We have open dates for our On the Water SONAR SCHOOL. Bring the boat. Call 770 889 2654. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

APRIL 25, 2024

LAKE ALLATOONA IS 1.1 FEET OVER FULL, 60’S

Bass fishing is great. Now the full noon is past and this brings the end to the spawn and the beginning of a great top water bite. As the waters rises post spawn fish begin to move to areas where they can recover from this spawn, rest and feed. May is time to think shad. Shad begin to spawn and invoke a feeding frenzy for bass, white bass and hybrids. Shad will spawn on hard surfaces, like rock, and will end that ritual just after daybreak. The Spro Dawg, Little John crankbait, the McStick jerk bait and Big Bite Jerk Minnow are my go to bait for active fish. There is also a good jig bite in blowdowns and shallow trees. Big females will move to these areas after coming off the bed. Bass will slowly be moving out toward summer areas and mid depth brush. The fish can be targeted with jig head worms, drop shots and finesse jigs. Watch the Lowrance sonar for signs of bait and active fish.

The Spring West Marine fishing classes will be held at 5221 Lake Lanier islands Pky. Buford Georgia, 30518 470 202 1052 Ken Sturdivant, Southern Fishing Schools will host FREE! Fishing classes this spring. The classes starts at 6pm on May 14, 2024 Kayaks, Dean Bowling, May 28, 2024 Bass Fishing, Tournament Angler Carl Hunter. (Topics, times and speakers are subject to change without notice.)

The 2024 Georgia Outdoor News BLAST is July 26, 27, 27, 2024 at Lake Point Sports Complex, 261 Stars Way, Cartersville, GA 30121. Show Hours are Friday, July 26, 1 pm – 8 pm Saturday, July 28, 9 am – 7 pm Sunday, July 29, 10 am – 5 pm. The Fishing seminars will be held on the 3,000 gallon Bass Tub. The speakers are: Ken Sturdivant, Adam Hinkle, Buck Cannon, Matt Driver, Phil Johnson, Captain Josh Thornton and Dean Bowling. See www.gon.com for details.

The Discover North Georgia Outdoor Expo is August 10, 2024 at the North Georgia Hall of Fame, 415 Hwy 53 East, Dawsonville, GA 30534. For more information contact Grace Reed, Event Manager, 770-535-6371 (Direct) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. P.O. Box 838 | 345 Green St. NW , Gainesville, GA 30503

We offer these Bass Fishing Waypoints for sale on Lake Allatoona, Lake Clarks Hill, Lake Eufaula, Lake Hartwell, Lake Jackson, Lake Lanier, Lake Oconee, Lake Russell, Lake Seminole, Lake Sinclair, Lake Weiss and West Point Lake. WAYPOINTS *$99.00 CHECK OR MONEY ORDERS 0NLY. NO ON LINE PAY! Waypoints are NOT REFUNDABLE. Anglers need to know how to load these into the electronics. Receive the coordinates and then load them into the GPS unit. For a sample send me an e mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We have a FREE! Sonar Set Up Sheet (Please tell me what model machines are on the boat), a FREE! all about CHIRP article, a FREE! How to Find STRIPERS year round, a FREE! 2024 Best Days for Fishing from Bass Master Magazine, a FREE! Tackle Box List for Bass fishing Striper fishing and Crappie fishing, a FREE! Guide for Crappie Year. Just send an e mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Our On the Water SONAR School is designed to teach anglers how to read all the latest technology. We train on all brands. All these machines all offer Sonar CHIRP Side Scan and Down Scan Technology. Lawrence has the Patented FISH REVEAL technology. Bring the boat and any machine we teach all brands! We have the Lowrance PRO12 with C Map and the Active Target 2 LIVE Sonar on the training boat. We started these schools to help anglers how to find and catch more fish. We go over how to rig the transducers and tune the depth finders. We use the Lawrence units but we teach all brands. There are schools of fish in all lakes that are never fished for. Most bass anglers cast to the banks. There are many schools of fish on off shore structure that the typical angler never knows are there. Learn about the latest mapping technologies. How to properly mount and maintain transducers. Spend the day using the latest electronics. On Lake Lanier we find the road beds, humps, standing timber, and brush piles where the fish live. See sunk boats! The school is eight hours exclusively on Lake Lanier. To catch fish all year the latest technology takes all the guess work out of where they live. All the details for our On the Water SONAR School is on our web site on the Schools page. Call after 5pm 770 889 2654

There is a new software 1.3 for the Lowrance GHOST on www.lowrance.com