This weekend I was entered to fish the Georgia Bass Nation Kayak event on Lake Allatoona but as fate would have it, I didn’t get to fish.

 

I made the 2.5 hour drive there and was surprised by what I saw. First off, the lake was muddy. Not stained, but so muddy there was only an inch or so of visibility in the different areas I fished. Water temperature was also only 51 - 55 in the spots I hit, even skinny water.

 

But the most remarkable thing was that the lake was down 6.25 FEET from full pool. Some docks were completely out of the water. This is also a lake that features floating docks, and many of the docks were at a steep angle being on a slope and mostly out of the water. It’s not often that you see the roof of a covered dock while sitting in your kayak!

 

So, why didn’t I fish the tournament today? My old hotel called and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. The sale of the property still hasn’t closed, but with me gone they brought in a temporary GM. But they want me to train him for 2 or 3 days and they offered me two months of my old salary to do it. I figured that was worth forfeiting the $70 entry fee and not fishing.

Awesome. That be bait monkey $$$ lol 😂