Derrick Morris - Fishing

06/29/2025

Three of the better fish caught today. Caugbt 12 total, and nothing before 7:45am. Chrome Skimmers were the bait of choice. My Chrome Skimmer on the bottom has been my go to for the last two years. There's no telling how many fish that skimmer has caught. At least 100 since spring 2024. The Skimmer Grande was key once the boat traffic got bad. It was just long enough to handle the rough water. All fish were caught on the main lake in 25-35 feet of water out over brush, or open water in 60+ feet roaming. Definitely a live scope game.

06/29/2025

02/09/2025

Running up the river yesterday morning at Clark's Hill for the 2nd stop of the Georgia Bass Trail tournament. You can't see it in the video, but there's two boats in front of me just far enough away that I could see their lights, and we had two behind us also. We more less trained our way up the river. Fog didn't lift until nearly noon.

02/05/2025

Man it's been a long break from fishing Georgia Bass Trail tournaments! Fished stop #1 at Oconee back in November. Was supposed to fish Lanier in January, but Mother Nature had other plans. We had to reschedule that tournament for later in the year. Either way, we are headed to Clark's Hill for our 3rd stop! Clark's Hill has been pretty good to use the last 4 years. With this warm weather, I am looking forward to getting on the water this week!

09/30/2024

We are 8 weeks away from the start of the 2025 GBT season! Looking forward to getting on Lake Oconee in November. The past few years Oconee has been a thorn in our side, but hopefully we can turn that around. If anyone is looking for a fun competitive team trail that's ran with a family atmosphere, check out GBT! To fish the GBT, you must register for all tournaments in a division.

06/02/2024

Fished a little club tourney today on Lake Lanier. It’s been just over a month since I last fished Lanier. Dropped 5 for 13.55lb on the scales for a 3rd place. Put a little spending cash in the pocket. I honestly wasn’t prepared for the conditions today. I was expecting partly cloudy skies, winds light and varible, and temps around 79°. We got cloudy skies, winds 20-25 mph, and temps around 77°. Just could not get the top water bite going. Caught fish on Southen Hook Lures Bite Size Herring, and Zoom trick worm on a shaky head. Numbers were there, but quality was lacking for me today. Caught this 4.27lb spot, and another 3lb spot. The rest were 2lb spots.

05/01/2024

To say Hartwell sucked today would be an understatement, but to be fair, I think it’s in the post spawn funk right now. Caught 13 bass (2 of which were LM), and 5 hybrids. Top water produced the largest spot, but most were caught on a spot choker scoping suspended fish. I had a number of big spots come from 20’ of water to look at the OG, and a couple different swimbaits, but would never commit. Fished from 20’ to 1’. Water temps were 73 at the ramp, and even seen temps in the mid 70’s up the Seneca. Plan is to practice again Monday, and Friday next week. Unfortunately this was my best two bass, and decide to snap a pic of one of the hybrids

04/26/2024

Hit Lanier this morning around 7:45a. Bite was again slow for me at first. Quickly caught one 2lb on a spinnerbait on my first stop. My 2nd stop produced three more 2lb cookie cutters off of the Spot Choker with a Jr Fluke. Decided to run up to Little Hall, and found some spots chasing herring. Picked up 4 on the OG. Around 1:30 decided to run back down to Shady Grove area, and check out some stuff. Quickly found a blow through that was stacked with fish, and herring. Caught 9 more spots on the OG. Snapped a few picks of the better fish. Oh BTW fishing was cut short when the OG caught me! 😂🤣🤣

04/23/2024

Fished Lanier today for the first time since January 27th & 28th. Dropped in at Balus Creek, and fished between Little Hall, and Vans Tavern. Wind gave my LithiumHub Ionic Batteries a good workout. Morning bite was slow for me. At noon I only had 3 in the boat, but the bite picked up at lunch. Boated 10 between 12:30 and 1:30. A few good fish. Had one that broke 4lb, and best 5 was 15.21lb. Spinnerbait, Spot Choker with a LipSticker Fishing Baby Fluke and Lanier Baits FZNH2O Jerk Shad weightless. I will be back in the morning to check out the south end.