by Robert Eidson
Lineside fishing is excellent and the fishing is on fire. The white bass bite is dying off, but both the Little River and Etowah River runs are good for hybrids and stripers. Cut shad seems to be working best, but live shad and chicken liver will also work well.
If the river isn’t your thing, the Allatoona Creek arm is producing very good numbers of stripers and hybrids. Tanyard Creek, Clark Creek, Iron Hill and from the 75 bridge to the spillway are all good places to look. Every hump and point should have some fish on them. We are having our best luck pulling hand sized gizzard shad on flat lines and planer boards early, and then switching to downlines once that bite slows. After about 10 AM, start pulling a umbrella rig. Chartreuse has been the best color for bucktails on the umbrella rig. Pull them 120 feet behind the boat at 3.1 mph.