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@Drawdown I feel your pain on this... especially Allatoona. Now that it's summer, most of the bass are down in the deep cooler channels, so often not near the banks by the time the sun comes up. The water is just so warm they don't stick around the shallows. There are a few points with ledges that you can reach from the shore, though, but as you point out, sometimes access to those is impossible. Most of the fish I've caught in the past few weeks (Spots mostly) have been on deep-diving crankbaits or, more reliably, on jigging spoons once I locate a bait ball and can see the fish suspended on my sonar. Not the easiest fishing in the world and not really my favorite but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Drawdown, that certainly is a challenge on lakes like Allatoona. My head is always on a swivel. Being the smallest and lowest thing on the water means I have to be on high alert for idiots. On holiday weekends, the lakes are filled with drunken idiots, so I generally go extra early and get off the water before they all arrive. I take extra precautions like using a lighted flag, and I keep an air horn with me in case I need to "beep my horn" so to speak ? The wake from boats isn't all that bad, as long as I'm paying attention. I've never been swamped or anything like that. I also frequent many of our electric-only reservoirs, which tend to be less pressured than some of the bigger public lakes. They tend to be smaller but with the absence of powerboats, they're safer and less often fished.

Hi y’all, Paul from Georgia here. I’m a life-long outdoorsman - fishing, hiking, campng, shooting… I love to be outdoors. I’ve spent my entire adult life in the South, mostly bass fishing, but I grew up on the The Great Lakes (Erie and Michigan) chasing walleye and other northern game fish. My home lake is Lake Allatoona, northeast of Atlanta. We jokingly call it “The Dead Sea” but it’s not really that bad, you just have to know how to fish it. Most weekends you can find me on the lake in my kayak or on one of the nearby reservoirs or rivers, hunting bass. Around here we catch a lot of Spots and Striped Bass, but I’m always on the hunt for Largemouths. I’ve also been an on-again, off-again fly fisherman over the years. At least once year I make it up to the mountains for trout. I’m an avid kayak angler and would love to meet new folks to go fishing with. Drop me a line and I’ll meet you on the water!