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Ken Sturdivant, Lowrance Professional
Fishing Staff will be conducting FREE! Sonar Seminars at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor
World in Lawrenceville Georgia. All seminars are the last Saturday of each month
at 2pm. All seminars are
subject to change without notice.
See samples of the
New Lowrance HDS Structure Scan Down Scan at this address:
http://havefunfishing.com/fishingreports/lowrance.htm
Our DVD, Rods, Reels
and Lures for Bass is now on sale for only $25.00 including shipping. Send a
check payable to Southern Fishing Schools Inc. to: Southern Fishing Schools Inc
to 106 Hickory Ridge Drive, Cumming Georgia. Please allow 14 days for delivery.
February 9, 2012
LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR & 53 DEGREES
Bass fishing is good. With the water temperatures on the rise now is a good time
to head to Elberton. The surface temperatures will vary depending on the amount
of sun and cloud daily but it won't bother the bass. This bass are starting to
stage up for the pre spawn move and some of them are being caught in very
shallow water along the banks. Slow rolling spinnerbaits along with a good slow
moving crank bait will get the job done. The areas between points and secondary
points is a good place to start but don't overlook the rocky/wood cover found up
in the rivers. All the way from Pearl to the 72 bridge is loaded with structure.
Throw small Wiggle Warts and Husky Jerks and maybe a good old Shad Rap to finish
the day. The best feeding time and a good time to get a limit will be from 9am
and 11am. Take along some Zoom green lizards with a Texas rig, and throw
directly in the heavy cover. Work lay down trees all the way out to the deeper
water with this bait. The lizard bite is working as these early moving bass are
clearing out a path and getting ready to make their move. Also use the Shad Raps
on the rip rap at the 72 bridge and around the islands. See our web site for
Rods, Reels and Lures for Bass DVD on sale.
See our web site for Rods, Reels and Lures for
Bass DVD on sale.
If 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.
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 2008,
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.
FREE SONAR SET-UP SHEET:
If 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”.
Richard B. Russell This 26,650 acre U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) reservoir
is nestled between Lakes Hartwell and Clarks Hill on the Savannah River.
Shoreline development is not allowed at Richard B. Russell (RBR) making it one
of the more pristine reservoirs in the state. There are very few recreational
boaters and skiers during the summer months. Since this is a pumped storage
facility, water levels are relatively stable throughout the year.
The spotted bass population continues to expand. These fish are in excellent
condition and are putting on weight. Threadfin shad and blue back herring
populations provide ample food for this expanding bass population. The number of
spotted bass is beginning to make fishing for largemouth bass more difficult in
some areas. Spotted bass are more abundant than largemouth bass throughout the
Savannah arm of RBR and near the dam. Largemouth bass are more abundant than
spotted bass in the Beaverdam Creek arm and in the tributary creeks off the
Savannah arm.
Largemouth and spotted bass can be targeted in depths ranging from 2 10 feet
using lures like jerk baits, crank baits, spinnerbaits and soft plastics.
Anglers should fish on points, standing timber and riprap. Following the April
and May spawning period (May through September), fish move to offshore habitats
like deep points, ledges and humps and can be targeted with deep diving crank
baits, soft plastics (Carolina or Texas rig), drop shot rigs and jigging spoons.
Fish can be found suspended around bridge columns and can be targeted with soft
plastics on light jig heads and jerk baits. Fish can also be found in the
shallows early and late in the day using top water lures. In October and
November, both species migrate into creeks following baitfish and can be
targeted using small crank baits, spinnerbaits and soft plastics. In the winter
(December and January), bass will move to deep water (20 40 feet) and can be
caught with jigging spoons and soft plastics.
Black crappie in 2008 will be more numerous because of the large numbers of
crappie less than eight inches in the population. Most keepers will be in the 8
– 12 inch class, with relatively few larger than 12 inches. However, the larger
the RBR crappie grow, the fatter they get! The upper tributary areas, such as
Rocky River and Beaverdam Creek, are good spring hot spots for crappie.
Approximately 29,000 striped bass fingerlings (one per acre) were stocked into
RBR in May 2004. This one time experimental stocking was done to determine if a
trophy striped bass fishery could be established in RBR. Time will continue to
tell how this fishery will develop, but current indications are encouraging!
Anglers have caught small numbers of striped bass over the years. However, those
fish were not stocked into RBR (probably entered from upstream Lake Hartwell).
Striped bass in the 6 10 pounds range can be located in the big water from the
railroad trestle to the dam and in the headwater areas of the lake. Target
stripers by free lining or down lining live blue back herring or shad (threadfin
or gizzard) and soft plastic shad bodies on a jig head.
Changes in the structure of the oxygen system, which covers about 65 acres in
the fore bay of RBR, have caused a change in the fish patterns in summer and
early fall. Large stripers, hybrids and largemouth bass are associated with
habitat created by this system and offer persistent anglers a chance for some
trophy catches.
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