Air Temp: High: 63 - Low: 28
Wind: Up to 25 Mph Gusts
Lake Level: Approx. 833' and Slowly Dropping (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Temp: 48 - 51
Water Clarity: Stained to Muddy (Depending on the area of the lake, North End Muddy, Mid Lake Stain to Heavy Stain)
Area Fished: Little River, S-Turns, Victoria & Kellogg/Owl Creek
Jigs Used: June Bug - Kic'n Chic'n, Cajun Chicken - Slab Dragon, and Lemonade - Slab Dragon
Technique: Trolling
Allatoona Weekly Crappie Fishing Report:
December can be a magical month for Lake Allatoona crappie but the weather can be frustrating as well. This past week was frustrating and there was nothing that you could do about it but sit at home and wait for sunny days. The heavy rains this week brought the lake up 3 feet which is always a challenge. The lake went from light stain to heavy stain/muddy in a matter of days. With the rain you not only get stain but you get sediment and trash in the water as well which makes it more difficult to troll. The front came in which was warm at the beginning but after the rain came a sudden drop in temperature and wind. Long story short we only managed one day on the water this week which was Friday the 13th! The weather was perfect, light winds and not too cold...but the damage had been done earlier in the week. We trolled for several hours and only managed one small crappie, a spotted bass and a nice hybrid. December is typically a transitional month as the first 2 weeks of December the weather is up and down, then the later part of December (Week of Christmas/Week After) can be on FIRE! It's like flipping a switch and the crappie! We have some of our best days the week before Christmas and the week after Christmas for size and numbers. This is generally about the time of the year when trolling gets in full swing from now until April. As long as the weather pattern settles down a bit we should be approaching full on trolling season. On a side note, do not let the heavy stained or muddy water conditions deter you from trolling the lake. A couple of tips for trolling muddy water is to focus shallow as the baitfish move shallow and so do the crappie. When we say shallow, this could be 5' deep over open water anywhere from 12' to 30' or they could be in shallow warmer water...we have caught them in as little as 3' - 5' deep. You will want to cover some water until you start seeing schools or roaming crappie on your electronics. If they are shallow, you will want to switch to 1/32 or 1/24 oz. jig heads to cover that depth. Second tip would be to use bright solid colored jigs and jigs with orange...orange is deadly for Lake Allatoona crappie! Solid colors such as black/chartreuse, black/blue, black/orange, June Bug. Bright colors like 'Lectric Chicken, BlueGrass, Flo Pink Pepper, Bubble Gum. Orange Colors like Cajun Chicken, CopperHead, Carrot Stick, Albright Special, Gold Crush are all great colors for muddy/heavy stained waters. We have also had a lot of good luck using gold in stained/muddy water like Chicken Pox, Tre's Gold and Gold Digger. When you're trolling remember not to get stuck on any one color...if the crappie seem to be hitting on a certain color or colors...use more of those colors for the best catch ratio. Lord willing Team Red Rooster will bring you another report next week! We now have a years worth of fishing reports archived on the site. Be sure to check out the archives for December 2023 and see what we were doing this time last year!
Make sure to download the Red Rooster Long Line Trolling Guide for tips on how to troll for Allatoona Crappie.
Verse of the Week: For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~ Isaiah 9:6.
When Isaiah wrote his prediction of the coming of the “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6), he was spurring Israel to remember their Messiah was indeed coming to establish His Kingdom (Isaiah 9:7). Isaiah was writing nearly 800 years before Christ. This period of history was tumultuous as the Assyrians were on the march, taking people into captivity by droves. Isaiah’s prophecy gave the people of God a hope they so desperately needed: a Child would be born to fulfill the Davidic Covenant, and He would bear the titles “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” The Child was Christ; the prophecy will reach its consummation at Christ’s second coming. Courtesy of gotquestions.org.