January 11, 2007

 

Bass fishing is tough. The mud line is pretty much almost at the dam on the Etowah arm. It's stained up to about the mouth of Stamp and McCaskey Creek then it's fairly muddy. The Allatoona arm is clear to roughly about Allatoona landing. If you don't like fishing in the cold and muddy water you might want to consider staying home and watching football. 
Fishing was tough for us today and I do think we managed a limit of keepers. The fish we did catch were solid keepers in the 1.5 pound range. We caught some on crank baits and some on spoons. The best pattern is to arrive early and leave late and cast like heck all in between (i.e. no pattern). The deep/cold/muddy water was not fun to us today even with the 20 mph winds. When the water clears up we should be in great shape on quite a few different techniques if we can keep this cold weather on top of us. 

Back to my trip with Jim Hakala, our fisheries biologist. Jim would like our support on a very cool project he is working on to help the anglers enjoy Lake Allatoona. I have the following dates open. Full or half day Jan 25th and 26th and I have afternoon half days available Jan 22nd-24th. Email me and let’s go try to catch you a BIG LARGEMOUTH and learn the secrets of winter fishing on Allatoona. mbucca@comcast.net

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The New Book, “Bass Fishing Lake Allatoona” by Mike Bucca will be available January 3, 2007. Send us an e mail to kensturdivant@earthlink.com for a free sample. 52 fishing reports and G P S locations all for $39.00.

This striper and hybrid report fishing report has been brought to you exclusively by Robert Eidson of First Bite Guide Service, 770-827-6282. www.firstbiteguideservice.com Lake Allatoona, Georgia email: eidson6260@comcast.net

Line sides and the striper fishing is good if you can find clear water. The fish are scattered from the north end of the lake to the south end right now. The key to catching fish right now is clear water. And it seems like the creeks are your best bet. Fish these fish the same as last week. Big baits on planner boards and flat lines in the morning. And down lines after the sun come up. The best bite on the lake right now seems to be before 11am. After that fishing really slows down. You are not going to load the boat right now. But you do have a very good chance to catch a monster, There is a limited top water bite on Allatoona right now but is it only last about 20 minutes at sun up. Trolling has been very slow for the past few days. Look for it to pick back up as the water clears. 

I still have some days open in January, if you would like to book a trip give me a call. Remember winter is the time to catch a monster striper so book now. Mack Farr and I will hosting a seminar at Boaters World on Cobb Parkway. On Jan 18 at 6:30 pm. Please come see us. Boaters World has a new shipment of Mack Farr u-rigs. Go see James and Jim . If you need directions give them a call. 770 541 6580. Bucks Pawnshop in Austell has them to Give Tim a call 678 213-BUCK.

 

The Shallow Water Fishing Expo is January 20 and 21, 2007 at the Gwinnett Civic Center.

We have these books for sales: BASS FISHING LAKE ALLATOONA, “BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE”, “BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL”, “BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE” and “BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL”. These books are written by Tim White, and Ken Sturdivant and each one has over 65 locations exclusively for bass and covers every week of the year. Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample of any book, send us an e mail to kensturdivant@earthlink.net. Our mailing address is: Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia 30040.

We have 3 books that cover all species in the lakes, “52 WEEKS ON LAKE ALLATOONA, “52 WEEKS ON LAKE LANIER”, and “52 WEEKS ON WEST POINT LAKE” on sale. Each book is $23.95. Our mailing address is: Southern Fishing Schools Inc. 106 Hickory Ridge, Cumming Georgia 30040.

 

Lake levels from http://lakes.southernco.com/

 

Take a look at http://www.pollymoon.com for a yearly moon phase calendar.

 

Lake Lanier Striper Survey: www.stripersurvey.com

 

You can see the feeding times daily with a Data Sport Fish and Game Forecaster on our web site.

 

We teach “ON THE WATER SCHOOLS”: “Rods, Reels and Lures for Bass or Maps and Depth Finders. Call 770-889-2654 for details or see the web site: www.havefunfishing.com.

 

Take a look at www.aquavu.com. You really need a camera. Copyright 2007, Southern Fishing Schools Inc. call us to set up a school “Rods, Reels and Lures for Bass”. See our web site, www.havefunfishing.com for more details or call us right away, 770-889-2654.