The 2024 Blue Ridge Trout and Outdoor Adventures Festival is April 27, 2024 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. Southern Fishing Schools will host fishing a SONAR Seminar. For more information contact Bob Borgtwat, 706 838 5259 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.

MARCH 22, 2024

LAKE HARTWELL IS 1.2 FEET OVER FULL, 50S

Bass fishing is fair and the fish are on main lake pockets and ditches in the backs of the creeks. The Shad Rap has continued to be reliable in the creek pockets as well as an Ito Vision 110 jerk bait, Fish Head Spin and a jig. There is one more cold front around but the fish are biting best afternoons. The Rapala X Raps are working on the points with a slow jerking motion along with the Rapala DT6 and jointed Shad Rap. Color depends on where you fish and the clarity of the water. Expect the bass to move back a little to deeper water this week. The bass are suspended out in 10 to 15 feet of water. This will enable angler to pin point them on the Lowrance graph and use those Down Deep Husky Jerk Baits to catch them. Expect the bites to be slow and far and few between jigs and Carolina rigs are also working in and around structure. Work the deep water docks and jigs and Texas rigged worms. Lowrance has just released information about the Eagle line of electronics. https://www.lowrance.com/eagle/

The 2024 Blue Ridge Trout and Outdoor Adventures Festival is April 27, 2024 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. Southern Fishing Schools will host fishing Seminars. For more information contact Bob Borgtwat, 706 838 5259 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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 ARE $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 Lawrence PRO 12 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

Contact WSB TV to have them put the daily Fish and Game Forecaster back on their news daily: tookThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 404 897 7000

On our home page is the Fish and Game Forecaster. This will disclose when the peaks of feeding periods will occur for Fish and Game to increase DD r odds for successful day outdoors. Buy the book 2024 book and the full year plus into January of 2025. This Game and Fish Forecaster is not available in stores.

This web site is a valuable resource for Georgia anglers: https://georgiawildlife.com/fishing forecasts

Captain Josh Thornton is the tournament director for The National Crappie League Georgia Trail. This is a one or two man event. Dates are April 6, 2024 West Point Lake, Highland Pines Resort and Marina, April 20, 2024 Lake Lanier, Little Hall Park, May 18, 2024 Classic Lake Oconee, Swords Recreation Area. Anglers must fish 3 tournaments or be in top 5 of standings to qualify for the Classic. Each angler must have a 2024 NC membership $5 single, $75 family, $40 veteran. Teams may weigh in up to 5 LIVE CRAPPIE. See the Facebook page for the details: National Crappie League Georgia Trail 

Marty Allagood at Bait Shack Watersports has year round boat rentals on Lake Lanier. They have Pontoon boats and Tritoons boats and Fishing Center Consoles. www.bait shack.com 678 234 4371 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Lake Hartwell Information

Weather report for Lake Hartwell

 

FREE! Sonar Seminars at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Lawrenceville, GA. Ken Sturdivant, Lowrance Professional Fishing Staff will be conducting seminars are the last Saturday of each month. All seminars are subject to change without notice. Seminars are subject to change without notice.