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No Drownings on Allatoona Memorial Day Weekend

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  The official Memorial Day holiday weekend statistics for incidents in Georgia have been released by Melissa Cummings of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division. These figures include information for the entire weekend,  Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, 2013. The winner of the most odd police report was the damage incurred by a […]

BUIs & Injuries on Lake Allatoona

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Department of Natural Resources Communications/Outreach Specialist Melissa Cummings says there was a boating accident on Lake Allatoona on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at 1 PM in Bartow County, near the Highway 41 Day Use area. DNR Rangers saw two PWCs jumping the wake of a boat and attempted to stop the PWCs. While doing so, […]

Update: Lake Lanier Hit & Run Driver Found?

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Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Melissa Cummings tells LakeAllatoona.com that an 18-year-old white male, accompanied by his father, went to the Hall County Detention Center to voluntarily issue a “statement of involvement” in the hit and run boating accident that happened on Lake Lanier late Friday night, May 24, 2013. Two unidentified people — a […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (5-25-13)

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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]. Lines-side fishing is Good!! The lake is still out of its banks, but is going down quickly. The spawn run up the […]

Giant Water Slide at Dallas Landing

Giant Water Slide at Dallas Landing

  Unless you can prove you have a bigger one in your backyard, we’re going to believe the City of Acworth and Shoreline Entertainment, LLC, when they say the world’s largest inflatable water slide is located at Dallas Landing Park. This sucker is huge: 36 feet high and 175 feet long — about the same size as […]

Boating Accident on Lake Lanier

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  A Department of Natural Resources officer confirmed with LakeAllatoona.com that a boating accident took place around midnight on Friday night, May 24, 2013, on Lake Lanier near Old Federal Park. Two people were injured when their Sea-Doo jet boat was heavily damaged after being struck by a boat that left the scene after the accident. […]

New Corps Fee to Hunt at Lake Allatoona

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Lake Allatoona has news for hunters. Beginning with the 2013/2014 hunting season, a $20 special activity fee will be assessed for hunting on certain Allatoona Lake lands.  This fee is necessary to offset increasing costs in administering the program and for some future improvements of wildlife habitat. Hunters […]

National Safe Boating Week on Lake Allatoona

DNR Ranger First Class Mark Stephens (left) and Corporal Jason Roberson -- 2012 DNR Ranger of the Year ~~ Photo by Robert Sutherland

  This is National Safe Boating Week. From now until May 24, 2013, governmental, local and national groups will inform the public about ways to stay safe on America’s waterways. You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to figure out the most effective way to stay safe while boating: wear a flotation device. Statistics from […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (5-16-13)

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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]. Lines-side fishing is Good!! The lake is still out of its banks, but is going down.  If we don’t have any more […]

DNR Law Enforcement Report (5-15-13)

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You’d think that maybe after the first 100 or so poachers are caught shooting game from inside their trucks other poachers might catch on. Nope.  Another batch was hatched and busted recently by Rangers from GA’s Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division. Here’s their latest report: Trapping without permission, out of season  – Liberty […]