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Another weekend another cold front right? In the space of 8 days we will have gone from temps in the 70’s back to freezing then temps near 80 by the middle of next week. The fish are probably as confused as we are? A look at the long term weather trends suggest more of the […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-February 17 2023 appeared first...

It’s really been nice to have a little stretch of late March in February! Mild weather has prevailed since last weekend with of course a brief return to winter just in time for the weekend. For what it is worth (not much really LOL) I think we are in for an early spring. The plants […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-February 10 2023 appear...

The lake level is at 1070.75 (.25 below full pull) but will be over full pool by press time with all the recent rains with temps ranging from 48-51 degrees. The main lake is mostly clear up to the Hwy 369 Bridge and then stained up to Hwy 53 up the Chestatee and to Gainesville … February 2023 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report Read More » The post...

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The frequent rains have gotten the lake back to full pool we’ll end up the week at 1071.01. That is.01 over full pool and up.88 feet from last week. The temperature varies from one area to the next we’ll call the core temp 49. That is still actually mild for the beginning for […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-January 27 2023 appeared firs...

Feb ers Temp 46 Level +/- 8ft Clarity 2 ft Jan fishing was amazing on this lake and Feb is shaping up to be similar.  There’s a few good bites right now we are working. First we have 2 good walleye bites happening there’s big schools of males cruising open water hunting the shallow schools […]

er’s Temp 52 Clarity 3 ft Level – 4ft er’s has been fishing pretty well. The walleye are not schooled up but in small groups holding near the bottom on points and humps. Look for them under spots and stripers as well feeding on injured baits. Early morning and just after dark are […]

Blue Ridge Lake Temp 51 Level -18 ft Clarity 10ft The warm weather we had in December kept the walleye bite solid all month.This has also kept the fish scattered vs stacking up like they typically do this time of year. There’s fish in shallow and deeper water. The smaller fish are […]

ers: Level: 1.5 feet below 1074. Temp: 61 degrees. Clarity: 6 to 8 feet.  “ers has been fishing pretty good for the last month. Warmer temps have kept the bait in the creeks and kept the fish nearby. It has been more like springtime fishing than fall right now with mid 60s water temps. There’s been a good walleye bite working […]

Temp 63 Level -18ft Clarity 10ft November typically means Deer season for most people but we are hunting something different on Blue Ridge Lake this month. Walleye and big ones at that. It’s my favorite time of year to run and gun looking for hungry fish pinned to the bottom.  Vertical presentations fished right […]

er’s Temp 64 Level full +/-6ft Clarity 6ft er’s in Nov is the start of fall fishing. The stripers and hybrids will pull up a bit shallower this month and this makes them good targets for live bait artificial and trolling options.  It’s hard to beat fresh caught bait for striped fish but the big […]

Blue Ridge Lake Nov Temp 63 Level -18ft Clarity 10ft November typically means Deer season for most people but we are hunting something different on Blue Ridge Lake this month. Walleye and big ones at that. It’s my favorite time of year to run and gun looking for hungry fish pinned to the bottom.  […]

Blue Ridge October Temp 73 Level at winter pool -18ft Clarity 15ft Fall is here and the walleye bite is too. Jigs spoons bait anything you like fishing will catch walleye in the next month or so.  Find fish laying on the bottom and hit em in the face. That’s the go method this […]

Blue Ridge Temp 81 Level full Clarity 13ft     August was brutally hot and busy on the lake. We had some great days and nights fishing for walleye. Lots of avg size 18 to 20″ fish with a few 23 to 24″ fish mixed in. The fish we were targeting were mainly […]

We were fortunate during the first part of January to have mild weather. The end of the month looks like a return to weather more typical of the season. That can make for a lot of variables in the fishing frequent cold fronts with associated wind and rain. The fish especially the Stripers will probably […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-Ja...

As we enter Mid-January fishing and  the weather have both been pretty good! I think the mild water temps have the Bass scattered out but the bite is still good overall. Striper fishing has also been pretty good with the biggest variable being inconsistencies due to weather and the influx of dirty water we had […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing R...

Lake level is 1069.80 (1.20 feet below pool) with water temps of 47-49 degrees.   Water clarity is slightly stained on the main lake to muddy in the backs of the creeks with the recent rains. This January will be like the last few years with small bait being the key to catching numbers of fish. … January 2023 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report Rea...

Hello Everyone Unfortunately I will not have a report this week I was out of town and was unable to get on the water. I’ll be back wit the full report next week we’ll have plenty to discuss after all the big rain dump we expend in the middle of last week. The weather looks […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-January 6 2023 appeared first on...