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Air Temp: High: 88 - Low: 59
Wind: Up to 15 Mph Gusts
Lake Level: Approx. 840' (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Temp: 76 - 80
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,Watermelon Ghost - Dagger and UV Smoke - Dagger
Technique: Casting & Spider Rigging
Allatoona Weekly Crappie, Shellcracker & Bluegill Fishing Report:
The summer crappie pattern is upon us here on Lake Allatoona! We hit the lake a couple of days this past week and were able to find some skinny post spawn slabs! As the water temp warms up the crappie are moving to deeper structure and will be there until fall. Deep water structure such as brush, stumps and laydowns will hold crappie. Some places will hold more than others due to the size of the structure!
Crappie: We found crappie on structure ranging from 16' to 22' deep. The crappie may be suspended anywhere from 10' to 14' above structure or possible buried in the limbs. The best times to fish for the next couple of months will be early morning or late evening during the week. The boat and jet ski traffic will blow you off the water on the weekend. Two sure fire methods of netting some crappie through the summer are casting jigs and spider rigging minnows. We throw natural color jigs at brush and structure using Red Rooster Daggers on a 1/16th or 3/32nd oz. jig head to get the jigs down to the strike zone in a hurry. Early part of summer the fall rate doesn't affect the bite as much but as the days get hotter the crappie like a slower fall rate which is where the 1/16th oz. jig head comes in. We usually count down to 10 seconds and then start slowly reeling above and around the brush or structure until we get a bite. You may need to increase your count a few more ticks to get deeper...you just have to play around with the depth the crappie are holding. The colors that worked well this week were UV Shad, Splatter Back, Watermelon Ghost and UV Smoke. In Clear water, we like to use more translucent colors to mimic a more natural color. As far as spider rigging goes, you are dangling a minnow over brush for extended periods until the crappie get hungry and come and eat your minnow.
Bluegill: We are still seeing and catching a lot of Bluegill. 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): The shellcracker have moved out of the shallow spawning areas and are moving deeper. Shellcracker can be found in 4' - 10' of water around points and rocky humps. 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.
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Lake Allatoona Black Crappie caught on a Red Rooster Dagger in the Splatter Back color!
Another nice Allatoona Crappie caught on a 3/32nd oz. Jig Head with a Red Rooster Dagger in the Splatter Back color.
No doubt about it, you want to be casting a Red Rooster Dagger in UV Shad at some point!
Bluegill are out in force right now! Crickets are the top bait of choice but this little fella hit a red wiggler!