We’ve had some great jig fishing at times. We’ve also had some great freelining when the fish have been active and up in the water column. These patterns have worked best early morning and late afternoon before the passing of a cold front. After a front passes or if the fish are down, shad body umbrella rigs are your best bet. There a lot of birds mid-lake and south, some on the main lake and some in the...

The stripers are moving back in the creeks as wintertime is here. We’ve had our boats out on trips everyday of the Thanksgiving week, scattered from down south to up north. Freelined and downlined trout and bluebacks produced best. Look for the seagulls diving and you will sometimes see the stripers busting on top. White bucktails and freelines will produce best when the stripers are on the surface. Capt....

Shane Watson Guide Service Report (10-20-09). Since my last report, we’ve seen great topwater at times with big schools of stripers on the surface and the numbers of fish we’ve caught on a Sebile and on freelines have been very good when they have been up. Somedays, they have not schooled on top at all and we have had to downline bluebacks 50 feet deep or troll leadcore out over the channel to catch...

Nothing much has changed on the stripers. We’ve had our guides out on trips everyday since my last report. Downline bluebacks fished 30-40 feet deep over 50-100 foot bottom are producing well. Capt. Mack’s white foil, 1 oz. bucktails, tipped with a live blueback or a Shadalicious are also working well. Fish your jigs 8 to 9 colors out at 3.0 mph in the mouths of mid-lake and southend creeks, also...

Since my last report we’ve had boats out on trips everyday and the fish are moving to a more summertime pattern. Downline bluebacks fished 25-30 feet deep over a 35-60 foot bottom have produced well this past week. Some of these fish have been on and just off points, but we are beginning to see better size schools in the mouths of deeper coves over a 60 foot bottom. Capt. Mack’s 4 arm u-rigs trolled...

This monthly fishing report is brought to you by: Capt. Shane Watson’s Striper Guide Service, Lake Lanier’s Largest Fishing Fleet. Contact via email or phone (770-889-5549 or 770-235-9829). Visit their Website. Lake Level———- down 14.39 feet Surface temp. —— 45 degrees Water Clarity——Main lake is clear, creeks are slightly stained. Over the last week or so,...