Lake Lanier Striper Report, Freshwater Fishing Report

May 24th, 2010 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report. Capt. Mike w/ BIG FISH ON Lake Lanier Striper Guides reports that the water temps are in the low 70s, the lake is full and clear.

We have been catching good numbers of small fish south of Browns bridge with the bigger fish coming on the north end. The fish are starting to school up and are scattered lake wide. The pattern is down rod herring on points. Fish 20 to 25 feet deep over a 25 to 50 foot bottom. Look for points with sharp drop off’s into deep water on the main lake and in first ½ of creeks. In the creeks look for the points that drop into the creek channel. The fish can be very tight up against the drop off. There are also spots on the same points, up in the 15 to 20 ft range. Free lined herring 80 -100 ft. back will work in this same locations, for the first hour of the day or so, longer if overcast/cloudy. The bite is best early, but remains strong though out the day. Expect to catch a mixed bag of stripers and spots, along with an occasional catfish, you might even get a walleye up on the north end.

There is limited top water schooling, but the fish are tough to get to in time. Clipping these same points with Capt. Mack 4 arm rigs, 70 to 90ft back is also working and a great way to find the fish so you can drop bait on them.

As we move into June things should remain about the same with the fish moving deeper off the points. The quicker the water warms the quicker the fish will move deeper. The down rod bite will be getting stronger and lead core will start coming into play. Hard to say what the fish will do when they move off the points, but typically they will move to the first half of the creek channels and deeper main lake flats (60+ feet) at the mouths of the creeks.

About the Author:

Captain's Bio: Capt. Mike fishes the lakes & river of North GA & Eastern and Middle TN. Mike was introduced to striper fishing by his grandfather when he was growing up on the Jersey coast in the 1970's. Work brought him to the ATL area in early 80's and when he found out there were stripers in the area lakes he was hooked all over again. It wasn't long before Mike moved to near Lake Lanier and purchased a boat and started striper fishing. He proceed to do very well in regional striper tournaments and decided to share his passion for striper with others. He and fellow North GA striper club member Capt. Ken joined forces and started "BIG FISH ON" Trophy Striper Guides in 2005.