Finally getting some better weather here on Lanier. Winter held on longer than usual and it skipped to late Spring almost Summer. The water is clear in most areas and the water temperature is surging past 60 degrees quickly now.
Topwater time is here. Most of the lake is clear and the fish are looking to eat. Nothing better than watching your Berkley Surge Shad wake across the surface and it vanish as a striper engulfs it. Spool up a seven foot medium heavy Abu Garcia Veritas PLX spinning rod, paired with a Penn 3000 Conflict with twelve pound Trilene Big Game line and you are ready for action. If you want a longer cast spool up with ten pound line. Several baits will be needed for casting to the stripers. You will need a wake bait like the Berkley Surge Shad and a walking bait like the Berkley J-Walker. Look for the bone color and the chrome black back color and you have the two primary colors in the J-Walker and Surge Shad. Twitch the J-Walker so it zig zags across the surface. If the fish are wanting a subsurface lure, the Berkley Magic Swimmer is a great bait. The green back ghost Magic Swimmer is hard to beat on Lanier. Cast these baits to points and humps across the lake and be prepared for some explosive action. If you need a more subtle presentation, rig up a 3/8 Berkley Fusion swimbait head tipped with a 3.3 Berkley Power Swimmer.
Live herring on a freeline across these same points and humps will also be a great tactic. This is the old reliable technique. Spool up a Penn Fathom II Linecounter 15 series reel with 15 pound Trilene Big Game and a Shakespeare Striper Series rod and you are ready for live bait fishing. Be sure to pick up some Gamakatsu 2/0 Octopus hooks, some Trilene 100% Flourocarbon, and some Spro Power Swivels for your leaders and you are all set. Pull these freelines across these areas at about 1 mph. As the water temperature increases do not be afraid to add a little weight to the freeline to get down a little deeper. As the water temperature increases, look for the fish to go deeper. May should be great weather and great fishing. It is a great month to be on the water before the Summer heat. See you on the water,
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