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Win a Free Georgia Lifetime Hunting & Fishing License

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

Georgians have the chance to win a lifetime hunting and fishing license in the next edition of the Lifetime License Contest sponsored by the Georgia Natural Resources Foundation. Participants can fill out an entry form by visiting the Wildlife Resources Division Facebook page. Click Here for the Wildlife Resources Facebook Page “This has become a […]

Mineral Symposium at Tellus Science Museum

Come to the mineral symposium at Tellus Science Museum on Saturday, August 16, 2014.

You probably haven’t been to a mineral symposium in so long you don’t even remember how much fun you had.  Have I got good news for you! Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville has a mineral symposium scheduled for Saturday, August 16th that’s even better than all the others you’ve seen — combined! 10 AM Mineral […]

“Cherokee Voices from the Civil War” on Display in Canton

Cherokee County History Museum also has "Cherokee Voices from the Civil War" on display.

From now until the end of 2014, the Cherokee County History Museum host the temporary exhibit “Cherokee Voices from the Civil War.” The story of Cherokee County during the Civil War is told using quotes and first-hand accounts gleaned from original letters, court documents and publications.  The exhibit focuses on life at home, on the […]

Bicyclist Attacked on Iron Hill Trail in Red Top Mtn State Park

April Events at Red Top

The world has gone nuts and Mayberry is a distant memory.  There has even been a brazen, daylight attack on a woman riding the Iron Hill Trail at Lake Allatoona’s Red Top Mountain State Park. There is a fine line between reporting the news and trying to make people afraid of life.  When a lunatic tries to […]

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (8-6-14)

Robert Eidson's First Bite Guide Service

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report Striper & Hybrid Bass is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service. 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 Good. The live bait bite is still going strong. Fish are scattered in the water column anywhere from 13 […]

Wanted: Camp Hosts at Red Top Mountain State Park

Lake Allatoona Parks

When you visit state parks in Georgia, chances are the first people you see are the camp hosts. The campground host program is one of the most popular volunteer opportunities at Georgia state parks. In exchange for a free campsite and utilities for your RV or motorhome, camp hosts serve the park and the public.  Camp hosts […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report by First Bite Guide Service (7-31-2014)

First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson’s First Bite Guide Service FishingReport for Lake Allatoona Striper & Hybrid Bass. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Very Good Fishing!! The live-bait bite is still the best bite going right now. We are still catching very good numbers of stripers, hybrids and White […]

Giant Brown Trout Sets New Georgia Record

Giant Brown Trout taken from the Chattahoochee River sets new record:  20 lbs, 14 oz., and 31-½” in length.

The giant brown trout that most of us have hooked in the Chattahoochee River below Buford Dam but never landed has been caught and it’s bigger than the biggest liar among us could have imagined. The largest brown trout ever officially caught in Georgia … beating the previous record by 2-1/2 pounds … was pulled in on […]

2014’s Fifth Drowning in Lake Allatoona

Bartow County search and rescue personnel responded to another Lake Allatoona drowning on July 27, 2014. ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

According to Mark McKinnon, spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the year’s fifth drowning in Lake Allatoona occurred about 4 PM, on Sunday, July 27, 2014. A 26-year-old man, identified by the Bartow County coroner’s office as Ryan Tyndall, of Snellville, was swimming away from the shore near Allatoona Landing in Bartow County when he […]

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (7-24-14)

First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Fishing is Very Good! The bite this week is the same as last week’s, change nothing. The live-bait bite is starting to fall off some because it’s […]