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 […]
Our great nation set aside a special day, May 30th, each year to remember those who gave their lives in their service to America’s military. That day used to be called “Decoration Day.” Now we know it as Memorial Day, and we celebrate it on the last Monday in May. We must wonder how many […]
An estimated 40 firefighters were called just before 4:45 PM on Monday, May 19, 2014, to fight a fire at the power house at the Lake Allatoona dam, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Atlanta’s Channel 2 Action News says officials told them “work was being done at the power station Monday and […]
Lake Allatoona will be filled with boaters over the Memorial Day Weekend. We want you to be safe, so here are a few ways to ensure safe boating for you and your friends. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division there were 112 boating incidents and 16 boating-related fatalities in 2013 in Georgia, and […]
Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Striper & Hybrid Fishing Guide 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: eidson6260@gmail.com. Line-sides: Good!!! The spawn run is almost over. Most of the fish are back on the main lake and are starting to […]
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 […]
Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal signed into law House Bill 60 on April 23, 2014. That new law, according to the governor’s office, “protects law-abiding, licensed Georgia citizens’ Second Amendment rights.” Governor Deal says, “This legislation will protect the constitutional rights of Georgians who have gone through a background check to legally obtain a Georgia Weapons Carry License. Roughly […]
Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Striper & Hybrid Fishing Guide 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: eidson6260@gmail.com. Excellent! The bite is getting better Daily. Nothing has changed since last week. Load the boat, grab the kids and hit the […]
Even Captain Jack Sparrow isn’t crazy enough to try the Pro Wakeboard Tour. Wakeboarders fly through the air with the greatest of ease — unless they make epic crash landings. See the action for yourself on Saturday, May 17, 2014, when the Pro Wakeboard Tour returns to Dallas Landing Park from 10:00 AM until 5 PM. The MasterCraft Pro […]
The annual statewide burn ban, issued by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, began on May 1, 2014, and will be in effect until September 30th. These counties are included in the Burn Ban: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, […]