We regret to inform you of a drowning on Lake Lanier that occurred on Sunday, June 23, 2013, the second full day of summer. GA Department of Natural Resources Ranger Sgt. Mike Burgamy notified lakelanier.com at 4:35 PM that a 33-year-old white male from Lawrenceville …
Category: Fishing
Stacey Dickson: Lake Lanier’s Answer Lady
Winners of the Jeopardy! quiz show know less about Lake Lanier than our friend, Stacey Dickson. Stacey is the president of the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau. She is simply perfect for that influential position. Could Stacey correctly respond to this Jeopardy! question? This …
Boat Explosion on Lake Lanier was ‘Accidental’
Father’s Day strayed significantly off course for three people aboard a wooden 1957 Chris-Craft boat near Lake Lanier’s Buford Dam Park. The boat exploded and was consumed by flames. Prior to that, it was a beautiful day indeed. Authorities with Gwinnett County’s fire department say …
Will the Corps ‘Divest or Lease’ Parks on Lake Lanier?
There was a time when the word “budget” brought to mind folks who were poor and couldn’t afford goods and services that the rest of us took for granted. Now, if you’re not on some sort of budget you’re probably headed for financial doom when your …
GA DNR’s Floodplain Management Office Newsletter
The latest edition of The Index has been released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Floodplain Management Office. This informative newsletter will be especially interesting to those who pay attention to the issues surrounding the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin (UCRB) Project. The UCRB Project is …
Southern Living Loves Lake Lanier (Of Course)
Southern Living Magazine chose wisely. Our own Lake Lanier was listed among the 20 best lakes in the South in one of their recent editions. Are we surprised Lake Lanier made the list? Heavens, no. Are we surprised they mentioned all the other, lesser, lakes? …
Learn to Row, Row, Row on Lake Lanier
There’s more to rowing a boat than effortlessly floating gently down your average stream, although that’s a fun way to spend a few hours with a favorite friend or two. Rowing is one of the most elegant of Olympic sports. Teams — called “crews” …
Shane Watson Guide Service Report (5-28-13)
The striper fishing has been very good on Lake Lanier since my last report. Our boats have done well on freelined bluebacks, Super Spooks and on Redfins. There are stripers down south in all the usual late spring locations and a few up north in …
Clear Sailing for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
Melissa Cummings of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division provided the official Memorial Day holiday weekend statistics for incidents in Georgia. These figures include information for the entire weekend, Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, 2013. We are thankful there were …
Update: Lake Lanier Boating Accident
Melissa Cummings, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, tells lakelanier.com that an 18-year-old white male, accompanied by his father, went to the Hall County Detention Center to voluntarily issue a “statement of involvement” in the hit and run boating accident that happened on …