As of today, March 5, 2013, 103 of Lake Lanier’s 104 boat ramps are open. Only one, the right lane at Bald Ridge Marina is closed — but the left lane at that spot is open. If having one boat ramp closed bums you out, …
Category: Fishing Reports
BFL Fishing Tournament Winners on Lake Lanier
Some of us fish for the fun of it. Some of us fish for the fun of it … and to earn a living. The Bulldog Division of the Walmart Bass Fishing League held an event on Lake Lanier the weekend of February 23, 2013. The …
Shane Watson’s Lake Lanier Fishing Report (2-08-13)
Early Spring Striper and Crappie Fishing on Lake Lanier Looks like an early spring this year on Lake Lanier. The stripers are moving back in the creeks and the crappie are feeding well. Up the lake, our boats have done well on the stripers using …
Shane Watson’s Lake Lanier Fishing Report (01-08-2013)
Trophy Stripers on Lake Lanier January is here and that means it’s time to drag big trout around for a trophy striper. Over the next four months, you will see most of your 35+ pound fish caught on Lanier for the year. That’s not to …
Database of Open Boat Ramps on Lake Lanier
Our friend Nick Baggett — US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Lake Lanier Natural Resource Manager — kindly sent lakelanier.com links to the updated USACE website. Nick’s help makes the search for open boat ramps on Lake Lanier a simple process. You won’t have to rely on rumors …
Shane Watson’s Lake Lanier Fishing Report (12-06-12)
Stripers and Crappie on Lake Lanier We’ve been doing well on the stripers using freelined trout and casting bucktails and leadhead flukes to surfacing fish. U-rigs are also working well. I’ve run a few fly fishing trips recently and these folks have done well on …
The Best Gift for the Man Who Has Everything
This is not a paid advertisement. It’s simply a great idea, in my humble opinion. A few years ago, I had no idea what to get my best friend for his birthday. He didn’t need or want anything and if he found something he liked …
Wheeler Catches Bass Worth $8,333.33 per Pound
Jacob Wheeler won the Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament by landing 60 pounds of fish from Lake Lanier in four days. His prize came to $8,333.33 per pound — or $500,000 for those of us who fish better than we can multiply. Wheeler had won other tournaments …
$500K Prize Luring Wheeler in Forrest Wood Cup
Jacob Wheeler proved once again why it’s called “fishing” — not “catching” — with an impressive win on Day One of the Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament on Lake Lanier … followed by a rather average day … followed by another haul that put him …
Forrest Wood Update and Correction
We want to clear up a couple of errors in our August 8th story about the Forrest Wood Cup fishing tournament on Lake Lanier. • Forty-six of America’s best professional bass fishermen are in the tournament, not 78. • The top prize given to the …