by Robert Eidson
Level: Full
Clarity: 4-5 feet visibility
Temperature: 79 degrees
Linesides: Hit or Miss of late. The bite on Lake Allatoona has been really challenging lately, to say the least. Some mornings the fish are busting topwater and can be caught on almost anything. Then there are days you can ride the whole lake and not mark one school of fish on your Lowrance.
There are two bites going on right now. There is a decent livebait bite in or near the river channel at the Delta over to Sweet Water Creek and in the river channel out of the mouth of Little River. These fish are feeding on very small baits. Small to medium threadfins and shiners are working best on the north end of Lake Allatoona right now.
There is also a topwater bite going on most mornings during the week in eyesight of the dam. When these fish are up, they will hit just about everything. I still prefer a popping cork with a fly. After these fish go down, try trolling a Mack Farr three-arm umbrella rig in all white. I am having my best luck pulling my rigs 50 feet behind the boat minutes after the fish go down.
This time of year is tough on Allatoona. This is the main reason I spend so much time on Carters Lake in the fall. Allatoona isn’t, and never has been, a good fall lake. If you are planning on chasing linesides this month, think hard about making a road trip over to Carters or LaSeven- pound. Lake Lanier spot caught while nier. The fish are bigger and a lot more active.
FORECAST BY: Capt. Robert Eidson
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