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Air Temp: High: 52 - Low: 21
Wind: 5-15 mph(Up to 25 mph Gusts!)
Lake Level: 830.75 (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Surface Temp: 40 - 46
Water Clarity: Heavy Stained to Muddy depending on area of the lake
Area Fished: S-Turns, Victoria, Kellogg Creek, Blockhouse & Little River
Jigs Used: Cajun Chicken - Dagger, CopperHead - Dagger, June Bug - Talon 2.0
Technique: Casting
Allatoona Weekly Crappie, Shellcracker & Bluegill Fishing Report:
Lake Allatoona is still reeling from the effects of last weeks rain and cold temperatures. That's the way it goes in January at some point we are going to deal with cold adverse weather conditions. We got out on the lake a couple of days this week when the winds died down towards the end of the week. We saw several schools of crappie but they are not aggressive and slow to bite...if they decided to bite at all. We trolled some areas that are usually productive this time of year and had some success but most of our fish came using FFS and casting to them. We take what we can get in between the cold windy days of January!
Crappie: The water temperature on Lake Allatoona is a balmy 40 - 43 degrees in the afternoon and Jeff "Crappieman" Albright said that he saw 39 degrees on a morning trip he had this past week. Bottom line is the water is cold and muddy to heavy stain and as you can imagine the crappie ain't to frisky. You just have to keep your eye on the weather and if we get 3 to 5 days in a row of temps above 50+ degrees and the water temp rises upwards to 48 - 50 degrees it could trigger some active days. Now these crappie can still be caught if you can find them as they are still going to eat but the presentation has to be SLOW. In heavy stain to muddy water the crappie come up shallow for two reasons: 1) Shallow water is warmer water and 2) Light penetration is better in shallow water. We stumbled upon something later in the week as we were scanning for crappie using sidescan/ & downscan. We started scanning points adjacent to the river and creek channels and we found several roaming crappie in depths of 4' to 8' of water suspended anywhere from 2' to 4' in that shallow warmer water. That's where trolling the 1/32nd oz. and 1/24th oz. jig heads are your go to weights as you can pull them at .5 to .7 mph for the slow cold water presentation and they will swim in depths of 3' to 8' per the Red Rooster Long Line Trolling Guide. In this cold muddy water we are trolling (and casting) solid, bright colored jigs to create contrast and profile. Our go to colors for stained/muddy water are Cajun Chicken, CopperHead, 'Lectric Chicken, Lemonade, Black/Blue & Black/Chartreuse. You want to use anything that is bright and will stand out when fishing this type of water at this time of year. We also believe that it helps to use a bright jig head such as pink, chartreuse, orange and glow white. Red Rooster Custom Baits is your "Long Line Trolling Authority" for all things long line trolling for crappie. If you have questions about when, what and where give us a call or shoot us an email. We make custom jig heads, under spins and we can color match any jig color that you want or need. We love talking about crappie fishing so we are here to help. We also do a Facebook Live most Friday nights unless something comes up.
If you don't know what colors to choose check out our Combo Packs, this will save you a lot of time with proven stained and clear water colors. Be sure to check out the archives for January 2025 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.
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Tristan found a few keepers in the cold muddy Lake Allatoona waters!
A nice Allatoona Black Crappie caught on a Cajun Chicken Dagger using a Pink 1/24th oz. Jig Head
Brentley with a a nice Allatoona Black Crappie caught while trolling a Junebug Talon 2.0
The CopperHead Dagger Strikes Again in this cold muddy Allatoona water!
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