LAKE ALLATOONA IS FULL, STAINED & LOW 60 DEGREES

Bass fishing is great and the jerk bait bite is on fire. We are catching good numbers of spotted bass and a few largemouth. Right now it's your choice on baits and anglers can get bit on just about everything. Top water, swim baits, shaky heads, soft plastic jerk baits and more. Put the trolling motor on medium and make as many casts as you can. The spawn is still going on but we we'll see it taper off soon. Warm water and wind are great combos. The mid lake area is good for all day fishing.

This Lake Allatoona Bass fishing report is by Matt Driver, www.proanglerradio.com

This Lake Allatoona Fishing Guides Report has been brought to you by Robert Eidson of First Bite Guide Service, 770 827-6282 www.firstbiteguideservice.com Lake Allatoona, Georgia email: [email protected] www.firstbiteguideservice.com

Lines sides fishing is good. The fish are biting from one end of the lake to the other. The hybrids have started their spawn runs up both the Etowah River and Little River. Most of the fish that are being caught have spawned. The river bite should stay decent into the middle of May. The main lake is also fishing well. The fish that are returning out of the rivers are starting to school up from the Little River Bridge up to the delta. And from the S Turns to Kellogg s Creek. There is also a decent south end bite going on from Iron Hill to the bay out in from of 3rd Army. The fish on the main lake are up in the water column and are very hard to mark on 2 D sonar. If you have a Lowrance with structure scan you can locate these fish by running your side scan setting on 60 feet on both sides. These have been working great for me with my Lowrance Touch 12. If you don't have side scan, the best way to find these fish is to put out a spread of planner boards and free lines and pull the banks and open water until you get bit. Planner boards and freeing live shad on the main lake has been our best bite. This is accounting for at lease 95% of our catch on both Lake Allatoona and Carters Lake. Small to middle size gizzard shad has been the ticket. If throwing the net isn't your cup of tea then go by Striper Soup Bait and Tackle in Acworth as they have plenty on hand. The trolling has been decent but should get really good once the water temperature hits 70 degrees.

We have the book on BASS FISHING LAKE ALATOONA and we have GPS 50 coordinates also. Ask for samples of the book and the coordinates from [email protected] Try these two N 34 10 846 W 84 43 128 Good spawning pockets in McCaskey Creek. Use a Sammy 100 and Big swim baits around the schooling fish. N 34 10 294 W 84 43 092 Good spawning area around Bartow County ramp with a Sammy 100 and big swim bait area.

Call Ken about the Southern Fishing Schools exclusive ON THE WATER SCHOOLS for SONAR or Rods Reels and Lures for Bass. Call for 770 889 2654 or [email protected] for more info