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DEL.ICIO.USPending world record at Lanier
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We’ve known for years that blueback herring was actually a good thing for the quality of fish being caught out of Lake Lanier.
The illegally introduced baitfish, which has been used as legal bait for most of the past decade, has fattened up spotted bass and stripers to trophy sizes.
Lanier fly-fishing guide Henry Cowen reported this week that a client of his, Gary Lowe of Atlanta, caught and released a pending world line-class fly record spotted bass on May 23.
Lowe used a Cowen-designed blueback imitation fly called a Cowen’s Baitfish to catch a spot weighing 4 pounds on a 20-pound tippet. The current International Game Fish Association 20-pound tippet record is 3.5 pounds. The IGFA will review the catch before awarding it world-record distinction.
There are bigger spotted bass in Lanier, for sure. But Lowe’s catch is further proof of Lanier’s emergence as one of the best spotted bass fisheries in the country.
“It is my opinion that other records will be broken on Lanier,” Cowen said.
Cowen said the 2-, 4- and 8-pound tippet records — all under 4 pounds — are certainly attainable.
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By Dell
June 6, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
You know we have a pretty big blueback herring population here in Nottely and it has really hurt the largemouth population. Apparently they eat most of the largemouth fry, reducing their numbers dramatically. They’ve now stocked very large trout to try to control the herring population.
By Jimmy Harris
June 6, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
Over the years, Henry has developed the technique to flyfish successfully for every species of fish swimming in Lake Lanier. If anyone can put an angler on a record fish, it will be Henry. Congratulations!
By Henry Cowen
June 6, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
If only I could get the GURU out on Lanier to break a record….Now that would be something! 1 down 3 to go….My goal is to try to get at least 2 more of my anglers to break a different size tippet record. That would certainly give this part of the country its due when it comes to spotted bass. As of today, the Coosa river basin holds a record, but most others come from California. I would like to tip the scales so to speak…
By Bill Carson
June 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
Henry knows his stuff and I expect he and his clients might just break the striper record for Lanier…..darned yankee (affectionately of course)!
By Jim W Harrison
August 19, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
I held two IGFA line class records on spotted bass at Lanier, but both were broken by other anglers over the years at other lakes. However, my spotted gar record at Lanier, at just under 18 pounds,on 4 pound line test spin still stands with the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin. To get a spotted bass record at Lanier on a fly regardless of tipet size the fly caster needs to fish streamers in the head waters of Lanier during late winter or early spring. If you can catch white bass or crappie on a fly in the same locations, you can catch quality spots.
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