Allatoona Summer Time

[rhinobait]

This will be my second summer time season on Allatoona. Last summer I got skunked really bad. I swore last summer I would learn, read, and pack my head full of summer time fishing info. Which honestly has not helped at all. This is the second weekend in a row (of course last Sunday I went to Carters) that I have not caught anything. I thought I had enough ammo this time around, fishing ledges, channels, deep cover, structure, humps, use my electronics, to no avail. This is going to sound pretty stupid but I am going to ask anyway - Are there bass (excluding Striper) in Allatoona in the summer time? haha. If so, do you have any pointers at all? 

What do you all fish for in the summer time? 

[swin]

A green shaky head with a green worm is about as good as you can do. The fish are scattered and it is a hard lake to pattern this time of year..If you can find them schooling you can have a good time but this year I haven't been that lucky. Hang in there it will get better in September

[andybassmaster]

1/8 ounce shakey head with watermelon candy finesse worm. This little rig will work all year long. Just have to fish slower than slow. IF you think you are fishing slow, fish even slower. pretty much all I have. Carolina rig also works well for me in the summer Also has to be fishing slow.

[Bob Smith (Porko)]

First of all, lol! There are still bass in Allatoona!, Secondly, do not beat yourself up over not being able to catch them. I know a lot of the finest fishermen on the lake and they are all struggling right now. Your best bet is well after dark with the lake quiets down, but even that is not a guarantee. With the water warming up quickly this year the fish are in a funk. I haven't seen it yet but my bet is that there will be a well defined thermocline this year. Once that sets up then finding the fish will be a little easier because most of the fish and baitfish will be just above or right at that thermocline. You simply look for where the cline intersects some sort of structure and has baitfish relating to it, start there.
We fished Carters this past Saturday night until about 1:30, managed to get two fish in the boat, and had two more on. There were two other boats with us and they had similar results. It will get better, and you can always look forward to the cooler weather in September!

[rhinobait]

Thank you for the tip on the shaky head! Although small, I was still able to pull a few in.

I am interested in seeing the thermocline, now that I have better electronics. Also, thanks for the tips on fishing the themocline!

I think I was right at Jug Creek. Man, its nice having a full pool, I was able to get into some tight places. Thought I had the bass of a life time at one point, then figured out it was a gigantic turtle - Was able to release with no harm what so ever (Which was pretty awesome I thought).

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