Lake Lanier,

 Stripers can be found in the backs of popular mid-lake to north-end creeks. Strikes are few and far between but the fish that are eating are larger roaming Stripers. Flat-lines and plainer boards have produced a majority of our strikes. Small trout, small herring, and meduim shinners are working right now. Birds are every where eating small shad, trying to follow them around all day will drive you crazy. Fish color changes towards the backs of creeks, and pay attention to the water temp. many creeks are warmer than others by acouple of degrees making a big difference, the active fish we have found have been in the warmer water. In the coming weeks the buck tail bite should pick up. It’s always a blast boating stripers on spinning gear.  Fishing will improve when the water temp. gets above 50F. All we can do is pray for lighter winds and better weather.

Lake Allatoona,

Is finally starting to clear up. With the shad kill coming to an end, it looks like my favorate spring time fishery will start producing again. Hybrid and Striper fishing has been relatively slow, but is subject to change with consistent warmer weather. To put fish in the boat now the best technique is to cruize around and look for visable surface activity, pull  flatlines and throw jerk baits and jigs to the feeding fish. Crappie trips on Allatoona will be available in the next couple of weeks. Don’t miss this years spawn. We still have a few open dates in March customize your own trip.

Capt. Scott Collins

Stripers,
Lake Lanier Striper fishing has been alittle slow with the water temp. around 45 F. Bites have been alittle hard to come by lately, but we’ve still been catching acouple every morning. However, when a rod goes down hold on its trophy season on Lanier;the fish we have been catching have been big. Look for birds diving and pull flatlines around the diving birds. Afternoon try downlines 20-25 feet down in the creek channels. Main Lake creeks have been our bread and butter and are producing nice Stripers. It all starts with the right bait. Timber Ghost has some really nice fingerling trout right now, and have been producing a majority of our strikes. All we can do is pray for some better weather. When the water temp. gets above 50F. the bite will improve dramatically.

Crappie,
Crappie fishing has been good. Some fish can be found in the backs of creeks around brush piles. Floating deeply set slip corks around brush has worked well in certain creeks. We have been catching others around deep docks working jigs very deep. See you on the water.

Capt. Scott Collins

Gettin Lucky Fishing

Fishing on Allatoona has slowed down this week, this cold weather has made the fish lethargic. However, with more stable weather approaching I’m looking for the bite to come back in a big way. Mid-Lake is a good place to start your search, but don’t be afraid to look down by the dam. Flat lines have been our bread and butter.  Even though we haven’t been boating large numbers of fish, bigger Stripers have been biting flat lined trout in the backs of creeks. Find the clear water and you find the fish. These lazy Hybrids and Stripers are right on the surface and down to 20 feet. Strap on the winter gear, it’s my favorite time of year to be on the water.

Capt. Scott Collins

 Lake Allatoona,                                                   

The Striper, and Hybrid fishing is good every morning. Flatlines are a good way to put fish in the boat early. As the sun moves up switch to a vertical downline presentation as the fish move from the shallows and suspend 20 to 25 feet below the boat over the river channel. Birds are starting to show up and make your search much easier. Look for the diving birds and schools of Hybrids and Stripers to be pushing bait up to the surface. Try to stay away from the stained water for success. Even though it can be cold, it’s a great time of year to experience Allatoona fishing at its best. There are dates open next week, call me about current Lake Allatoona rates, fishing is very good.

Capt. Scott Collins                   

Lake Blue Ridge                     

The fishing on Lake Blueridge doesn’t get much better. Smallmouth and Spotted bass are crushing visible schools of shad right in the middle of the river channel. For sucess throw a shallow diving crank bait or a rattle trap right through the bait fish. Walleye are biting very early, and we pulled the hook on a couple early. Keep an eye on your surroundings because white bass are crashing the surface in huge schools. Scenery, Smallmouth, and Walleye’s are three things that make Lake Blueridge one of my favorite lakes to fish. The bite will be on for another month out there. Anyone can enjoy the explosive smallmouth bass bite.                                                

Lake Lanier

Striper fishing has been like a yo yo. Some mornings when the fish have been surfacing with the presence of cloud cover we have been doing very well throwing Sebiles, Redfins, and Spooks. Other mornings when the sun is out and the wind is ripping flat lines and down lines off main lake points has been producing.  Spotted bass fishing has been great on top water. The best fishing on the Lanier is still Mid-Lake to Southend. There are  acouple of open dates this weekend.  See you on the water.

Capt. Scott Collins                             

Lanier                                      

This morning we decided to play in the rain, it paid off we boated many Stripers. We found schools of fish between 30-50 feet down in 100-120 feet of water. All the fish we caught today were suspended very tightly around tree lines. Some schools of fish were extra finicky towards down-lines, change your bait frequently to ensure success. Power reeling still continues to produce when the fish appear to be stagnant. Our depth finder came alive a couple of times power reeling on the edges of tree lines. Hold on to your rod tightly because we almost lost a rod today to a power reeled Striper. Fish were larger than average today and the bigger fish are biting. The water temperature has come down a few degrees, look for spotted bass to be crushing bait on the surface. We still have some open dates in September, ask about our fall special.

Allatoona

Fishing is getting better. There is an explosive top-water bite for smaller hybrids and white bass, look for surface activity and hit the surfacing fish in the head with a spook, jerk bait, or jig. Down lining live bait 20 feet below the boat has been hit or miss but has produced bigger fish.  Spotted bass fishing has been great around secondary points and brush piles. See you on the water. 

Capt. Scott Collins

We continue to find  Stripers  Mid-Lake and South. Action has been very good this last week,and was great today. It’s the typical summer time pattern, deep downlining, and trolling. Schools of fish can be found in the River Channels suspended 30-50 feet down over deep water. It’s a great time of year to get introduced to fishing on Lake Lanier, anyone can enjoy this downline bite.  See you on the water.

Capt. Scott Collins

Lake Lanier                                

With the dead heat of summer here so is the red hot down-line bite. Look for Stripers Mid Lake and South. Schools of fish have been tightly schooled around main lake points and river channels. When you locate a school and bites are not coming drop below the school and power reel through the fish. We have also been catching a few fish here and there on Lead core let out 5 to 9 colors.

Lake Blue Ridge

Lake Blue ridge is a special place it’s quitely nestled in the North Georgia Mountains and one of the only georgia lakes that is home to a good Smallmouth Bass population.  Look for the Spotted bass and Smallies to be around brush piles. The best presentation is a drop shot. White bass have also been hitting topwater every morning throw a small spook. Customize your own Blue Ridge Trip.

The Striper fishing has been great every, morning, afternoon, and night.  It’s going to be that way through late September. As the fish creep out of the Tree’s and sit right above the thermocline on the South end of the lake, look for fishing to improve even more  with in the next couple of weeks. All of the major creeks are holding fish. When you get on some of these schools of fish jig a 4 inch smoke shad color fluke on a quarter ounce jig head to entice the fish into hitting your jig and down-lines. It seems to activate lazy Stripers. See you on the water.

Capt. Scott Collins                                    

The Striper fishing is still at its best and will be for the next couple of months. Look for the schools of fish 30-45 feet below the boat. With the rising water temperature the fish can be found alittle deeper than weeks past. The down line has been the best producer for us. We have also caught a couple fish pulling lead core 5 to 9 colors in the mouths of creeks. See you on the Water.

Capt. Scott Collins