The trout bite has beeen great this month. We have had several fish in the 8 to 9lbs range early in the morning. After 9am or so we typically troll with crank baits over deep water. The Walleye have been holding on the south lake humps great. In the mornings these fish will be in the 28 to 35 ft range. They are feeding aggresively and will eat just about anything you can get close to them.
Fishing Reports
Lake Lanier Fishing Guided Trip
July 22, 2011 – 12:21 am
July
The Striped Bass south action is ureal!!!! The fish have been over deep water for a couple of weeks now. Today we fish out of Port Royal Marina with a couple of collge ball coaches. We boated 15 fish in the first hour of the trip with a big fish of 23lbs. The bite slowed a little and we still managed to catch another 6 fish. We caught 4 fish on Captain Mack Bucktail jigs tipped with live Blueback Herrin and swim baits Gambler (Big EZ white). Hammonds Fishing Center carries these. Most of the fish came off of a 100ft bottom with the baits dropped in the 60 to 80ft range just over the top of the trees.
Lake Lanier Fishing
May 29, 2011 – 6:17 pm
Today I fished wit
h Bob Wheeler and friends. We caught 13 Striped Bass in four hours. The fish were between 8lbs and 16lbs. They were aggresive and strong. All the fish came on a downline bite over a 50ft bottom. Blueback Herrin have been working great. The Unbrella U-Rig bite has begun also. We also pulled lead core line for about 30 minutes and caught two fish. The Gainesville Creek and Gainesville Marina area should be great for the next couple of weeks.
Lake Lanier Fishing Guides Wes Carlton Catches Lake Record Gar
May 17, 2011 – 12:50 am
After casting for an hour with a Long A Bomber for Striped Bass and catching an 18lber. I hooked what i thought was a huge Striped Bass and after 15minutes finally got to see a 5ft gar that was extremely large. My initial thought was this fish would cut the line. After several more boat side visits. The big Gar was tired. A bass boat pulled up close during the fight and offered to assist me land the big fish. The fish was pulled into the boat buy all three off us. Thanks goes out to fellow fisherman Keith and Chad. . The Longnose Gar weighed 24lbs when first weighed. After and hour drive to Hammonds Fishing Center to get the fish officially weighed. It was determined to be 22.44lbs. I caught the fish on a Shimano Citica reel on a St Croix mojo rod with 20lbs power pro braid and a 14lbs flurocarbon leader. I have caught several big Gar in my fishing travels, but have never felt a fight such as this one. What a day!!!!
- Big 23lbs Gar
- Lake Lanier Fishing Guide Wes Carlton catches Lake Record gar
Lake Lanier & Lake Burton/ Lake Rabun
May 13, 2011 – 4:36 pm
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*Stocked Trout Waters – Best Bets
Try Rock Creek and Black Rock lakes, Dicks, Panther, Nimblewill, Sarahs, Rock, Dicks, and Tallulah. Boggs is still closed for tornado cleanup.
We’re starting to stock some browns, so switch from your rainbow tactics. Try some worms or spinners and aim for slower water with overhead cover.
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* Wild Trout
Fishing buddy “Sautee” reported a great 2-hour trip to the upper reaches (UNNAMED STREAM) of the Hooch watershed last Saturday evening. Small wild rainbows inhaled his cahill.
http://midcurrent.com/techniques/bluelining-under-the-big-sky/
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* Ran Out of Bait!
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* Lanier
The Bass Fishing Home Page has some great reports of bass shallow and a bit deeper. Folks also ought to consider throwing some big plugs after dark for stripers.
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* Walleye
A nice load of fingerlings from the Go Fish Georgia Hatchery in Perry hit Hartwell on Friday, and we put another Walton Hatchery load into Lanier today.
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Good luck. More great info here:
www.gofishgeorgia.com
Don’t forget your flashlight!
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Lake Lanier Striper Fishing
May 9, 2011 – 8:09 pm
Lake Lanier Fishing Guides Wes Carlton fished out of bait today. We had three clients from Roswell today. The Striped Bass started biting at 8am and never stopped! I had to go and buy more bait half way during the trip today. The fish were upper lake Gainesville Marina area. Down lined Bluebacks seemed to work best today. Most of the fish we caught today were in the 17ft to 30ft range. We used a short 4ft leader, and 1 1/4oz weight. These fish were aggressive and strong!
Lake Burton/Lake Rabun/Lake Lanier/ Fishing on Fire
May 2, 2011 – 9:26 pm
Wes Carlton of Georgia Lake Fishing
Lake Burton/Rabun Fishing Report
Spots :The spawn is almost over with a few females hagging around the beds. The
fish that have pulled off the beds are biting topwater (Vixen, Sammys). We had
several fish in the 6lbs range last week and a lot of 3 to 4lbers. These fish
should be biting anything in the next week or two with the postspawn bite in
full swing.
Largemouth: The largemouth are finishing up with spawing as well. We have
had good luck with a white trick worm in the shallows and buzz baits (white).
These fish are hungry and aggresive. Don’t be affraid to work the baits a
little faster than normal.
Trout: The trout are biting on top early in the morning (spoons, Gold Hopkins
3/16oz). After about 9am or so try trolling with downriggers or dipsy divers
between 10ft to 20ft deep about 20 to 40ft behind the boat with small crank
baits ( Hammonds YoZuri Harcore). We have had a couple of 20 fish days.
Walleye: The post spawn bite is still on good. Night Crawlers trolled 80ft
behind the boat at about 3/4 mph. Trolling Medium Crappie minnows as well as
Lucky Craft Pointers has been producing the larger fish. We had 2- 7lbs fish
this last week.
Hybrid: The Hybrid Bass are few and far between, but when you catch one it’s
going to be a monster! Last week we broke the Lake Burton Record Hybrid with a
12.2lbs fish. We also caught the unofficial Lake Rabun Record Hybrid with a
10.14lbs.
Lake Lanier; The night bite has been great this year with some really big fish
being caught on Long A Bombers, Mc-Sticks SPRO,and Yo-Zuri jerk baits. Blue
Lake Burton Fishing Guide Wes Carlton
colors and natural have beeen working the best. We have had 2 fish over 30lbs
and 19 over 20lbs. This goes to show the stocking efforts by the Department of
Natural Resources are WORKING! Thanks Guys!
Lake Lanier Fishing Guides Tyler Clore & Wes Carlton Catch 2 Big Striped Bass
April 8, 2011 – 8:29 pm
We caught several 20lbs Stripers and 2-30 pound fish this past week. We have been pulling gizzard shad in the back of creeks with stinger hooks. These fish are hungry and aggressive.
Lake Burton Record Hybrid Bass
April 8, 2011 – 3:54 am
Lake Burton Record Hybrid Bass Broken
Tyler Clore of Georgia Lake Fishing was with client Maggie Harrison 2o of Toccoa GA on Tuesday. The big fish bit a BlueBack Herring on a free line at 3pm in the afternoon. After about 12 minutes of fight the fish Maggie pull the Hybrid Bass boatside. It was then weighed by Tyler and he determined they should get an official weight from the Department of Natural Resoures. Anthony Raburn’s deparment weighed the fish and declared the official weight being 12.15lbs. This succeded the record from 2005. The Hybrid Bass was speculated to be 10 to 11 years old. Tyler Clore and his group were fishing mid-lake humps when the big Hybrid was hooked.