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 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 12, 2024

LAKE ALLATOONA IS FULL, 60 ’S

Bass fishing is great. Numbers are up, size not so much. Fish continue to be caught on whatever VV have confidence in. Jigs, Carolina rigs and jig heads are a sure thing. Several plastics are getting the job done. A jerk bait, spinnerbait, fluke, and even some top water have been productive, and of course a worm. Try the micro jig by Keitech with the Guard Spin style Jig. This is a good bait that work in situations to try to catch large fish on light gear. The Georgia Blade Spinnerbait on shallow rock has been the deal for us this week. Some days the wood in these areas is holding fish also, so make sure to make some casts to the now many pieces of flooded cover. The Zoom Houdini magnum finesse worm, mini lizard and missile Ned bomb are working great. Red clay banks are holding better fish right now. For those that like to "turn and burn" the Mini Me spinner bait white and blue with white blades is the ticket. Blow downs and wind blown points are areas to target. The Spring West Marine fishing class are 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. All Classes start at 6pm. April 23, 2024 SONAR, Ken Sturdivant, 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 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 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

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 your 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 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 

Lowrance has just released information about the Eagle line of electronics. https://www.lowrance.com/eagle/

Simrad has released the new Introducing the world's first fully featured Ultrawide marine display NSX® ULTRAWIDE https://www.simrad-yachting.com/

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.