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Meet Ken Sturdivant
Saturday's at
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Lawrenceville
Georgia.
“SONAR WITH KEN
STURDIVANT”
Bass Pro Shops in
Lawrenceville Georgia.
Lowrance Pro Staff Member Ken Sturdivant will go over the
settings for the sonar in the Outdoor Skills Workshop and they
are FREE!
June 7 @ 2pm
Get a FREE! Lowrance map
card when you buy any Lowrance 5 inch sonar or GPS unit at Bass Pro Shops
until July 7, 2008. see www.lowrance.com for details.
Our NEW! DVD, FINDING FISH
WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY is now on sale.
May 2, 2008
LAKE GEORGE IS FULL, 72 DEGREES & CLEAR
Bass are fair and are up on top water later in the day. The Lunker Lure all
white buzz bait or Bang A Lures in silver and black back on banks and wood has
been good. Large Senko’s in pearl and watermelon are good baits for grass lies
with no split shot. Cast to the shallow banks with a Rattlin’ Rouge in the shad
or bream color. Spinner baits with willow leaf blades in silver and gold’s on
the banks can draw strikes. Worms on a Texas or a short Carolina rig are fair in
greens or smoke colors are fair, but fish slowly in and around brush. The down
lake fish are biting blue back Shad Raps crank baits on the points and humps.
Try the white skirts and silver blades on a Strike King 3/8th ounce spinner
baits up the rivers in coves and hit wood on the banks.
Crappie fishing is fair but stay in clear water later each day and the trees
lines are best at 7 feet. Use live minnows and fish in the creeks on the ledges.
The FREE map card deal is still on with any Lowrance 5 inch sonar/GPS or
Lowrance GPS unit. See www.lowrance.com
iIf you would like to have a free set up sheet for your sonar, send me an e mail
to kensturdivant@earthlink.net and ask for the “Sonar Setup Quick List”.
We have these books for sale: “BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE”, “BASS FISHING
LAKE RUSSELL”, “BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE” and “BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL”.
These books are written by Tim White and Ken Sturdivant and each one has over 65
locations exclusively for bass and covers every week of the year. Each book
$39.00. If you would like a sample of any book, send us an e mail to
kensturdivant@earthlink.net. Our mailing address is: Southern Fishing Schools
Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia 30040.
We have 3 books that cover all species in the lakes, “52 WEEKS ON LAKE
ALLATOONA, “52 WEEKS ON LAKE LANIER”, and “52 WEEKS ON WEST POINT LAKE” on sale.
Each book is $23.95. Our mailing address is: Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106
Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia 30040.
Lake levels from http://lakes.southernco.com/
Lake Lanier Striper Survey: www.stripersurvey.com
You can see the feeding times daily with a Data Sport Fish and Game Forecaster
on our web site.
We teach “ON THE WATER SCHOOLS”: “Rods, Reels and Lures for Bass or Maps and
Depth Finders. Call 770 889 2654 for details or see the web site:
www.havefunfishing.com.
Take a look at www.aquavu.com. You really need a camera. Copyright 2007,
Southern Fishing Schools Inc. calls us to set up a school “Rods, Reels and Lures
for Bass”. See our web site, www.havefunfishing.com for more details or call us
right away, 770 889 2654.
Walter F. George Operated by the COE,
this 45,180 acre Chattahoochee River reservoir encompasses 640 miles of Georgia
and Alabama shoreline and 85 river miles between Columbus and Ft. Gaines. Power
generation schedules and lake elevations can be obtained by calling the COE
powerhouse, 24 hours/day at 229 768 2424. There are 23 boat ramps on this lake
and the COE charges a $3 daily launch fee. They also charge $3 per car or $1 per
person daily beach use fees. Users can pay an annual fee of $30, which covers
all daily use of boat ramps and beaches. Fuel is available at George T. Bagby
State Park and Florence Marina on the Georgia side and at Lake Point Resort and
Chewalla Marina on the Alabama side.
