Oct pattern

[kulpy]

OK guys hopefully I'll get my lowrance back this week. Whats the best pattern to try this weekend if I get it back.

[billfish]

I would go with down lines, planer boards and free lines.
I go over the Dam almost every day and have seen stripers busting on top all around West Bank.

[kulpy]

Thanks Billfish

[billfish]

They were there at 9am today, cove before you get to west bank.
lake is up to 1069.09

[mackoo]

Look for fish to start moving back into the first third of the creeks look for mud,trash and temp lines expect fish to break on bait anytime anyplace anywhere and have a spoon or crank bait that you can cast to them. This is a good time of year for U Rigs also.

[brett30030]

Get small baits!

[Kos]

Here is a report from Ken Sturdivant sent out By Jeff Durniak from DNR:

"Stripers are ready to break loose on top as the water cools. There has not been any top water yet. Live bait will work and the fish are still deep
during the day. Try both flat lines out 50 feet with blue backs and also go deep fishing too. On the flat line, run a bobber on your line 10 feet
above a 6 foot leader of 12 pound Fluorocarbons and small hooks. Try and get these baits as shallow as ten feet on main lake humps, points and reef
markers."

"Look for stripers in the mouth of Bald Ridge Creek and back around Bald Ridge marker #5. Watch that Lowrance and you may see the fish dead on
the bottom at 60 feet all day. On down lines and a 12 pound fluorocarbon leader on a small red bait hook and a 6 foot leader and a 2 ounce sinker. Drop
the baits on a clear bottom and then reel them up 6 feet. The secret here is to sit dead still to keep the baits from swimming too much. Power reeling
and live bait is working in the mouth of Big Creek right out in the main river channel also. Take a look at the deep water out in fro not main lake
marker #10 around Lake Lanier Islands too."

[kulpy]

Well Lowrance didn't get my 522c fixed so they sent me an HD5 unit, I got it today. Its the replacement for the 522c. I had everything rigged, poles, bait tank, new fish finder, new navionics chip, truck and boat connected, lunch made then the **** dog ran away ! I was fishing with my wife tomorrow and she is now worried sick so after all that prep I'll be looking for a **** dog !!! I wont even get laid tonight. When is the next road trip !!!!

[MikeF.]

Kulpy, why are you worried about getting laid when you just got a new HD5 for free?

[kulpy]

Thats a good point !