Lake Lanier Fishing Reports

Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Fish Shallow Early, Deep Later. - Shane Watson Guide Service Report (05-11-10). Not much has changed on Lake Lanier since my last report. Our boats have been out on trips everyday both north and south and the fishing has been very good overall. Mid-lake and south we are seeing some s more...
Capt. Shane Watson - Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier Striper Fishing - Fishing on Lanier has been great this week and last week. Stripers can be found dwelling around points, creek channels, and brush piles. The Top-water bite every morning has been on fire , spooks, red fins, jerk baits, and paddle tails reeled fast more...
Capt. Scott Collins - Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier Fishing Report - The Spring Topwater Bite is Here. - Shane Watson Guide Service Report (04-20-10). The last couple of days, the topwater bite has been strong on Lake Lanier. It is so great to see big stripers and spots blowing up on a surface lure and on a freeline. I spent most of last week rigging m more...
Capt. Shane Watson - Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier and Panama City Fishing Report - Shane Watson Guide Service Report (04-12-10). I've been down in Panama City for the last week or so and the Sheepshead, Pompano, and Cobia fishing was great. On the the Cobia, live eels worked best. On the sheepshead, it was live shrimp, and on the P more...
Capt. Shane Watson - Lake Lanier

Spring is Finally Here on Lake Lanier - Shane Watson Guide Service Report (03-25-10). Warmer days and nights have got the trees and flowers blooming around Lake Lanier. The surface temps are also rising and both stripers and spots are continuing to move up shallow. Over the last week, our more...
Capt. Shane Watson - Lake Lanier

Jerk Baits for Big Lake Lanier Stripers. - Shane Watson Guide Service Report (03-17-10). The stripers have been on fire the last couple of days on Lake Lanier. Our boats have caught stripers up to 30 pounds this week on Spro McStick Jerk Baits in spooky shad pattern and on freelined bluebacks more...
Capt. Shane Watson - Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier Stripers Up Shallow as Spring Approaches - Since my last report, the surface temps have begun to rise on Lake Lanier and the bigger stripers are moving up shallow. We have been catching 15-25 pound stripers, up in 5 to 10 feet of water on big freelined bluebacks and on jigs. We have also hook more...
Capt. Shane Watson - Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier Striper Fishing - Lake Lanier, Stripers can be found in the backs of popular mid-lake to north-end creeks. Strikes are few and far between but the fish that are eating are larger roaming Stripers. Flat-lines and plainer boards have produced a majority of our strike more...
Capt. Scott Collins - Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier Striper Fishing and Crappie Fishing - Stripers, Lake Lanier Striper fishing has been alittle slow with the water temp. around 45 F. Bites have been alittle hard to come by lately, but we've still been catching acouple every morning. However, when a rod goes down hold on its trophy seas more...
Capt. Scott Collins - Lake Lanier

Fall on Lake Blueridge and Lanier - Lake Blue Ridge The fishing on Lake Blueridge doesn't get much better. Smallmouth and Spotted bass are crushing visible schools of shad right in the middle of the river channel. For sucess throw a shallow diving crank bait or more...
Capt. Scott Collins - Lake Lanier