Air Temp: High: 81 - Low: 45
Wind: Up to 10 Mph
Lake Level: Approx. 835' and Dropping (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Temp: 66 - 68
Water Clarity: Clear to light stain (Allatoona Green)
Area Fished: Blockhouse, Clark Creek & Tanyard Creek Areas
Jigs Used: Two new test colors: Smoke Break (Smoke Color Body with UV Glitter) in the Red Rooster Dagger & Slab Dragon Crappie Jig. Frost Bite (White/Clear Body With Blue & Silver Glitter Strands) in the Dagger.
Technique: Casting Jigs To Brush & Structure
Allatoona Weekly Crappie Fishing Report:
We had another beautiful fall week on Lake Allatoona enjoying the cooler temps, seeing the glory of God on full display with leaves changing and topping it off with a few nice Allatoona crappie! We were only able to get on the water for one day due to other commitments but we had a fantastic day on Thursday! We got on the water at first light and fished until 1100 and were able to hook up with 40 crappie! Our main goal on the trip this week was to check out a couple of new test colors in the Dagger & Slab Dragon. Smoke Break is a new color that we are excited about and it did not disappoint! Smoke Break is a smoke color body with UV glitter/flake that was designed for clear water under low light conditions. This color showed out big time before the sun got above the trees and in the shade and it was the number one producer. The other test color was what we call FrostBite, which is a white/clear body with blue and silver strand glitter. It was a runner up to Smoke Break when the sun came up. We targeted brush and structure in 12' and crappie suspended at 8' above the brush. We would cast past structure with a Red Rooster custom 1/24 oz. under spin jig head. We were using FFS to see our jigs and would slowly retrieve our jig in the 7' - 8' range and the crappie would absolutely slam the jig. We caught several keepers but the majority of our catches were in the 8" to 10" range...a bit on the small size but they were aggressive little boogers! This is typical this time of year where the smaller crappie are more aggressive as the lake draws down and the water temperature drops. All in all is was a great day and we had a lot of fun and fellowship on the water. We will be back in trolling mode next week as the water continues to drop and the crappie begin leaving brush & structure for open water and deeper structure. As the water drops, the structure gets more shallow and the crappie no longer feel safe in the summer hideouts so they start schooling and roaming to find new areas to stage in. 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 October 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 the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:18
Great Day Crappie Fishing On Lake Allatoona!
Robbie showing off an early morning hookup! Beautiful Allatoona Black Crappie.
New Test Color, SmokeBreak Dagger getting it done in clear water under low light conditions
Robbie showing off another October speck!
Brother Larry getting in on some of that Allatoona slab action using the Red Rooster Custom 1/24th oz. underspin.
SmokeBreak Dagger - smoke color body with UV glitter/flake designed for clear water low light conditions.
FrostBite (Small Fry Shown) : white/clear body with blue and silver strand glitter.