Lake Lanier has plenty of forage and gizzard shad. You can also try running larger baits like trout, herring or gizzard shad from 4 to as much as 12 inches long. In certain locations, medium shiners will more closely match the natural forage of threadfin shad.
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Start your day with a bait well full of herring, gizzard shad, medium shiners and/or small to medium sized trout. Humps and points that swing close to the river or creek channels are prime areas to explore. Stripers can be seen busting bait from a distance, and they are schooling in several different areas all over the lake. Striper fishing has been good, and we are seeing a lot of fish schooling on the surface. I switch to a SPRO McStick when the bass are feeding up off the bottom. The first lure that I throw 80 percent of the time is a SPRO Little John DD for digging up the bottom. I usually use only two baits for catching nocturnal bass on Lake Lanier.
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Night fishing still remains strong, plus the lake is all but deserted after dark on the week days, so you will have your choice of prime areas to fish. Skipping worms under docks or working them around shallow cover in the pockets will catch both small and large bass that are up in the skinny water feeding on shad. Casting spinner baits over brush and to points and humps has been a strong pattern on windy days. Other techniques are worth a try, especially if you have confidence in them. Work these bottom bumping lures and let them stair step down the sides of the ditches or work them in brush and rocks that you see on your Lowrance Electronics. The bass will be up feeding shallow close to the banks early in the day.Īs the sun rises, these bass will vacate the shallow areas and move deeper in the ditch where they lay in wait to ambush a jig or a shaky head rigged with a Big Bites Cane Stick or a Lanier Baits Fruity Worm. Work lures like a SPRO deep-diving crank bait, Fish Head Spin rigged with a Big Bites Suicide Shad or jerk baits like a McStick 110 or a McRip 90. The best ditches will have rock and clay banks and you will want your lures to contact the bottom and deflect of rocks and other structures. Start out early in the day casting to the banks up shallow where ditches enter the lake.
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Take a moment and watch the video we shot showing details on how to fish the ditches and other techniques on my YouTube channel “Eric Aldrich Fishing”. You should spend some time studying a lake map the night before hitting the lake to identify the best ditches. Cast subsurface lures like spy baits, SPRO Little John DD crank baits, McSticks or even jigs to target the bass in the ditches.įishing the ditches is a time-tested pattern in late Fall and early Winter that can really pay off. The ditch bite is just starting to get going, and this action will only get better over the next month or two. The top-water action has slowed down, but it is still a very good idea to keep a top-water plug tied on for any bass you see chasing bait on the surface. The bass continue to feed heavily on small threadfin shad, medium sized herring, small brim and crawfish.
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