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Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup Volunteers Needed

The Great Allatoona Clean-Up is the best way to say, "I love you, Lake Allatoona!" ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

The Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup (GLAC) is the best reason to hit the lake with your friends. Any day is good for having fun on the water, but GLAC is when you give something back — by taking garbage out. The Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 2015. For the 30th year, […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report from Robert Eidson (9-9-15)

How can such beautiful water  ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

The Lake Allatoona Fishing Report from Robert Eidson is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service. Line-side fishing is fair at best. The fish are scattered up and down in the water column out over the river channel.  They are starting to bust topwater along with the white bass but — unlike the white bass […]

Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (8-27-15)

Free Ways to Celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service.  Contact Robert by e-mail at [email protected]  or call him at 770-827-6282 to catch stripers and hybrids! Linesides: Decent!! The bite really slowed down since the last full moon. The fish are moving north and can be caught from the Dam to […]

2015 Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup ~ 9-12-15

The Great Allatoona Clean-Up is the best way to say, "I love you, Lake Allatoona!" ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

What does it take to get tons of trash out of Lake Allatoona? Volunteers just like you.  People who are willing to give a bit of their time and energy so that they — and others — can enjoy Lake Allatoona and be safe.  Cleaning up Allatoona takes helping hands … and the organizers of the […]

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report (8-6-15)

Twilight Hikes are romantic and intimate, unless you break your leg or are attacked by bears. ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service.  Contact Robert by e-mail at [email protected]  or call him at 770-827-6282 to catch stripers and hybrids! Line-side fishing is Good. The full-moon phase we had last week really slowed the bite. It is starting to rebound and hopefully it will […]

First Bite Guide Service Fishing Report for Lake Allatoona (7-30-15)

Condolences for Sheila Ann Carlotta

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service.  Contact Robert by e-mail at [email protected]  or call him at 770-827-6282 to catch stripers and hybrids! The bite this summer has been off the hook. The fish right now are in their late summer pattern. Cooper Branch, Stamp Creek, Iron […]

Bill Finan: Road Warrior in the Pan-Mass Challenge to Fight Cancer

Bill Finan: A PMC Road Warrior in the fight against cancer.

Bill Finan is a Road Warrior in the Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for cancer research. When — not if — researchers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute find a cure for cancer, Bill Finan won’t get any media coverage for his contributions, year-after-year, helping to eradicate that dastardly disease.  That’s the way Bill wants it […]

Robert Eidson Says “Great Fishing on Lake Allatoona” (7-16-15)

First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Report is brought to you by First Bite Guide Service.  Contact Robert by e-mail at [email protected]  or call him at 770-827-6282 to catch stripers and hybrids! Linesides: Fishing this week has been outstanding. The down-line bite is in full swing and the Hybrids are just killing live bait right now. […]

Scott Jurek Sets Fastest Time Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek Running Up Katahdin to Finish AT ~~ From Scott Jurek's Facebook Page

Ultrarunner and ultra vegan Scott Jurek and his wife Jenny hope to start a family soon.  Before the fun begins, Scott wanted to cross one item off his bucket list.  Run the entire dang length of the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain (a few hills north of Lake Allatoona) all the way to the highest […]

Georgia’s Wildlife Harvest Summaries

A friend from The Dancing Deer Forest ~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

A friend from The Dancing Deer Forest ~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland Our friends with the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) have compiled zillions of random facts in their Wildlife Harvest Summaries, along with information about harvesting other wildlife near Lake Allatoona and statewide, and boiled it down into an understandable format that is useful to hunters. For […]