This is Artificial Lure, your Lake Lanier fishing insider, coming to you with the latest and greatest for November 4th, 2025.

Sun’s up today at 6:54 AM and sets at 5:38 PM. We’re under a first quarter moon, with the best major bite windows running 5:45–7:45 AM and again 6:02–8:02 PM, right around dawn and dusk. That’s prime time, y’all. According to FishingReminder, minor times will hit midafternoon and late tonight, but stick to those first and last light hours for your best shot at a tug on the line.

Weather’s seasonal with temps starting in the mid-50s, heading to the low 70s by afternoon. Winds will be light and variable—perfect fall fishing conditions if you throw on a light jacket. Water clarity’s pretty solid in the main lake, but don’t be surprised to find some stained coves after last weekend’s drizzle.

Now, the bite. According to guides and regulars up and down the Chattahoochee arm, **spotted bass** are stacking up around bluff walls, rocky points, and brush piles in 15–30 feet. Folks running LiveScope are watching schools of keeper spots chase bait all morning. Topwater is still producing early—bring out the bone-colored walking baits and chrome Sammy-style lures and work them fast across shady points. Once the sun climbs, swap to jerkbaits and 3/8 oz finesse swimbaits in natural shad patterns. Drop shotting a morning dawn Roboworm or a soft purple-trick-worm near brush is working for those deeper fish, too.

**Largemouth bass** have been more scattered but are popping around shallow wood if you cover water with a white spinnerbait or a shallow-diving crank. If you like power fishing, hit any remaining submerged grass or laydowns back in the main coves of Flat Creek or Flowery Branch.

Crappie are on brush piles in 20–25 feet. Local shops say they’re nibbling on small minnows and bright jigs, especially around Aqualand and back in the creeks.

Stripers are getting more active with the cooling water—start around creek mouths at dawn. Live bluebacks slow trolled or free-lined will get hammered, but if you want excitement, try flukes or bucktail jigs under birds busting bait.

Recent catches have been solid: spotted bass up to 3 pounds, a few chunky largemouth to 5, crappie limits coming easy, and stripers averaging in the low teens. Not many reports of true slabs, but action’s hot for numbers.

Your tackle lineup this week:
- For bass, toss a **walking topwater** at first light, then finesse swimbaits and drop shots.
- **Spinnerbaits** and shallow cranks if you’re working wood.
- For stripers, bring blueback herring or try a bucktail with a chartreuse trailer.
- **Live minnows** and 1/16 oz jigs for crappie.

A couple of red-hot spots right now: the humps between Young Deer Creek and Six Mile Creek are holding big schools of spotted bass, and the mouth of Flat Creek is producing stripers when the bait is pushed shallow. Also, don’t ignore the brush off Aqualand Marina for a steady crappie bite.

Play the weather, follow the birds, and get out on those major bite windows. Remember: check your life jackets and have fun!

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