CARTERS LAKE

Forecast By: Eric Crowley Lake & Stream Guide Service (706)

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Last month was wide open on this big deep monster of a lake. The bait spawn was super fun as usual with lots of activity from multiple species. Walleyes, big stripers and some magnum spots were all players last month. The walleye have been in shallow water feeding really well at night, from 5 to 20ft deep. The jerk bait/crankbait bite was great last week and should continue for a while. Dark colored lures fished up against the shoreline has been our go to method. During the day the walleyes slide down into 40 to 60 feet of water avoiding the summer sunshine. Live alewives and night crawlers fished on a jig, or a small circle hook is the best way to catch them during the daytime.

The stripers have started head- ing deep, in the last week, as the temperatures rise. We are catching fish as deep as 50 feet already and expect to see this continue as we go into summer. Live fresh Alewives are still the choice of champions to trick them on to your hook. We have already started to downsize leaders and hook size. 12lb leaders,1/0 hooks and 1.5 sinkers are working good right now. The bigger the bait the more attention they seem to get from the striped fish. As far as location goes the fish are still in the creeks early but are cruising humps and points after sunup. The night bite for stripers has been pretty good as well fishing over the green lights near the boat ramps.

Temperature: 72 degrees

Level: Full

Clarity: 2ft