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Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report
Capt. Mike Maddalena
February 6, 2015
Lake Lanier - Freshwater Fishing Report
Striper fishing is good. However, the weather continues to be tough with the cold temperatures and more importantly the high winds! With the wind and cold temperatures being the bad news the good news is there is an afternoon bite with both bait and Umbrella rigs. If you can get on the water early and are able to handle the cold temperatures, pulling bait on free lines and boards before sun up on flats in the back of the creeks can produce a big fish. As the sun gets up move over deeper water and weight your free lines and drop a couple of down rods over the side. Vary the depth of your baits depending on the bottom. Herring remains the top bait producer but do not overlook small shiners or better yet; net some threadfins. As the afternoon approaches you can switch to Umbrella rigs and pull humps and points from the mouth of the creeks to half way back in the creeks. When you pull Umbrella rigs always start with both chartreuse, pearl or white trailers on Captain Mack's buck tail jigs. Biased on your results you can determine the preferred color and switch your umbrella rigs to the most productive color. We use 4 inch shad bodies but worm trailers also work well. Feel free to use different colors and trailers but day in and day out white/pearl and chartreuse tend to work best. There are fish in every creek with high concentrations of bait. However, Flat, Balus and Four mile creeks are hard to beat this time of year.
The lake temperature mid to high 40's and the water is lightly stained on the main lake and the backs of the creeks. The lake is one foot below full pool
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