This [url=http://www.bigfishonguide.com/index_files/lakelanierfishingguide.htm]Lake Lanier Striper[/url] report is from [url=mailto:mikemad@bigfishonguide.com]Captain Mike Maddalena[/url] & Captain Ken West of Big Fish On Guide Service, 770-598-5195. High winds, rain and cold temperatures continues. The lake is at full pool, the creeks and rivers are stained and the water temperature is in the low 40's with morning ice in the back of the creeks. We are experiencing a winter threadfin shad kill due to the cold temperatures. Consequently, the birds are staying busy picking up the dying shad and they no longer have to rely on the stripers to push the bait to the surface. This makes the birds less reliable as "fish finders". If you see working birds, check the area with your electronics before committing to pulling bait. Finding the fish continues to be the challenge. Overall the fishing is spotty. The fish are scattered lake wide. Your best bet remains the mid to south end creeks from Browns Bridge south to Shoal creek. Herring, trout, small shiners and small threadfins on free lines and planner boards are working. Umbrella rigs are the go to method if you are marking fish and cannot make them bite. A few fish have been caught casting Mack Farr's bucktail jigs on flats and points. If the temperature ever warms and the rain and snow storms let up, the back of the creeks and shallow flats will warm up first and the bait and the fish will move in almost overnight. When this happens the fishing will go from fair to great!