Lake Allatoona needs a spa day. You can help. On Saturday, September 28th, you’re invited to get down and dirty with other lovers of Lake Allatoona for the Great Allatoona Clean Up! Folks from all over get together to pick up trash and perk up the shoreline of our beloved lake. Gloves and garbage bags […]
With apologies to Pooh, Smokey, Yogi, Corky and other well behaved bears, we must discuss the actions of less mannerly bruins … who have earned the title of “nuisance bears.” These critters are getting into trouble because, to them, your garbage is fine dining. The worst part? They’re losing their fear of humans. Easily accessible […]
Our creative friends at the Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Allatoona have come up with another clever idea. It’s a Facebook game they call, “WHERE AT THE LAKE IS BUDDY BEAVER???” Buddy Beaver will post a postcard on their Facebook page from somewhere at the lake. Kids can have fun trying to figure out where […]
Writing about the use of marine toilets on Lake Allatoona isn’t the most pleasant subject, but some things need to be said in order to keep the lake as healthy and pure as possible. Spending a few hours or a few days boating on Allatoona is blissful. Swimming, fishing, sliding into the water, sleeping with […]
Relax. Twilight Hikes at Red Top Mountain State Park on Lake Allatoona have nothing to do with all those vampires and spooky creatures our kids know more about than American History, English, Sociology and Algebra — combined. These particular Twilight Hikes are guided tours at our favorite state park. Note to Parents: You should allow […]
It’s that time of year when men — who are otherwise incapable of such simple tasks as picking up their beer cans, knowing when a diaper needs to be changed or how to empty a dishwasher — head into the woods before dawn to sit almost motionless for hours in trees smelling like a deer in heat, so they can […]
The Department of Natural Resources publishes a monthly newsletter — Georgia Wild — that is a delight to nature lovers, no matter where they live. This portion, written by Terry W. Johnson, deals with bird migration and how we can entice our feathered friends to stop in our yards all around Lake Allatoona. “The frightening […]
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]. Line-sides: Fair!! The bite is starting to pick up. The fish are starting to move north and can be caught from the Delta to Clear […]
LakeAllatoona.com is grateful for this preliminary boating information report from Rick Lavender of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This report contains statewide statistics and has specific totals for incidents on Lake Allatoona over the Labor Day holiday weekend, August 31-September 2, 2013. There were three deaths on public waters in Georgia. Two are considered […]
We regret to inform you of a drowning death that occurred at Lake Allatoona’s Red Top Mountain State Park on the afternoon of Sunday, September 1, 2013. Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources spokesman Rick Lavender says the victim — Nicholas Alexander, 23 — was from Atlanta. According to DNR Law Enforcement Division’s Sgt. Mike Barr, […]