I have never fished Lanier, but I have fished these lakes regular, Blackshear, Eufaula, Oconee, Sinclair, Tobosofkee, and consistantly catch fish with blue shiner, wiess lake killer, blue/black/chartruese, acid rain, john deere, and firetiger. The hottest colors the last for years for me on all these lakes are blue shiner and wiess lake killer with a pink head...may not be the case on Lanier, but it will give a start point to figure out what the crappie want.