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Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (7-15-14)

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 live-bait bite is starting to fall off some because it’s hard to keep your shad alive, but the trolling bite is […]

Race 4 Birds Foundation Promotes Youth Birding

Race4Birding

The Race 4 Birds Foundation — a non-profit organization formed to promote birding (birdwatching) competitions for young people nationwide — is spreading its wings.  First inspired by the Georgia Youth Birding Competition launched in 2006 by biologist Tim Keyes, this new group hopes to see birding take flight all across America. Birding competitions are based on the number […]

Model Train Exhibit at Tellus Science Museum

4 Great Reasons to Visit the Tellus Science Musuem This Weekend

All Aboard is the name of the model train exhibit at Tellus Science Museum. Tellus offers the rare opportunity for adventurers of all ages to touch stuff, learn stuff and see very cool stuff. This model train exhibit has railroad engines and cars rolling down more than 100 feet of track past scenes of an imaginary seaside […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (7-10-14)

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]. Line-side fishing is Good! The bite this week has been very good.  Change nothing when it comes to locations and techniques. Down-lining shad is still the […]

Five Injured in BUI Boat Crash on Lake Allatoona

Rangers patrol Lake Allatoona for our safety. ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

Five people were injured in a boat crash on Lake Allatoona following the fireworks at Allatoona Yacht Club on Saturday, July 5, 2014, according to Public Affairs Officer Mark McKinnon with the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division in his final Fourth of July Weekend Boating Incident report for 2014. The last time Independence Day […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (7-2-14)

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 at: [email protected]. Line Sides: Great!!  The bite this week is a carbon copy of last week and maybe a little better.  The summer bite is in full swing […]

New Boating Laws Take Effect in Georgia

Boat safely on Lake Allatoona. ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

As of July 1, 2014, new boating laws take effect in Georgia regarding mandatory boater education for young people. As of May 15, 2013, legislation required all boats to have personal flotation devices (PFD) for each person on board. Making young people under 13 years old wear a everyone under the age of 13 must wear a U. […]

New Fishing Record: 16 pound Bowfin Caught June 21st

Jimmy Tucker's Bowfish Set a New Fishing Record in Georgia

Angler Jimmy Tucker, 55, from Statenville, set a new fishing record while angling on the Suwannee River on 2014’s first day of summer. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division, this 16 lb, 3 oz, 33 1/4”-inch catch beat the existing state record, established in 1976, by three ounces.  A new state record […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (6-25-14)

Robert Eidson's First Bite Guide Service on Lake Allatoona

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]. Line-sides: Very Good!! The summer bite is in full swing.  We are catching a ton of fish downlining and pulling umbrella rigs on the south end […]

The Civil War’s 150th Anniversary

The Civil War's Battle of Kennesaw will be Commemorated June 26-29, 2014.

The Civil War’s 150th Anniversary will be commemorated — as compared to celebrated — in Kennesaw, Georgia, Thursday, June 26th through Sunday, June 29th. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain will be remembered with guided hikes, book signings, concerts, artillery demonstrations and the reading of names of people who died in that battle. The tragic years from 1861 […]