Fishing Report For Lake Allatoona, GA

By Rick Seaman

June 11, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Allatoona, GA

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Popular Fish Species Lake Allatoona, GA

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Most of the big bass caught here are largemouth, even though largemouth are only about 20% bass in in the lake. Spotted bass are the bigger numbers, but don't grow as big. Bass here feed on gizzard shad, threadfin shad, small sunfish and crawfish. With water temperatures in the 70's now, the bass have spawned and are feeding heavily outside spawning bays. They are holding on points and ledges 10 to 15 feet deep, and moving shallow for short periods to feed. Most anglers are catching bass on rocky shores and around boulders. Soon, they will move deeper as the water warms, and feed on shad 20 to 30 feet deep. Along with live shad, several lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, with small swimbaits working at all depths, vibrating jigs and crankbaits are effective shallow, jerkbaits are getting bites just away from shore and wacky-rigged stick worms are catching wary bass from shallow to 25 feet.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Very Good To Excellent
Outlook: Good To Very Good

This Winter, crappie fishing was outstanding, as it has been for most Winters in recent years. Quality crappie were caught in 15 to 25 feet of water, around the mouths of major creeks like Kellogg Creek, Tanyard Creek, Illinois Creek and others. The water is now warming and these schools are moving into the bays in slightly shallower water. Expect to find crappie in 5 to 10 feet of water. Docks, brush piles, fish attractors, wood and vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Once the hot Summer sun warms the shallows, crappie retreat to depths of 20 to 30 feet or deeper. Light tackle with 6 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Anglers are reporting good success using fish finders and forward facing sonar to locate schools of crappie, especially once they move out of the shallows.

Spotted Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Lake Allatoona is very well known for great spotted bass fishing. Spots are being caught in greater numbers than the largemouth, as they represent 80% of the bass in the lake. Spots tend to gather in small schools, and hold in slightly deeper water. They prefer steep, rocky banks with ledges in 10 to 35 of water, often even deeper. They move up and down the water column on these steep structures looking for food and comfortable water temperatures. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, tube baits, worms, spinnerbaits and live shad are popular for spots, and are catching fish all around the lake.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, striped bass and hybrid striped bass at Lake Allatoona in Georgia.

Lake Allatoona is a 12,000-acre reservoir with 270 miles of shoreline. Fishing from the bank is popular, and there's plenty of access. Bass, crappie, bluegill, sunfish, catfish, striped bass and hybrid stripers all reside here in good numbers.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".