Fishing has always been a popular pastime on Lake Lanier. Early on, the reservoir was stocked with threadfin shad and white bass, and these species thrived. Bream, crappie, and catfish were also common. The forested areas that had been flooded to create the lake provided ideal underwater fish habitats.
Wanda Blan:“My husband and I and the kids used to fish all the time all over the lake. But we were mostly after bass, when the bass started, off we’d go, that’d be about March. Would spend the night on the pontoon boat fishing.”
