Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Fishing Report: 5/15/2018

Had a great 2 days out last week with Kim Stricker and Brian Evans from Seaguar filming a Hook ‘n Look show on Lanier.  The show will air on the Outdoor Channel in January 2019 and will provide viewers with a perspective on Lanier that they have never seen before!  Kim got tons of underwater footage of the areas we were catching fish and he will combine the fish catches and intertwine the underwater footage so we can fully understand what we are dealing with on these areas.  I was thrilled to be involved in the project and enjoyed providing direction to the team to ensure the most successful production possible.  This show will be a must see – look for it in 2019!

Water Temp – 77 degrees

Water Level – .2 feet above full pool

As expected all the recent warm weather has significantly jumped up the surface temps to around 78 degrees.   The waters above Brown’s Bridge remained slightly stained in the main river areas and creek arms toward the backs.  The lower main lake is clear, and there is still some stain in the lower end creeks in places.

There continue to be many patterns working right now.  We are still catching post as well as some pre-spawn fish, and there are fish just bedding now, particularly on the main lake. There are fish shallow back in pockets as well as fish starting to gather on the humps and points, and the brush is also holding fish in some areas as well.  Lately, we have been fishing shallow, rock/sand/clay points and flats in the mornings with flukes, topwater walking baits, redfins, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, and crankbaits.  All have produced well at times, it just depends on the day – as always.   So rotate your bait selections to zero in on the best bite on any given day. Later in the day we have been moving out to the shallow brush on humps and points that are holding fish, particularly when the sun is up.  On some days the deeper summer brush is also holding fish and those fish are starting to come up for topwater and swimbaits.

We really have not been focusing on the spawning fish, but those can certainly be caught.  I like a 4″ worm on a drop shot or 1/8 oz shaky head when targeting these fish, which you normally find in pockets and around docks as well.  A fluke is always a good search bait for these spawners, and they will almost always swing at it and give away their location, if not eat it.

Please get with me soon if you would like a trip this Summer. Following is a list of my upcoming open dates –  June:  6(PM), 7, 12(PM), 13 (pm), 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.  Give me a call NOW and book your topwater trip for June – it should be awesome this year!

Thanks to all and May God Bless!