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Air Temp: High: 88 - Low: 54
Wind: Up to 15 Mph Gusts
Lake Level: Approx. 841' (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Temp: 72 - 74
Water Clarity: Clear Green!
Area Fished: Victoria Area, Kellogg/Owl Creek, Galt's Ferry area, Illinois Creek & Little River
Jigs Used: Motor Oil Red - Dagger, Splatter Back - Dagger and Watermelon Ghost - Dagger
Technique: Casting & Spider Rigging
Allatoona Weekly Crappie, Shellcracker & Bluegill Fishing Report:
It has been hit and miss with the rain and pop up showers over the last week but Crappie, Bluegill and Shellcracker fishing has been really good on Lake Allatoona the past few days! We have been blessed with quite a bit of rain over the last couple of weeks, so much so that the lake is almost 1.5' over full pool. The lake is absolutely beautiful this time of year with the water color being clear with a dark green surface tint and all of the trees have the rich green color...everything is shiny and new!
Crappie: The crappie are recovering from the spawn and are heading to the brush! We are seeing crappie anywhere from 8' - 12' on brush piles, stumps, and stickups in this depth range. We are casting a Red Rooster Dagger in natural colors and slowly retrieving the jigs right above their heads and getting aggressive strikes. The colors that worked well this week are Motor Oil Red, Splatter Back and Watermelon Ghost. Clear water, we like to use more translucent colors to mimic a more natural color. Spider rigging is starting to pick up as well! One of the Red Rooster crew caught several this week spider rigging minnows above brush in 15' to 18' with the crappie suspended in 10' - 12' over the brush.
Bluegill: We are on the tail end of the bluegill spawn as the full moon this month was May 13th. If you have kids or adults who love bluegill fishing grab some crickets! The bluegill are shallow around any laydown or brush. You will want to use a #4 - #6 gold Aberdeen hook with 4 - 6 lb. test fishing line and a bobber set about 6" - 8" above your cricket. The bluegill are "feeding up" as they say and will be close to the surface so you want to start out with a shallow presentation. You can always adjust your cork depth as needed if you find something different.
Shellcracker (Redear sunfish): Just like Bluegill, we are on the tail end of the spawn. The lake temps have dropped since a couple of weeks ago from 78 to 74 which we think had an effect on the shellcracker spawn. They have moved from some areas that we saw them. But we still found a few this week in 4' - 6' feet. The ones we caught were "post spawn skinny"...at least in the areas that we caught 'em. Different parts of the lake they could be still spawning. The rig we use for shellcracker is a #2 hook on 4 - 6 lb. test fishing line and a #5 clam shell split shot pinched on the line about 12" - 18" above the hook. The bait of choice is either a red wiggler or nightcrawler...they will eat either one!
Lord willing we will have a good report for you next week!If you are new to fishing and want to learn more about electronics, jig head sizes, jig colors and more be sure to tune in to FRIDAY NIGHT BITES which is a 30 minute Facebook livestream that we do on "Most" Friday Nights around 7PM you might learn something or teach us something new!
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. Lord willing we will have another report for you next week. Be sure to check out the archives for May 2024 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: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. ~ Psalm 19:14.
Lake Allatoona Black Crappie caught on a Red Rooster Dagger in the Splatter Back color!
The crappie on Allatoona are headed for brush! This one was caught on a Spider Rig with a minnow
Nice Allatoona Shellcracker caught on a red wiggler