LAKE LANIER MAY 2008

106 Hickory Ridge

Cumming Georgia 30040

770 889 2654

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www.stripersurvey.com

MAY 16, 2008

LAKE LANIER IS DOWN 13.6 FEET, AND LAKE IS STAINED AND THE CREEKS AND THE RIVERS ARE STAINED & 72 DEGREES.

Bass fishing is good and it’s time for top water to begin. Concentrate in the backs of major creeks up lake. The 6A and the 7A Bomber crank baits in baby bass, shad and fire tiger colors cast to the banks will get bite and the fish are relatively shallow at less than 10 feet. Use the stop and go technique and try running these crank baits in the blow downs. This week use several baits including a green pumpkin or June bug lizard, rigged Carolina style fished slowly on the bottom and trick worms. There is some top water action starting using a small chrome Red Fin, or #7 silver black back Rapala. The bass have moved into 2 to 10 water on the edges of the points, humps and road beds up in the creeks. A slow retrieve in the trees letting the bait float up once it hits the limbs will draw a strike. Fish the backs of the creeks late afternoons with a buzz bait. A Stanley spinner bait in the 3/8 ounce size with white or chartreuse skirts cast to the points and trees will get the fish to attack this lure. The FREE map card deal is still on with any Lowrance 5 inch Sonar/GPS or Lowrance GPS unit. See www.lowrance.com

Spotted bass fishing is good and a majority of the fish have spawned. The fish are coming off of points, breaks, and humps where the fish are making their way out to for the summer. Target areas should be deepwater docks, and points, breaks and humps, such as where your reef markers are, with the focus on where the post spawn fish are staging going into their summer pattern. Try to focus on areas of post spawn and deeper water, such as points and reef markers. The fish that are biting Zoom Flukes in any color as long as it’s white rigged with a Mustad 4/0 hook. Zoom’s finesse worms rigged on a 3/16 ounce slip sinker or a Spot Sticker head in green pumpkin color, and a curly tail such as a Zoom Fat Albert in a white or watermelon on a jig head, and small jigs around rocks.

This striper report is from Captain Chuck Biggers, Southern Striper Guide Service. 404-405-8280

Stripers have feeding mid lake and north all week. The fish are slowly moving from north to south. They can be found in creek mouths and also along steep banks. Once again blue back herring is the bait of choice. Use planer boards and flat lines in the am, shifting to downlinks in the afternoon. Some great fish have been caught later in the day recently. Be sure to adjust your hook size to the bait size for best results. Some top water activity has been noted early, but not like it will be in a few short weeks. Use a split shot if needed to keep flat lined baits just above where you see fish on your Lowrance. Put both flat lines and planer lines 40-60 feet. Brim are also good bait at this time of year, Look at any creek mouth from Browns Bridge north up to Clarks Bridge. The stripers seem to be selective about taking all the natural baits instead of baits with hooks in them. Most of the stripers are mid way up both up the rivers but they are targeting small food sources. The fish are feeding on all the smaller new hatches lake wide. Scale hooks and bait sizes way down and go to lighter line. The areas where the stripers will feed remain the same but there have been little rewards for all the efforts day or night. There are a few scattered reports for top water action has come in but nothing to ride around and look for. Take a look on Lowrance.com at the 522c L C R in color. These color units make all other locators like an old black and white television show. Stick with the main channel points in 60 feet and pull planer boards and get the baits way back to 70 feet. Over a 45 foot and a down lines have been fair but you MUST see the fish on the Lowrance to get them to bite. No fish, no fishing! www.stripersurvey.com

Crappie fishing has been very good especially up lake. All the fish are still suspended under docks and the larger the dock the better. Tubes, tubes, and tubes in any color can work. The night fishing is good with minnows on docks with lights as well as on bridges. Depths are 5 to 11 feet.

Our new DVD, “FINDING FISH WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY” is now on sale! You can see a FREE! sample on www.havefunfishing.com

“SONAR WITH KEN STURDIVANT” at Bass Pro Shops “Outdoor World” in the Outdoor Skills Workshop. Lowrance Pro Staff Member Ken Sturdivant will go over the settings for the sonar June 7 @ 2pm

If you would like to have a free set up sheet for your sonar, send me an e mail to kensturdivant@earthlink.net and ask for the “Sonar Setup Quick List”.

We have these books for sale: “BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE”, “BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL”, “BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE” and “BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL”. These books are written by Tim White and Ken Sturdivant and each one has over 65 locations exclusively for bass and 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 the 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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