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Striper/Bass Report April 18, 2011

doug — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:11:47 +0000

Striper activity is picking up. The last 4 day’s we have seen the striper action really start to kick in. The best pattern has been flatlining live bluebacks on main lake points. I have also been catching big strings of spotted bass on the bluebacks . During April and May you will find the spots and stripers holding at the same depths , also in the same areas. We have been catching 5-8 spots for every striper we hook up on but thats still a lot of fun with all the action. This flatline pattern will continue on into late May. Next month we should see topwater action begin. Redfins and spooks on main lake points and humps will be the pattern. When main lake water temps get into the mid to upper 60′s it’s time to start chunking the big topwaters. I will be out the rest of the week and will report back soon. Don’t miss the spring action.

Striper/Crappie Report March 20, 2011

doug — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:50:41 +0000

Striper action is heating up on Lanier. Most of the action this past month has been late evening and night with long A bombers and Mcstick jerk baits. Although last week day time action picked up. For the stripers try flatlining live bluebacks back in the creeks. All the fish will be shallow this time of year. You need to drag your baits right up on the banks for best results. This pattern will continue to get better as we get away from the full moon. You might want to keep a small 1/4 ounce bucktail or a small pearle zoom fluke rigged on a 1/4 ounce lead head. Cast this bait right up on the bank and swim it back to the boat as your dragging your flatlines. Besides catching stripers you will catch some huge spots casting the jigs this time on year. You will find stripers and big spots mixed in the same depth range. Crappie fishing is still fantastic. I had 2 crappie trips last week and we boated around 100 fish each day with some really nice size slabs. All the crappie hit small hal flies and tube jigs in 2-3 ft. of water. The water temp. last week was pushing into the high 50′s which will get the crappie loaded up in the backs of the creeks to spawn. We saw water temps as high as 60 degrees late in the afternoons last week. I look for the crappie to spawn on the next new or full moon. the water temps are right. I will be on the lake tomorrow and will report back soon. Don’t miss out on this spring action. Give us a call and Let’s go Fishing!!! 770-945-0797

Crappie Striper Report February 28, 2010

doug — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:37:55 +0000

Crappie fishing is still excellent. Fished a half day charter last Saturday and boated around 65 fish with some really nice ones. The crappie are starting to move back into the creeks around blowdowns where they will so0n spawn when the water temps and moon phase lines up. Had a good trip to Hartwell last week also catching around 70 up there. The Hartwell crappie were a little smaller than we have been catching. We got into a few Hybrids also last Thursday afternoon. I met up with my guide buddy Preston Hardin for a few hours that afternoon and we boated around 13 hybrids casting bucktails up on windy clay banks. This is a pattern that will last through march up on Lake Hartwell. Lanier stripers are starting to come alive last weekend Greg Shoemake from Bass Pro Shop landed a striper while throwing a crankbait for bass that looked to weigh in the mid 40′s. Seems like a bass fisherman are always catching the lake record stripers. The last two prior records were caught by anglers while casting bass lures. Will be out on crappie trip tomorrow and will report back soon.

The Summer of the “30 lb Striped Bass” !!

admin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:24:41 +0000

I’ve boated a bunch of MONSTER STRIPERS this summer including these 3.

The bite is still on and I expect to catch some more giants so don’t miss out! Book your trip today!!

If you want to see more of these MONSTER STRIPERS, check out this VIDEO….

Striper Report April 22, 2010

doug — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:52:16 +0000

Fishing for stripers was great today. We boated 12 fish on half day charter with our largest fish weighing around 16 pounds. Most all our fish were in the 7-12 pound range. Caught them again today fishing points with flatlined bluebacks on the North end of the lake. This pattern will continue into June but the fish will slowly start migrating back down the lake as water temps rise. We caught quite a few large spotted bass also on the bluebacks. Will be fishing tomorrow and will report back.

Striper Report April 19,2010

doug — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:54:30 +0000

The striper action is finally starting to heat up. Last week the action got quite a bit more consistent. The water temp is finally getting right which is around 70 degrees. We took fish last week mainly on the north end of Lanier flatlining bluebacks on main points in the major creeks. I am starting to see fish bunch up of the sonar. For awhile there we were not graphing anything on the sonar. It gives your confidence a boost when you know they are there (seeing them on the sonar). There were a good number of fish boated last week in the 20 pound range and a few reports of some 30′s being caught. The topwater action should kick in soon if the temps stay around the 70 degree mark. The best topwater action is usually on the overcast day’s so plan your topwater trips around overcast rainy day’s if you can. The best topwater baits are the old Redfin in the smoky joe pattern if you have overcast conditions and the chrome blue back if it’s sunny.

Bass fishing has been fantastic. While dragging live bait for the stripers, I have had my customers throwing small white ice flukes on 1/4 ounce lead heads and tearing up the spots.

Crappie action has been slow but a few fish are still being caught around super shallow boat docks. I won’t be after the crappie now since striper action has picked up. I will be out all this week and will report back soon.