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Lake Allatoona Day-Use Parks are Open

Day-Use Parks Abound on Lake Allatoona

Lake Allatoona offers more than a dozen picture-perfect parks managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to spend the day reading in the breeze, boating, playing ball or cooking out with friends and family. They all have restrooms, but there’s a variety of amenities available: ball fields fishing jetties picnic tables swimming beaches horse-shoe pits […]

National Fishing & Boating Week: June 1-8

Don "Mister Bass" Poole ~~ Photograph by Captain Hook Sutherland

  Getting out on Lake Allatoona with friends and family can be heavenly.  So, blow the dust off your watercraft and celebrate National Fishing and Boating Week, June 1-8, 2014, and have a good time. GA’s Department of Natural Resources Chief of Fisheries Management John Biagi says, “Outdoor recreation, such as boating and fishing, provides a great […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (10-22-13)

First Bite Guide Service

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: [email protected]. Line-side fishing is Fair, but it should pick back up soon. With the cold nights, the water temperature should get down below […]

Water Wars Saga: Florida Fires Anew

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Surprise!  Florida has filed another lawsuit in the Water Wars.  We must admire their perseverance, if not their understanding of recent Supreme Court rulings. Governor Nathan Deal called this latest skirmish “frivolous.” Here is the governor’s press release: “In the wake of the state of Florida filing a lawsuit against the state of Georgia, the […]

Fee Begins for Late Boat Registration

Boat registrations are due!

Now that you’ve christened Old Betsy, be sure you’re registration is up-to-date before you hit the high seas … or Lake Allatoona. Have you been holding off on registering your boat?  Don’t dawdle.  Georgia boat owners with expired registrations are encouraged to renew their boat decals before October 24, 2013. After that, a new state […]

Great Allatoona Clean-Up: 9-28-13

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This Saturday, September 28th, come get down and dirty with hundreds of your neighbors around Lake Allatoona for the Great Allatoona Clean Up! It’s all about getting the trash out of the lake and keeping the shoreline safe. All you need to bring is yourself (and a few friends).  Just wear clothes that you won’t […]

Great Allatoona Clean-Up: 9-28-13

The Great Allatoona Clean-Up is the best way to say, "I love you, Lake Allatoona!" ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

Lake Allatoona needs a spa day.  You can help. On Saturday, September 28th, you’re invited to get down and dirty with other lovers of Lake Allatoona for the Great Allatoona Clean Up! Folks from all over get together to pick up trash and perk up the shoreline of our beloved lake. Gloves and garbage bags […]

Water Purity vs Marine Toilets

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Writing about the use of marine toilets on Lake Allatoona isn’t the most pleasant subject, but some things need to be said in order to keep the lake as healthy and pure as possible. Spending a few hours or a few days boating on Allatoona is blissful.  Swimming, fishing, sliding into the water, sleeping with […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (9-5-13)

First Bite Guide Service

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: [email protected]. Line-sides: Fair!! The bite is starting to pick up. The fish are starting to move north and can be caught from the Delta to Clear […]

Lake Allatoona Holiday Boating Incident Report

Bartow County Fire-Rescue Team

LakeAllatoona.com is grateful for this preliminary boating information report from Rick Lavender of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This report contains statewide statistics and has specific totals for incidents on Lake Allatoona over the Labor Day holiday weekend, August 31-September 2, 2013. There were three deaths on public waters in Georgia. Two are considered […]