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Lake Lanier Fishing Report

May 17, 2024 – 2:03 am

Lake Lanier Fishing Report Water temp: 76deg

Clarity: clearLevel: full pool

Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 80s.

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Lake Chatuge Fishing Report Water temp: 69deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next few weeks.

May 17, 2024 – 2:02 am
By Wes | Posted in Lake Lanier Fishing Charters | Comments Off on Lake Chatuge Fishing Report Water temp: 69deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next few weeks.

Lake Rabun Fishing Report Water temp: 63deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 70s. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught few fish in the backs of the creeks very shallow. Small Rapala count downs have been working best. Use a fast retrieve when cast these baits. I have also caught a couple of bigger Brown Trout and a few Rainbows on jerk baits while Bass Fishing Brush piles. Look for this bite to continue to get better as we head into the first couple of weeks of May.

May 17, 2024 – 2:00 am
By Wes | Posted in Lake Lanier Fishing Charters | Comments Off on Lake Rabun Fishing Report Water temp: 63deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 70s. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught few fish in the backs of the creeks very shallow. Small Rapala count downs have been working best. Use a fast retrieve when cast these baits. I have also caught a couple of bigger Brown Trout and a few Rainbows on jerk baits while Bass Fishing Brush piles. Look for this bite to continue to get better as we head into the first couple of weeks of May.

Lake Burton Fishing Report Water temp: 63deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 70s. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught few fish in the backs of the creeks very shallow. Small Rapala count downs have been working best. Use a fast retrieve when cast these baits. I have also caught a couple of bigger Brown Trout and a few Rainbows on jerk baits while Bass Fishing Brush piles. Look for this bite to continue to get better as we head into the first couple of weeks of May.

May 17, 2024 – 1:59 am
By Wes | Posted in Lake Lanier Fishing Charters | Comments Off on Lake Burton Fishing Report Water temp: 63deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 70s. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught few fish in the backs of the creeks very shallow. Small Rapala count downs have been working best. Use a fast retrieve when cast these baits. I have also caught a couple of bigger Brown Trout and a few Rainbows on jerk baits while Bass Fishing Brush piles. Look for this bite to continue to get better as we head into the first couple of weeks of May.

Lake Burton Fishing Report Water temp: 63deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 70s. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught few fish in the backs of the creeks very shallow. Small Rapala count downs have been working best. Use a fast retrieve when cast these baits. I have also caught a couple of bigger Brown Trout and a few Rainbows on jerk baits while Bass Fishing Brush piles. Look for this bite to continue to get better as we head into the first couple of weeks of May.

May 17, 2024 – 1:59 am
By Wes | Posted in Lake Lanier Fishing Charters | Comments Off on Lake Burton Fishing Report Water temp: 63deg Clarity: clear Level: 1ft below full pool Bass: Most of the bass have finished spawning. The bite has been great over the last few days. We have been catching a lot of fish on top water Frogs, and Sammy’s in the morning in pockets off the main lake channel. Midday the jerk bait bite has picked up in the creeks around brush and rock ledges. Most of the Spotted Bass and Large Mouths are hanging in the 6ft to 15ft of water range. We have lots of Herring starting to spawn on the sea walls. Look for these bait fish and cast in and around them with your jerk bait. White smaller jerk baits have been working best. This bite should continue for the next several weeks as the water temps rise into the 70s. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught few fish in the backs of the creeks very shallow. Small Rapala count downs have been working best. Use a fast retrieve when cast these baits. I have also caught a couple of bigger Brown Trout and a few Rainbows on jerk baits while Bass Fishing Brush piles. Look for this bite to continue to get better as we head into the first couple of weeks of May.

Lake Burton Fishing Report

January 28, 2024 – 2:39 pm

Lake Burton Fishing Report

Water Temp: 53deg

Water clarity: stained

Water Level : 6ft below full pool & rising 
Bass

The Bass bite has been good the last day or two. We are in a normal winter pattern. The spoon bite has been the most consistent bite lately 28 to 35 ft bottom in the middle of the creeks. We have had a lot of rain the last couple of weeks. This has warmed the water temps a little. Most of the creeks have been stained from this rainfall. There has been a significant amount of floating debris. We have caught some surfacing fish in and around this floating debris on top water baits like  Spro Sashimmy 125 white. This pattern should continue for the next few weeks. Look for the water levels to continue to raise with the heavy rainfalls. Be careful of floating logs. Some of these are submerged. 
Brown Trout

The bite has been a little slow lately. We have caught a few decent fish on the main lake channel mid lake. Look for surfacing action around the floating debris. These trout are feeding on the live bait in and on the floating logs grass etc. The Brown Trout bite should continue to get better as we head towards February. Jerk baits casted around the banks and brush will be the go to technique soon!
Good Luck!

