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Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (9-3-14)

Robert Eidson's First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson’s Fishing Report for Lake Allatoona Striper & Hybrid Bass is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert Eidson at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Line-sides are Decent. The days of 40- 70 fish we were catching early this month are long gone. […]

Big Brother is Watching Mottled Ducks

Could this satellite be tracking mottled ducks?

No, don’t worry.  That title is not some kind of code that will cause black helicopters to hover over your house.  (Probably.)  Researchers (think: tax dollars) are using satellites to track the movements of mottled ducks.  If you’re not a mottled duck, Big Brother isn’t watching you.  (Probably.) Mottled ducks along the Georgia coast are […]

DNR Recap of Labor Day Incidents

DNR Law Enforcement Division ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division Rangers released a recap of Labor Day incidents that took place over the busy Labor Day weekend. Rangers responded to boating incidents and drownings on waterways across the state.  They will be shifting their focus to the thousands of hunters who will be entering the woods this hunting season. Labor Day typically marks […]

Body of Sheila Ann Carlotta Found in Lake Allatoona

Condolences for Sheila Ann Carlotta

We regret to inform you of the death of Sheila Ann Carlotta, 33, of Marietta.  Her body was found in Lake Allatoona shortly before noon on Sunday, August 31, 2014. Officials with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office say a boater noticed her body in about three feet of water near the beach at Kellogg Creek’s […]

Dove Hunting Season Opens September 6, 2014

Doves are lovely birds and great targets.

  I’m not sure who decided to use doves to represent: “a supporter of peace: someone who supports peace and the use of peaceful measures to avoid confrontation or war,” but it wasn’t a hunter. To hunters, doves represent something to be blasted out of the sky with just enough firepower to have something left […]

Snakes in Georgia Imperiled by Fungal Disease

Snake Fungal Disease was found in one snake in Georgia.

If snakes in Georgia could talk (Pleasant dreams!), they would say, “There’s a fungus among us.”  Snake Fungal Disease — which some scientists have compared to the illness killing bats by the millions — has been documented in one wild snake in Georgia. An emaciated mud snake from Bulloch County tested positive last month for […]

Judge Upholds Weapons Ban at Lake Allatoona

Woods around Lake Allatoona ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

On August 18, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Harold Murphy denied a request filed in federal court on June 12, 2014, by GeorgiaCarry.org and one of its members, Paulding County resident David James, to overturn a weapons ban at Lake Allatoona. Mr. James sought permission to carry a concealed weapon on Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) property […]

First Bite Guide Service Fishing Report for Lake Allatoona (8-21-14)

Robert Eidson's First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson’s Fishing Report forLake Allatoona 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 Sides Fair!! The bite really slowed down last week, but it is on the rebound. The fish are starting […]

Acworth Cultural Arts EXPO 8-23-14

Acworth Cultural Arts Center

You are invited to attend the Acworth Cultural Arts EXPO. It’s a FREE one-day, mini-Festival at the Roberts School Community Center at 4681 School St. Acworth, GA. on Saturday, August 23rd starting at 11:00 a.m. The Acworth Cultural Arts EXPO will showcase the Arts and Cultural Opportunities scheduled for the fall.  Hands-on demonstrations, information tables, games and food will be available […]

Bat Blitz at Black Rock Mountain

batman

Seriously, isn’t “Bat Blitz at Black Rock Mountain” the best title for a news story ever? Grab your Batman garb and take a trek to Black Rock Mountain State Park in northeast Georgia’s Rabun County the weekend of September 4-7, 2014, for the first Bat Blitz with the batty folks at the Georgia Bat Working Group. […]