Light line helps provide a more natural presentation. test Seaguar Fluorocarbon Gold Label leader line coupled with a main line of Seaguar Smackdown 15- or 20-lb. I prefer the Lanier Baits drop-shot worms in blue lilly, passion, obsession and candy. This presentation can be made vertically into cover or it can be cast toward the feature and slowly retrieved. A drop shot is a great tool when the fishing gets tough. Abrazx is a good line option from the Seaguar line-up. Seaguar Fluorocarbon line to help you retrieve the bait on hang-ups that will occur.
The strikes will almost always come on the fall. Swim the Flutter Spoon with a rip, pause, rip presentation, or fast reel the spoon off the bottom for six to eight cranks, allow it to fall back to the bottom, then repeat back to the boat. The Georgia Blade Flutter Spoon can be a good choice to target bigger fish during the summer months. Vary your retrieve speed, method, depth and trailer type until you hit on the right combination for that day. Fish the bait over and around brush and deeper cover. The Georgia Blade Shad Spin is an excellent producer on Lanier, and August is no different. A weighted fluke can be a good option to cast over the brush, as well. Experiment with both the mechanical and soft models at different depths and retrieve speeds to determine which is working best on any given day. Work swimbaits fast on the surface or let them sink and work them directly over the brush. The swimbait adds another dimension to your game. Try using some smaller topwater baits, like the Super Spook Jr., which best mimics the smaller baitfish the spots are often chasing during the hot weather months. The fish will let you know if the topwater bite is working. The topwater bite over the brush can be good still in August, but again in can be nonexistent if the weather is consistently extremely hot, as it has been much of this summer. Often many areas will not produce, but if you stay on the move and remain versatile in types of location and bait selection, you can and will find active fish. Running and gunning several different types of places can be the key to success during this time of year. Stay flexible and versatile and move around until you find active fish. In general, if one type of area is not producing, don’t hesitate to try another location or another depth. When fishing deeper, target timber edges in 35 to 45 feet of water near the same key features upon which you find the brush. Later in the day, the ‘normal’ areas with brush are still holding fish, and there are fish starting to move deeper and relate to the timber. These shallower locations are great areas to target during the early morning. You can find these shallow fish not only on the main lake but also in the backs of pockets and creeks, as well. However, even though there are fish in the deeper zones, there are also still fish located shallow all around the lake. Often in August, we work depths of 25 to 45 feet, anticipating the thermocline to establish in the 25- to 30-foot range, historically speaking. In August, I normally like to target sharp breaks and deeper water on main-lake features, such as ledges or sharper breaks on the ends of points and the sides of humps and islands. They often go deeper in search of better oxygen content in the water the depth at which this key oxygen content is maintained is called a thermocline. The fishing traditionally changes in August because the baitfish, particularly the blueback herring, change in response to the conditions. The primary concern of both gamefish and baitfish are oxygen and food source, in that order. Clarity: Clear.īass: Jimbo from Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service reports, “While the fishing generally gets tougher in August on Lake Lanier, there are ways to ensure continued success.