Wes Carlton

Georgia Lake Fishing

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Lake Burton Fishing

July 30, 2023 – 8:08 am

The summer bite has been steady. Most of the bass are over deeper water now that the water temps have risen. Drop shot has been the ticket the last couple of days. We have been targeting Brush piles off main lake points and ledges. These areas have produced the biggest fish this past week. The LargeMouth have been biting early morning in the back of the creeks and pockets. We have been throwing White Zoom frogs working them slow.

Brown Trout

The Trolling bite has been decent the last week or so. Small Pens Minnow Jerk baits Herring color have been working best. Most of our fish have been caught in the 25ft depth range at 3mph. Look for this bite to pick up as we head into late summer.

Yellow Perch

The Perch bite has been on fire lately. Most of the population has been schooled up on a 20ft bottom near grass and brush. Small flukes weighted with a split shot have been working best.

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Lake Burton Fishing

September 7, 2022 – 12:39 am

The Bass fishing has been great lately. The water has started to turn over and the fish have begun to pull up shallow. Look for the bait schools they are all over the lake. The top water bite has begun as well. We have caught most of our fish on a 15ft to 18ft bottom. Look for the bite to get better as we near October.

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Lake Burton Fishing Report Water Temp: 79deg Water Clarity : clear Water Level : full Bass The bass bite has been great in the morning and a little slow in the afternoon. We have been catching most of our fish on and underspin tipped with a paddle tail in the backs of creeks over the grass. We have had some bigger fish come off a River 2 Sea Whopper Plopper 90. This bite had been really strong between 8-10am. Look for the grass midway back in the creeks in 16to 20ft of water. Most of these areas are holding good fish! This bite should continue over the next few weeks. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow the last week or so. The few we have caught have been on small minnows weighted with a split shot. We have been targeting the main river channel. Early morning seems to be the better time This bite should pick up any day now as.we head towards the end of August. Perch The Yellow Perch bite is in fire. We have been catching good numbers in the creeks around grass and structure ( blow downs). Most of the fish seem to be in the 13 to 18ft depths. The Drop Shot technique has been working best. Small flukes or Robo Worms seen to work well. Look for this pattern to continue and get better as we progress the summer months. Good Luck! Wes Carlton 7703189777

July 14, 2021 – 12:43 am
By Wes | Posted in Lake Lanier Fishing Charters | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Lake Burton Fishing Report Water Temp: 79deg Water Clarity : clear Water Level : full Bass The bass bite has been great in the morning and a little slow in the afternoon. We have been catching most of our fish on and underspin tipped with a paddle tail in the backs of creeks over the grass. We have had some bigger fish come off a River 2 Sea Whopper Plopper 90. This bite had been really strong between 8-10am. Look for the grass midway back in the creeks in 16to 20ft of water. Most of these areas are holding good fish! This bite should continue over the next few weeks. Trout The Brown Trout bite has been a little slow the last week or so. The few we have caught have been on small minnows weighted with a split shot. We have been targeting the main river channel. Early morning seems to be the better time This bite should pick up any day now as.we head towards the end of August. Perch The Yellow Perch bite is in fire. We have been catching good numbers in the creeks around grass and structure ( blow downs). Most of the fish seem to be in the 13 to 18ft depths. The Drop Shot technique has been working best. Small flukes or Robo Worms seen to work well. Look for this pattern to continue and get better as we progress the summer months. Good Luck! Wes Carlton 7703189777

Lake Lanier Fishing

March 14, 2021 – 12:18 pm

The Striped Bass bite has been good lately. We have been catching fish up shallow on free lines the last couple of days. Look for the bigger fish to show up shallow and start spawning in the next few weeks. This is our favorite time of year to catch a big Striped Bass! We have struggled the last couple of years with producing big fish but the lake is finally turning around. Lake Lanier boast some of the best inland Striper fishing in the US!

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