Air Temp: High: 97 - Low: 72
Wind: Up to 10 Mph
Lake Level: Approx. 840' (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Temp: 86-90
Water Clarity: Clear to light stain
Area Fished: Blockhouse (Tanyard/Clark Creek Area), Galt's Ferry & Kellogg Creek
Jigs Used: Jive Turquee Chartreuse - Slab Dragon, UV Shad - Dagger, Watermelon Ghost - Dagger
Technique: Casting Soft Plastic Jigs & Spider Rigging
Allatoona Weekly Crappie Fishing Report:
The summer crappie pattern is in full swing on Lake Allatoona this 3rd week of July but we are finding and catching good numbers in the early morning hours. The summer pattern is the same and will not change until early October depending on the water temperature. As you can imagine the water temperature is between 86-90 degrees on the surface so the crappie have moved to deep water structure between 18' - 25' and are suspended in 14' - 16' above this structure. We are finding that the suspended fish are active in the morning but after the sun gets up around 1100 they move in tight to the structure. The general depth of the crappie is 14' to 16', however they do go deeper from noon until late evening. You need to be on the water early becuase you only have a few hours of activity this time of year. Spider rigging minnows is the number one technique for catching crappie this time of year. We are catching between 20 - 30 crappie per trip spider rigging over brush and structure. We catch 2-3 per location and then move to the next because crappie will shut down on you if they feel threatened and they won't bite. We did have good luck this week casting jigs on a 3/32 oz. jighead using Red Rooster Daggers and Slab Dragons. The Jive Turquee - Chartreuse pulled in two nice Black Crappie and two nice White Crappie. We were real happy with those results. The jig bite only lasts for a couple of hours in the very first part of the morning but the crappie are not chasing after the sun gets up, you will need to revert to minnows. We hope this report will help you catch more crappie on Lake Allatoona! Be safe out there and wear your life jackets as the summer boat & jet-ski traffic ain't no joke. Remember to keep only the crappie that you need and release the rest to keep our great fishery strong for generations to come! Lord willing Team Red Rooster will bring you another report next week!
Spider Rigging Set Up - 4 x 12' rods positioned in rod holders in the front of the boat.
Larry with a nice Black Crappie!
Two Allatoona Crappie Pros (Stewart and Doug) showing off two nice Allatoona Black Crappie caught on Spider Rig.
A solid Lake Allatoona White Crappie caught casting a Red Rooster Slab Dragon in the Jive Turquee - Chartreuse on chartreuse 3/32 oz. jig head.
A Lake Allatoona Black Crappie caught casting a Red Rooster Slab Dragon in the Jive Turquee - Chartreuse on chartreuse 3/32 oz. jig head.
