LAKE ALLATOONA IS FULL, STAINED & LOW 80’S

Bass fishing is slow (but typical) and not a lot of size but it seems to be picking up. The bass are not fully settled to a full summertime pattern and being scattered is the hard part right now. Most fish can be found in mid depth brush and numbers are on the rise. The rain has helped a little in my opinion. Fish can be found on the ends of points new the river channel. The medium to deep crank bait like the Spro big papa, the little john DD and Little John tiny DD are good search bait. The 3/8 or 3/16 ounce green pumpkin jig and jig head are a pretty solid plan to put fish in the boat right now. The drop shot with a sunrise colored big bite shaky squirrel has been productive as well. The 1 ounce spoon is putting a few in the boat but you have the filter thought the white bass and hybrid to catch the bass.

This bass fishing report is by Matt Driver, www.proanglerradio.com 404 456 6094

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Line side fishing is good. The summer bite is in full swing, and we are catching a ton of fish down lining and pulling umbrella rigs on the south end of the lake. The dissolved oxygen levels have plummeted up north, and the fish have all moved south to between Bartow Carver and the dam. Check Clear, Stamp Creek, McKaskey Creek and Cooper Branch on up to the Bethany Bridge area and into the Allatoona Creek Arm. The thermocline is starting to set up at about 28 feet, and we are catching all of our fish either down lining or trolling u rigs between 18 28 feet. Down lining a threadfin shad is absolutely the best bite on the lake and trolling running a close second. But remember we are in the dog " Days " of summer and shad will die quickly on the line so take a lot of bait or keep a bucket of shiners as a back up. They're biting shiners about 25 percent as well as they're hitting the threadfins, but you'll need to match the size of your hook to the size of your bait or the fish won't hit. Use a size 6 Gamakatsu octopus on a medium shiner. When using smaller hooks, be sure to use quality hooks so the fish don't straighten them out. The top water bite is gone.

Anglers, we have a book on BASS FISHING LAKE ALLATOONA that has 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 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.

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