Here’s a pop quiz on boating safety! [Hint: The answer is “no.”] “It is OK to jump the wake of another boat when you are less than 100 feet away or to use your personal watercraft to splash someone sitting on a dock on Lake Allatoona, right?” Sorry, Popeye, it is not okay and both situations […]
Law enforcement agencies will crack down on dangerous, aggressive and speeding drivers to reduce fatal crashes during the holiday driving period from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The HEAT — Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic — will be on those who choose to break the law. For the ninth straight summer, police from 159 Georgia […]
Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] Line side fishing: Very Good. The summer bite is really starting to take off. All the major creeks are producing good […]
Pretty soon we’ll all be saying, “Wow! Summer sure went fast! We should have gone camping more.” This weekend several campgrounds along Lake Allatoona will open for the 2012 season, including Clark Creek North, Old Highway 41 #3 and Upper Stamp Creek. Click on the links below for all you’d ever want to know about fees, […]
The first stop on the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour will be in Acworth, GA, beginning Friday, May 18, 2012 at Dallas Landing Park. The tour’s top riders will compete — before a crowd expected to number close to 10,000 — performing death-defying aerial maneuvers and “rail” tricks that make the most sane person scream, “THAT […]
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) gave a glimmer of hope to otherwise doomed rural post offices across America, in the form of a news release dated May 9, 2012. A few regional post offices that are affected include: * BOWDON JUNCTION * COOSA * ESOM HILL * FELTON * MOUNT ZION * NELSON * TATE The new […]
Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail at [email protected] Line side: Fair! The Super Moon we had this past weekend really did slow down the bite. The fish are still […]
The City of Acworth urges you to Think Green! In conjunction with Federal Recyclers, Acworth’s Parks and Recreation Department invites you to their semi-annual Computer, Electronics and Metal Recycling Day at the Acworth Sports Complex, off South Main Street. The date is Saturday, May 12, 2012, from 8 AM until 5 PM. There won’t be […]
You can give a person a fish or you can take a cool kid like Bobby fishing on Lake Allatoona. Easy choice. The video below, provided by Robert Eidson and our friends from Firstbite Guide Service, captures what it is like to catch a fish … then another … then another … then another … at […]
Drifters. Brings to mind Clint Eastwood westerns and hoboes hopping freight trains during the Dust Bowl. Or maybe hippies hitchhiking to San Francisco with flowers in their hair. When I hear the word, I think of the song “Up on the Roof.” There’s a new breed of drifters, grampa: crazoids who drive crazy-powered cars trying […]