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i say go for it, if your child doesnt enjoy it then you can always wait until they get older or try to make it funner, but if they do enjoy it theyll prob be hooked for life.

haha i remember when my dad took me fishing when i was just 2 years old. I remember spending all night catching 5 pound striped bass and setting up the underwater light to watch the baitfish school around. it was those nights that made me crazy for fishing.

I have been fishing lake lanier with live bait with my dad since i was two and usually we catch some nice spotted bass, but these past few years ive been trying to fish artificial baits more but havent caught much. i catch plenty of fish on other lakes but never seem to do to well on Lanier. I was just wondering if anybody had any advice.

"I know what you mean when ya hear about everyone catching 10lbs bass and all ya get are dinks 24/7 im in the same boat." jeez i know how it feels too ive only recently caught any decent sized fish on lures and some of my friends have caught fish in the 10=15 pound range.

Welcome i hope this sight is as helpful for you as it is for me

Bass can get into ponds many ways, but typically they come in through feeder streams. Ive seen alot of small ponds that have been around for awhile with no bass in them, but then again there are some that i wonder just how the hell fish got in them.

cool thanks guys

sounds pretty sweet, ill definitely give it a try the next time im on a shallow lake

Definitely keeping him and his loved ones in my prayers, i can only imagine how worried they must be. :'(

My tackle box is running low on spinnerbaits and i need to go shoppin for some, so i was just wonderin what your top three spinnerbait colors would be.

hey everyone, not really new but i never did do an intro so here it is. I fish mostly small neighborhood lakes in the atlanta suburbs but occasionally go up to Lake Lanier with my dad. Im about to move down to Macon/Milledgeville depending on what college i go to and i cant wait to be done fishing bad suburb lakes. Been fishing since i was 2 years old but didnt really pick up artificial baits until acouple years ago. I did do a 25 page paper on Bass Fishing once (the teacher let us choose our own topic) and i used this site ;D This site is really useful and has helped me a lot when i needed info.

I know how you feel, it seems like the only local lakes around my area are either overfished or underfished and full of midget bass. its hard to go off and search for the bigger fish when your shoreline fishing. One of these days im going to get one of the floating tubes from my neighbors pool put on my bathing suit and float out to the deeper water.

im stuck in the atlanta suburbs by perimiter mall in Dekalb county. I have tried finding decent fishing but every lake i find is private and surrounded by housing. I have heard that Stone Mountain lake is pretty good but never tried it. I was just wondering if anybody knew of any decent fishing nearby.

You should fish Murphy Chandler Lake, there are some HUGE fish in there! ;D

one was lost when we double hooked bass and mine ran under treys and broke off. two were hooked fish but got wrapped up on trees. and the fourth i just snagged

sorry, just makin sure

btw this is joe

Fishing on that lake was awsome. kinda wish i hadnt lost 4 jigs on those bass though, i had to do some serious lure shopping after that. i definitely think that my brim was the catch of the day. ;D

judging from the photos it looks like he was fishing along the side opposite of the bridge towards the back of the lake late in the evening. atleast, as far as i can tell

i just wanna say i thought this thread is very helpful, i have the same problem all the time. Ive fished Lake Lanier for years with my dad and the only time we catch anything is on live bait, nomatter what lure i try. Im going to take some of this advice for my next trip and see what i can do

i wasnt there for the actual stocking, so i dont really know. There was always some water at the base of the dam so they mightve stayed there. I do know that there were some guys who stacked wooden boards ontop of the muck so they could scoop the fish up as they drained out of the lake. They said they might put some of the bass in one of the pools back in the swamps above the lake. I really have no way of knowing for sure though.

yea they drained it about four years ago, used to fish it all the time after ball games and stuff. there were some massive carp and coy sitting out in the muck. i know they stalked it after that. only fished it afew times since then and didnt catch all that much.

yea i live pretty close too, havent fished it much since after they drained it way back when.

wow really? i never really bothered to fish it much, thought all the bass were caught out of there.