Got out on the lake today after being away to see Mom for a few days. It’s been a full week since I was last on the water and for the most part, nothing much has changed. Fish are still scattered from Browns Bridge down to the dam. The surface temps were a bit cooler compared to the beginning of August but that’s to be expected considering how much rain has fallen the past week.
Hit the lake for a “solo” trip to see if there has been any movement of the fish from their recent haunts. I noted they were moving quite a bit at the end of last week and I’m hoping they’re thinking about coming out of the trees. Typically we’re seeing a lot more of them out in the open by now in the summer but 2010 has been anything but typical. At this point we’re still catching them in shallow water, suspended just in and over the trees, which makes for some difficult jigging and/or trolling. Snags abound and it can get frustrating and costly when you have to fish the trees all day long.
Had David and his son Zachary on the Main Office tonight for a late day summer trip. Thunder and lightening were circling around the lake and I was afraid it might interfere with our plans but we rolled the dice and stayed. Turned out to be a good gamble 
Took out Jonathan and his buddy Nick for a short afternoon trip today. After spending the first half of the day in school, I thought they might like to hit Lanier and catch some Stripers. I knew the time wouldn’t be ideal but I felt I could boat a few and it turns out I was right.
Got back on the lake after being away on vacation for the past week. Rick and I hit the water around 11:00 and by noon were on fish. We caught them good from 6 mile to Young Deer. All the fish were big ranging from 10-18 lbs and for the day it was 50-50 trolling vs jigging. In all we landed about 16 fish. Here’s a pic of me holding a 12 lb’er while Rick fights another fish.