WRD research in 2007 showed good numbers of largemouth bass, which indicates
good fishing for 2008. There is a 14 inch minimum size limit for largemouth bass
on this lake. During the spring local anglers prefer plastic worms, spinner
baits and shallow running crank baits. The most productive spring fishing sites
are near Lake Point Resort, Hwy. 82 causeway and the back end of creeks and
coves. The most productive time period for bass is from mid March through May,
but the warmer summer months can be productive if anglers target deeper
structure along creek and river channels. Bream fishing on Walter F. George
includes bluegill and redear sunfish. Bluegill will be relatively small,
averaging 4 7 inches, and the average redear will be 7 9 inches. Favorite
fishing spots for bluegill are the shallow ends of coves, creeks and sloughs,
especially above the Hwy. 82 causeway. The shallow flats from East Bank boat
ramp, north to Sandy Creek, is often a productive site for redear fishing.
Favorite baits are crickets and worms, and the best time is April through June.
Overall crappie numbers were down during the 2007 gill net survey, but there
were good numbers of fish 12 inches and larger. The average crappie sampled in
the fall of 2007 was 10 ½ inches, up about one half inch from last year. Crappie
should weigh around ¾ lb. this spring, with good numbers of fish up to 1 ½
pounds Crappie are usually the first fish to start biting each year, and anglers
should start looking for them during the winter, but the best fishing will be
from February through April. Favorite spots are at creek mouths and under
bridges. Other hotspots include Moccasin Slough, Pataula Creek, White Oak Creek,
Rood Creek and Grass Creek. Most successful anglers fish with minnows or jigs,
at 12 16 foot depths. A good place to start is at any of the 24 fish attractors
located on the Georgia side of the reservoir. The sites are marked with buoys,
and a map of their locations can be obtained by calling the COE office (229 768
2516). Bank anglers should try the fishing piers at Hardridge Creek, and
Florence Marina or the marked fishing areas at East Bank and River Bluff boat
ramps. These fishing piers also are accessible to anglers with physical
disabilities.
Hybrid bass fishing will be good this year, with excellent numbers of larger 3 4
pounds fish and with fish up to 8 ½ lbs available. Shiny artificial lures that
imitate shad work well. Local anglers use spoons, rooster tails, rattle traps
and deep diving crank baits. Some anglers have good luck bottom fishing at night
with chicken liver or dead shrimp, but the most popular fishing technique is
trolling over sand flats in 10 15 feet of water. Good areas to try are found
from Sandy Creek to Pataula Creek, near Cool Branch landing, and just above the
Hwy. 82 causeway.
The catfish population is dominated by channel catfish, but there are an
increasing number of blue catfish in the reservoir. Blue catfish, a relative to
channel catfish, have a narrower head and longer, straight edged anal fin. Both
channel and blue catfish will generally be small, averaging 1 2 pounds , but
larger fish are present. Worms and blood bait fished in 15 20 feet will produce
good results for both species. While both species can be found throughout the
reservoir, blues are more common in the upper end of the reservoir and large
blues (up to 30 pounds ) have been caught in recent years.
Several new infestations of Hydrilla, an exotic aquatic plant, were again found
in this reservoir last year despite efforts to treat it.
Anglers can help prevent the spread of this, and other nuisance aquatic plants,
by inspecting their tackle, boat motor and trailer and removing all plant
fragments before entering or leaving boat ramps. Please help keep all nuisance
weeds out of this and other Georgia reservoirs. To combat the increasing spread
of hydrilla, the COE released 13,440 vegetation consuming grass carp into Walter
F. George. More information can be found at:
http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/op/rec/wfg/News_Releases/FONSI
We have these books for sale: “BASS
FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE”, “BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL”, “BASS FISHING WEST
POINT LAKE” and “BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL”. These books are written by Tim
White and Ken Sturdivant and each one has over 65 locations exclusively for bass
and covers every week of the year.
Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample
of any book, send us an e mail to kensturdivant@earthlink.net Our mailing
address is: Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia
30040.
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