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Lake Allatoona Fishing Report by First Bite Guide Service

Robert Eidson's 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! Lines-sides fishing is Good, despite the rising water from the recent rains. The lake is stained on both ends.  Debris is a real concern […]

Robert Eidson’s First Bite Lake Allatoona Fishing Report

Robert Eidson's 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! Spring has arrived and the bite is starting to get good! The rivers are really starting to show signs of life. The white bass […]

Atlanta’s Peregrine Falcon Cam

Did you hear the news about the falcon cam?

Some Falcons can fly on the ground, but only peregrine falcons can soar over Atlanta’s skyline. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources camera is streaming live video of a pair of peregrine falcons nesting atop SunTrust Plaza Tower. Although the adults switched nest sites this spring, delaying the project, viewers can now watch as the raptors […]

Tips for Catching Striped Bass on Georgia’s Lakes

The day the fish were really biting. Don Poole -- known to his friend as Mister Bass -- caught a fish.  If he can, so can you. ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

After all the ice and snow, we need two things: new ways to fight cabin fever and new tips for catching striped bass on Lake Allatoona and around Georgia. Fishermen, and others who are incapable of telling the truth, are reporting lots of action while fishing for stripers.  It might be true, but it’s also […]

Turkey Season Opens in Georgia on Saturday March 21, 2015

This is an owl. ~~ Photograph by Robert Sutherland

Turkey season opens in Georgia on Saturday, March 21st 2015. No, you can’t shoot owls.  I didn’t have a turkey picture and I just took the shot of the owl on the right.  So I used the photograph of the owl and killed two birds with one stone.  Sort of. Have you been practicing your turkey […]

First-Time Campers Can Borrow Gear in Georgia’s State Parks

First-time campers can borrow gear at state parks in Georgia!

If you’ve never gone camping before, you might think that sleeping outside means being eaten by bears, but (most of the time) that’s not true.  First-time campers hardly ever get hit by lightning or have trees fall on them.  What really happens is they giggle in the dark, dine on s’mores baked over a real […]

Tellus Science Museum Postpones Wakeboarding Program

Special program at Tellus has been rescheduled!

  Yes, Tellus Science Museum will have an amazing lecture and hands-on demonstration all about wakeboarding and a fascinating fossil demonstration.  No, they will not have old fossils (like me) riding wakeboards.  Sorry. Some Georgians still believe that spring and warmer temperatures are just around the corner, although older and wiser men and women have […]

Acworth’s Daddy Daughter Dance ~ A Frozen Princess Ball!

Acworth's Annual Daddy Daughter Dance ~ Saturday, February 21, 2015

Once again, the Acworth Parks, Recreation and Community Resource Department will host the annual Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, February 21, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at North Cobb High School in the Old Gym. This year’s theme is: “Frozen Princess Ball”! All girls ages 13 and under are invited to visit this winter wonderland and enjoy […]

The 2015 Atlanta Boat Show Sails Through Sunday January 18th

2015 Atlanta Boat Show

The 2015 Atlanta Boat Show — Georgia’s premier boat exposition — is celebrating its 52nd year as the best place to see and buy boats, gear and accessories.  If it’s for boating, you’ll find it at the Atlanta Boat Show! Hundreds of new boats will be on display including: powerboats center consoles ski boats and personal […]