Lanier is at 1071.88, .88 feet above full pool, with water temps in the high 70s, and clear water lake wide. June is a big transition month and most of the fun times with Capt Mack’s Perfect Planer boards will come to an end. The shallow bite will be over and the fish will be moving deeper with the increasing water temps. Most of our Striper this month will be caught in pockets from Brown’s Bridge down to the dam and in drainages coming into the main creeks on the south end. These areas are great for Stripers as they give the fish multiple environments to feed in. They can chase shallow bait early and late in the day in 10-20 feet of water, while having 40-50 feet of water to go to when the sun comes up. Downlines pulled slowly at .4-.6 mph thru these areas with herring or small shad at 25-35 feet down will be very effective. When you find a few fish Spot Lock on these fish with your Minn Kota Instinct and hang on. If the Stripers move out from under your boat break out your thump stick and thump the floor of the boat to get them back over to you. The rubber bottoms on these sticks will make a low pitched tone thru the hull of your boat and often attract Stripers to the boat and to your baits. There are also some machines that you can hook up to your battery that will make these thumping noises. Go see Terry at Sherry’s Bait and BBQ and ask about the thumpers he has available and also get yourself some of the best bait on the lake. Some days however they can be skittish so try putting a couple of your downlines away from the boat using your Capt Mack’s 10 inch Perfect Planer Boards. Put your weights down the same 25-35 feet, clip on your boards, and send them 20-30 feet away from the boat. Pulling these “downer boards” will give you a shot at those fish that move out from under the boat as it passes over. Humminbird’s 360 transducer has been absolutely a game changer by being able to see schools of fish in front of the boat and being able to adjust to them as they go to one side of the boat or the other. When those fish move out from directly under the boat you can also tell which way you need to move to stay with them. June will also be the start of our lead core trolling season. 1.5 oz White/ Silver or White/ Chartreuse Capt Mack’s Chipmunk jigs with a white or chartreuse u-tail or shad body trailer pulled 2.5-3 mph anywhere from 150-180 feet behind the boat. This is a great way to fish more water while you are looking in these pockets for schools of Stripers. A Capt Mack’s Mini Mack on lead core will also catch a lot of fish this month in the larger pockets where you have more room to turn out of as you reach the end of the pocket. Keep a 1/4oz Striper Tackle Pro swimbait head and 3.3 inch Keitech swim body close by to cast to the last of the top water action and be ready for anything this month.
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Get out there and catch em up!
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