08-13-2003, 03:49 PM
LAKE LANIER AND CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER FISHING REPORT
by Bill Vanderford
8-10-03
Surface temperatures at Lake Lanier are over the 80 degree mark, and the lake level is near normal pool to slightly below normal pool. Lake Lanier’s fish population is solidly in a summer pattern. However, very little indication of a thermocline can be detected, which makes some types of fishing more difficult.
Nevertheless, fishing for spotted bass with live, spottail minnows around structure at 10 to 30 feet of water has been fantastic...!!! We are also catching a few stripers and some nice white bass and catfish in these same places.
Some striped bass are already holding on many of the mainlake humps and points in 25 to 40 feet of water. They can be caught on larger, live minnows of some type on a down line, but the summer trolling has been slow.
When water is not being released and the river is not badly stained, trout fishing in the Chattahoochee River below the dam is good for both rainbow and browns. Swirleybird spinners, sinking and floating Rapalas, and wet and dry flies are great for trout at this time.
Bill Vanderford has won numerous awards for his writing and photography, and has been inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a Legendary Guide. He can be reached at 770-289-1543, at [url "mailto:JFish51@aol.com"]JFish51@aol.com[/url], or at his web site: [url "http://www.fishinglanier.com"]www.fishinglanier.com[/url]
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by Bill Vanderford
8-10-03
Surface temperatures at Lake Lanier are over the 80 degree mark, and the lake level is near normal pool to slightly below normal pool. Lake Lanier’s fish population is solidly in a summer pattern. However, very little indication of a thermocline can be detected, which makes some types of fishing more difficult.
Nevertheless, fishing for spotted bass with live, spottail minnows around structure at 10 to 30 feet of water has been fantastic...!!! We are also catching a few stripers and some nice white bass and catfish in these same places.
Some striped bass are already holding on many of the mainlake humps and points in 25 to 40 feet of water. They can be caught on larger, live minnows of some type on a down line, but the summer trolling has been slow.
When water is not being released and the river is not badly stained, trout fishing in the Chattahoochee River below the dam is good for both rainbow and browns. Swirleybird spinners, sinking and floating Rapalas, and wet and dry flies are great for trout at this time.
Bill Vanderford has won numerous awards for his writing and photography, and has been inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a Legendary Guide. He can be reached at 770-289-1543, at [url "mailto:JFish51@aol.com"]JFish51@aol.com[/url], or at his web site: [url "http://www.fishinglanier.com"]www.fishinglanier.com[/url]
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