week Report (08-10-08). Last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the striper fishing was very good. Saturday was slower. Today, Sunday was very good. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday's strong east wind and scattered fish were replaced with a calm lake and strong fishing this morning. The downline bite and the leadcore bite, both were very good at mid-lake and further south, over and just off of
the main channel. All of our bigger fish were caught out over the channel and this continued most of the morning. We caught some smaller fish at the end of our trip over a 70-75 foot bottom down 60 feet, but most of our fish were caught out over the main channel. Our fish this morning ranged in size from 5-18 pounds. Overall, it was great to be out there this morning. The fishing and the weather was perfect. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. We appreciate everyone's business and hope everyone enjoyed the blueback lottery on Saturday.
find fish. There are still some smaller fish (5 to 12 pounders) on a 40 foot bottom, for the first 2 hours each morning. These fish are smaller but it is a good way to get some action early and then head out deeper after the sun gets overhead. We've caught and released many, many stripers this week up to 20 pounds on our boats. Overall, The striper fishing remains very good if you are on the fish and your bait is of good size and good quality. Change your bait frequently. Half dead, weak bait will not produce, especially if you are fishing in a big group of boats. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing
We caught those things till arms were about to fall off. The Red Snapper fishing was also very good. While I was gone, I had our boats out on trips everyday and they had many 30-40 striper, catch and release trips. They also had some slower days as well. Downline bluebacks are working best, fished 25-35 feet deep over the main channel up the lake and in the mouths of creeks and deeper coves just off the main lake down south. The bait at the store looks really good right now and is perfect for downlining. The leadcore bite is also picking up on Capt. Mack's 1 oz. white jigs, tipped with a live blueback, fished 7 to 8 colors out on 27 pound leadcore. Trolling works well as you can catch fish and scout at the same time. Once you come over a good school and hook up on leadcore, you can usually stop on those fish and really work on them well with bluebacks. I will start back fishing tommorrow and will report again when something changes. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.
size fish is much better. The leadcore bite is fair and will improve in the coming weeks. We've had many people call and e-mail saying they are getting window shopped really bad at times and can't get the fish to bite when they get on them. This happens to everyone at times, but there are things that will help. Use a 5 or 6 foot piece of 12 pound Seaguar Flourocarbon leader, an Eagle Claw #1 Red Kahle hook or a #1 Red Octopus hook in your favorite brand. Use 15 pound clear or pink Ande Mono on your main line. Make sure your bait is decent size and of good quality. Bait that is weak, bad looking, and small will cause the fish to window shop and not bite just as bad as having the wrong terminal tackle. Make sure you are fishing deep enough. Change your bait frequently when getting shopped. Letting your bait all the way down and wind it up though the school will often fire them up. Also, crank your big motor and let it run, this sometimes will cause them to bite. Sometimes, the stripers are on the move and will pass under your boat and you can't get a bite. There is nothing you can do in that situation. Keep moving and try to find some more that will feed. We apprecicate everyone's questions, maybe some of this info will help. The bait at the store has been really good lately and is perfect size for downlining. This report is brought you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.
end was very good inspite of the boat traffic. We ran trips from 6:30 till 10:30 and got off the lake before things got crazy. Overall, the downline bite is very good, but you can still catch a few on a freeline early most days and when its cloudy. The numbers of fish have been very good, please remember that catch and release does work. If you do keep fish, please observe GA. DNR creel limits. This report is brought to you by Shane Watson Guide Service and Hammond's Fishing Center. Good Fishing.
