Archive for the Lake Lanier Fishing Reports Category

September 2019 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report The easiest way to catch stripers this month will be trolling lead core and pulling any of Capt. Mack’s jigs and trailers. The standard 1.5-oz Chipmunk in white/silver, white/chartreuse or chartreuse/blue are your best bets. Either 4-inch shad bodies or

August 2019 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report Most of the stripers have pushed down the lake and are in their normal summertime haunts. South end creek channels like Big, Shoal, Two, Four, Six Mile and Bald Ridge all have fish in them. In early August, there will

July 2019 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report July striper fishing on Lanier means huge schools of fish in deep water on the south end of the lake. These fish will be found from Brown’s Bridge to the dam in deep drainages, creek and river channels in 40

December 2018 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report Fall fishing has been very good. Currently the lake temperature is in the high 40’s to low 50’s, with a little increase from this warm rain, and is at 1073.54 (2.54 inches above pool.) This latest dump of rain has

August 2017 Lake Lanier Fishing Report Wow, it’s August already!  Water temperatures were in high mid 80’s but all of the rain and cloud cover the last couple of weeks has backed them down to 82-83 degrees.  The summer bite is in full swing.  Latest Temperature/Dissolved Oxygen

May 2017 Lake Lanier Fishing Report Striper Fishing is good! Water temperatures are in the mid 70’s and the lake is down about 8 feet. We are finding more fish on the north end of the lake right now as opposed to the south end. The Striper

July 2016 Lake Lanier Fishing Report The summer bite is here and the strong. Water temps are in the mid 80’s and the fish are deep.  The next few weeks the creek channel areas on the south end of the lake will be the areas to concentrate

April 2016 Lake Lanier Fishing Report Striper fishing on Lake Lanier is getting better and better as the weather does the same.  Lake temps are still in the low to mid 50’s depending on whether you are in the backs of the creeks or on the main

February Lake Lanier Fishing Report February can be an interesting month on Lake Lanier.  The weather has been mild, so we are still in the upper 40’s for water temperatures all over the lake.  The rain we have gotten over the past few weeks have been great

December 2015 Lake Lanier Fishing Report Happy Holidays!  Lake Lanier is low (currently over 14 1/2 feet down) but still accessible and the fishing keeps getting better.  Water temps are in the mid 50’s and that has the bait moving to the backs of the main creeks.