Very good striper fishing on Lake Lanier - Striper fishing is very good. Its February and the water temperature is in the low 50's. I have never seen the lake water this warm in February. I have also never seen this much bait. There is plenty of bait 30 to 50 feet down over the river and cree more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2012-01-17 5:47 PM
Lanier Striper Fishing Report - Striper fishing is very good both in terms of size and numbers. Not much has changed in terms of technique. Find the large continuous strings of bait half way back in the creek channel and fish there. This has been the key for the last several weeks more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-08-07 2:07 PM
Lake Lanier Striper Fishing is great! - Not much has changed, Striper fishing is still very good. The fish are biting all day with the best bite starting mid morning. The challenge continues to be finding the fish. The exception seems to be 2, 4 and 6 mile creeks. The fish are there and so more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-07-29 9:16 AM
Lake Lanier Striper Fishing is Great! - Striper fishing is very good. The morning bite has picked up this week and the fish are biting all day. The challenge has been finding the fish. Several days this week I have found fish in one creek only to go back the next day and there is no sign o more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-04-28 4:46 PM
Lake Lanier Fishing Report - Striper fishing is good. Not a lot has changed this week. The weather continues to be the key. Storms, high winds and cold fronts continue to make fishing challenging. There is an early morning bite with some quality fish being caught. The numbers of more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-04-17 12:12 PM
Lake Lanier Fishing Report - 04-13-2011 - Striper fishing is good. Not much has changed this week. The weather has been the key all week. We get on some good fish and a cold front will come through and mess up the fishing for a couple of days. There is an early morning bite on free line herr more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-04-07 12:45 PM
Lake Lanier Fishing Report - 04-06-2011 - The water is heating up and so is the striper fishing. Striper fishing is good and if the weather holds it should only improve. There is an early morning bite on free line herring pulled at 100 - 120 feet behind the board across points and flats. Af more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-03-31 12:21 PM
Lake Lanier Fishing Report - 03-30-2011 - The striper fishing is improving but remains fair. This past week has been a mixed bag without a real pattern. We have caught fish on points, flats over 20ft. bottoms and over creek channels on 80ft. bottoms from one end of the creeks to the other. more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier
2011-03-01 5:30 PM
Lake Lanier Stripers are moving shallow - With the warming temps (waters in low to mid 50's) the stripers are getting active. There is still a lot of dead bait around, but the bigger fish are wanting larger baits, in preparation for the up coming spawn. The backs of the creeks on the lower more... Capt. Mike Maddalena - Lake Lanier