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Lake Lanier Fishing Report: Stripers, Bass, and the Transition Season

Lake Lanier Fishing Report: Stripers, Bass, and the Transition Season

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 Lake Lanier greeted us this June 22 with air temps starting in the mid-60s at sunrise, rising to the mid-80s by afternoon, under partly cloudy skies and the ever-present humidity Georgia’s famous for. The lake is holding a foot above full pool, water temps are in the high 70s, and clarity is good lake-wide, though you’ll find a little stain in the upper creeks from recent rains. Sunrise hit just after 6:20 a.m. and sunset is stretching out past 8:50 p.m.—plenty of daylight for those chasing the bite all day. Tides don’t impact Lanier directly since she’s an inland reservoir, but water levels are steady.

Striper fishing is classic for June—Lanier’s a transition lake this time of year. The shallow, early-morning bite is just about done as stripers and bait schools push deeper. The best action is coming from pockets and drainages from Brown’s Bridge down to the dam. Early and late, stripers chase bait in 10–20 feet, then drop out to 40–50 feet as the sun gets high. Savvy anglers are dragging blueback herring or small shad on downlines at 25 to 35 feet, moving slow, about 0.4–0.6 mph. When you mark a pod, hit ‘Spot Lock’ and get ready—many are reporting multiple fish flurries using this method. If the fish scatter, try thumping the boat floor with a rubber-ended thump stick; it can draw those suspended stripers back under the boat, and it absolutely works according to guides out daily on the lake.

The bass bite—especially spotted bass—remains solid but a little stingy. Spots and largemouth finished up spawning a few weeks ago and are keying on postspawn bait. The best numbers are coming off offshore structure: long points, humps, and brushpiles in 20–35 feet. There’s some schooling topwater action, but the window is tight. Gunfish, Ima Skimmers, and bone or chrome Slick Sticks are turning heads over brush when the wind gets up. Flukes—a pearl or white Zoom Super Fluke especially—should stay rigged on every deck. Cast ‘em, count to five, and work ‘em with a steady twitch. If fish are tight to cover, switch to a drop shot rig with Sweet Rosy or Blue Lily worms and work vertically. For docks, green pumpkin finesse worms have picked off some smaller largemouths.

Hot spots? Brown’s Bridge area down to the dam is producing stripers. For bass, main-lake humps and points near Vann’s Tavern and Six Mile Creek have been favorites. Don’t overlook reef poles and brush near the mouths of major creeks either.

According to local reports, anglers have caught stripers to 18 pounds, and bass in the 3- to 4-pound class. Topwater baits still rule, but don’t be afraid to mix in a drop shot or shakey head around deeper structure.

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