LAKE ALLATOONA IS FULL, 80’S, CLEAR

This Bass fishing report is from Matt Driver.

Bass fishing is good. Typically the month of August on Lake Allatoona is extremely slow and considered one of the worst nights of the year for bass fishing is Lake Allatoona. This year is definitely different and we have had a consistent but since the first of the year. The bass are still deep and will be until mid September. Right now the brush pile bite is still good. We are using a Picasso double weed guard Jig head and B.B. Money Maker worm in great pumpkin. This technique is very slow and methodical. The secret to working this bait is not to work it at all and just drag it slowly until you locate the brush pile. Once you reach the power slowly work the jig head through the debris. A very sensitive rod is key. We are using a Shimano Expired, medium heavy 7‘2“ spinning rod and 20 pound Sunline fx2 braid tipped with Sunline sniper Fluorocarbon as a leader. When you feel the fish bite just start reeling. The second technique have confidence in for the month of August is a deep diving crank bait. We are switching it up between a Spro Little John DD, and 6 or 8 XD. Are use 10 pound test Sunline Fluorocarbon and a glass Shimano cranking rod. Fish this bait on the long points that are near the channel with scattered brush or boulders. Run and gun, don’t stay in an area if you’re not getting bit. We typically divide the lake up into three regions. South end we call Allatoona Creek to Bethany Bridge. Midface is from Bethany Bridge to Galts Ferry and the north end is Galts north to the Etowah River. Right there are no particular areas that are producing better. Pick the area of the lake you like best and run the mid to deep depth pattern. If a lot of what you’re reading sounds the same, it is. Not a lot changes on Lake Allatoona this time of year. But the fishing is good.

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Line side fishing is good. But has slowed way down compared to July. The live bait bite is still the better bite. But bait is dying quick do to the lack of oxygen. So be sure to carry plenty of bait and change it often, frisky bait is the key to putting more fish in the boat. Shad, shiners and bream are all working. But thread fins are hard to beat this time of year. These fish are scatter in the water column from anywhere from 14 feet to 28 feet deep. The thermocline has really taken hold at 20 feet this year. The better bite is between Bartow Carver down to Clarks Creek. A good starting point is anywhere in eye site of the dam. Trolling is really starting to improve but is best when the COE is generating water, normally it's been in the afternoon. Umbrella rigs pulled 80 to 120 feet behind the boat at 3.1 miles an hour over points and humps will should get you bit.

Now is a great time to ride the lake and scan the points, humps and ledges with the Lowrance Structure Scan and Down Scan technology. Now anglers and spend less time searching and more time catching once this technology unlock the lakes secret.

This summer is a great time to learn how to use your Electronics, so call 770 889 2654 to set a date.

We are planning classes on Lures for Bass, STRIPERS! Crappie, SONAR! and Fly Fishing for the fall and winter at the Forsyth County Library branches. Dates, locations and times will be posted soon. All are welcome and there is no preregistration required.

LOWRANCE TIPS: Leave the CHART in WGS84 as this is the current mapping for the United States, BE SURE TO HAVE THE CURRENT SOFTWARE IN ALL THE MACHINES. Learn this and more in one day during our ON THE WATER ELECTRONICS SCHOOL in one day. 770 889 2654.

We have all the details for our On the Water SONAR School on our web SCHOOLS page. We have the LOWRANCE CARBON and LOWRANCE GEN 3 Touch and the game changing technology in the NEW 3D Lowrance Technology on our boat. Bring any HDS machine only to Lake Lanier and learn it ALL in one day. Call Ken for details. See our Southern Fishing Schools page for the latest screen shots of the LOWRANCE 3D technology. See bass over a ladder in 10 feet of water 158 feet from my boat. www.lowrance.com

Ask for a free sonar set up sheet by sending me an email to ken@southernfishing.com. Please tell me what model machine you have.

Call Brian Leiva at www.bbgmarine.com 888 570 0916 for all your Lowrance and other technology.

We have these books for sale BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE and BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL. These books have lots of bass fishing and covers every week of the year. Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample of any book send us an e mail to ken@southernfishing.com.

We offer these waypoints for sale. You get the coordinates and you load them into your GPS unit for Lake Allatoona for $99.00 Lake Lanier for $99.00 Lake Oconee for $99.00 Lake Weiss for $99.00 Lake Hartwell for $99.00 WAYPOINTS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE