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I hope your Thanksgiving Holiday was awesome and your Turkey fueled Tryptophan hangover did not deter you from fishing? The weather looks seasonally appropriate for the upcoming week. A slight rain chance Sunday a little breezy early week then pretty mild leading into next weekend. Look for a potential uptick in activity leading up to […] The post...

The striper fishing on Lake Lanier is falling into the Winter patterns. The bait is thickening up in the creeks and the stripers are following them. Live bait will be hard to beat in December.  The baitfish are now moving into the creeks in very large schools as mentioned. Some of these schools are […] The post December 2023 appeared first on Catc...

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a great holiday with friends and family. Maybe you will get some extra lake or woods time in as well. We will have a great weather weekend coming up a little rain and wind early in the week and more great outdoor weather forecast for Thanksgiving and the following […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-N...

As we near Thanksgiving we naturally look at things that make us thankful. I am thankful that we live in a state that offers so many amazing fishing opportunities in Georgia and thankful that we have anglers that purchase their fishing license and fishing equipment as that allows the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division to continue […]

Blue Ridge OCT 2023 Temp 77 Level -6  ft Clarity 9ft        Ahhhhctober with hunting season football season youth sports and school in session the lakes been pretty empty of boat traffic. Which is a nice change after the last few months.  This is also when we get our first real cold fronts […]

ers Lake October 2023 Temp 78 Level full Clarity 4 ft Ahhhhctober with hunting season football season youth sports and school in session the lakes been pretty empty of boat traffic. Which is a nice change after the last few months.  This is also when we get our first real cold fronts of the year […]

Blue Ridge Lake Temp 83 Clarity 10ft Level – 3 ft from full ( draw down will start soon) Sept can be hot sticky mess but this lake has an amazing cold water river that feeds it. The Toccoa river feeds blue ridge lake and this is great place to be this month.from point 5 […]

ers Sept  temp 83 Clarity 6 ft Level full September is always an interesting month on ers Lake. The end of summer is nearing and it’s like the fish now it’s coming.  This month will open up several options for walleye fishing. You can still catch them deep on spoons vertically or trolling crank […]

Blue Ridge Lake Temp 83 Level  full Clarity  12ft Its been a great summer so far on Blue Ridge Lake. Cool mornings and sunny afternoons on this lake are hard to beat. The fishing has been good and pretty stable till this past week. The temps creeping up have started to push […]

ers Temp 84 Level full Clarity 6ft Most people don’t like August fishing but I personally love it especially on this deep lake. This is Big Walleye time for us. We are targeting the bigger fish in the depths that get very little pressure from most anglers.  60 70 80 ft or even deeper some […]

Blue Ridge Lake Temp 84 Level full Clarity  6ft Waters hot fish are deep and the bite is early its summertime and the temps and boat traffic are pretty much on par for this time of year. Neither are great but if you start early or fish late you can find plenty of quiet water […]

er’s Temp 84 Level full Clarity 3 ft tops    It’s ( finally)summer time on er’s Lake. This means start early or fish at dusk or at night even to beat the heat and boat traffic. The bait is super thick again after the spawn so the fish are spread out as usual. The […]

Blue Ridge Lake Temp 71 Level full Clarity 10ft Is it Summertime already?  The last 2 months have been incredible.  One of the best spring fishing runs we have had in a few yrs. Lots of walleye were caught last month both day and night fishing. We had several fish in the 5 […]

ers lake ers 72deg Level full Clarity  2ft Last month was wide open on this big deep monster of a lake. The bait spawn was super fun as usual with lots of activity from multiple species. Walleyes big stripers and some magnum spots were all players last month. The walleye have been up […]

The warm weather we experienced last week looks to be a thing of the past   Temps more typical of mid-November look to be on the way based on an extended forecast.  Even some rain this weekend and more forecast rain from mid week on. No worries the fish have been responding well to cloud cover […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-November 10...

An early Fishing Report Blog – YES! Veterans Day is Nov. 11 and I am going to bet that you know someone (relative friend neighbor) that has served this country in some capacity. You already know what suggestion I am going to make. Make it YOUR mission to seek out that person and take them […]

The water level is 1063.37 (7.63 feet down) with mid 60 water temps. Please be very careful since the lake is so far down.  Turnover is still happening on the lake so water clarity is clear where it is finished to weak coffee colored where it is still going on. As turnover finishes the “breakout” … November 2023 Lake Lanier Striper Fishing Report...

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Ok the assessment from last week’s report was one word Turnover. This week is turnover X 2 Lol. The Striper bite has been slow at least during the day light hours more on that later. The Bass bite has faired a little better but versatility remains the key. The Halloween cold front that brought us […] The post Captain Mack’s Fishing Report-November...