Lake lanier

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09-12-2019, 08:41 PM
Crappie Shooter

Lake lanier

I visited my kids in Georgia last week and we camped and fished at Lake Lanier. Did not have much luck finding the crappie. I do not know where they are this time of the year there. Caught a few around 1 dock. Trolled crankbaits for miles, never caught a crappie, caught a lot of spotted bass. We found laydowns going from the bank out to 30+ water and could not catch any crappie off of them. Definitely different fishing than I am used to in Texas. Talked to 1 guy that said they were on deep brushpiles 40-60 ft. deep. He also talked like most people stopped fishing for crappie after the spawn there. Anyway had a great time with the kids and grandkid.
09-13-2019, 06:21 AM
papasage

i stop due to heat and boat traffic not that you can`t catch them just have to find them hungry .
09-13-2019, 06:59 PM
deathb4disco

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Originally Posted by Crappie Shooter

Trolled crankbaits for miles, never caught a crappie, caught a lot of spotted bass.

I think of Lanier as a spotted bass lake first and a striper lake second.
09-13-2019, 11:12 PM
Crappie Shooter

Yea, and crappie must be way on down the list. LOL.
09-14-2019, 05:27 AM
Redge

Glad you had the kids/grandchildren to keep you busy.
The fish don’t always treat us very well.

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09-16-2019, 09:45 AM
Ttexastom

Clear water lakes like lanier, can be hard to pattern. If you can find some stained water you can improve your odds.
09-17-2019, 05:32 PM
Crappie Shooter

It was a lot clearer than the lakes I am used to fishing.
09-18-2019, 06:29 AM
papasage

use high vis line and watch it closely it could be just a side movement or a twitch or slack line.
09-18-2019, 09:54 PM
Crappie Shooter

Always use hi-vis line. Definately a line watcher
09-19-2019, 09:32 PM
Gabepeeps

Lanier is definitely different than most lakes. If you would’ve picked ANY other Lake, you would’ve caught a few. Lanier is deep and clear. Not the easiest Lake to fish for crappie. Deep is where you’ll find em now.
09-20-2019, 05:28 AM
2@low8

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Originally Posted by Gabepeeps

Lanier is definitely different than most lakes. If you would’ve picked ANY other Lake, you would’ve caught a few. Lanier is deep and clear. Not the easiest Lake to fish for crappie. Deep is where you’ll find em now.

How deep is deep on Lanier?
09-22-2019, 06:14 PM
Sickle Hook

Lanier has a good population of mainly black crappie. It also has tons of docks. Learn to skip or shoot a jig way back under these docks and you’ll catch crappie. Shoot it back there and let it fall. Most times you won’t feel the bite so you will have to watch for your line to jump. Right now there is a thermocline beginning about 20 ft down so fishing 40 to 60 ft will likely serve you not much good. The hot summer time is when the bite slows down. After a few cooler nights the water has cooled off some and the bite has picked up some. Caught 23 this morning.
Hope this helps.
Take Care
SH