I decided to fish Allatoona today since the weather conditions were forecast to be good(cloudy, occasional rain, temps in high 40s, SE wind) and one of the weathermen said yesterday that our mild weather was over for the rest of January. Time to go. When I launched the boat at Gatewood I noticed two birds standing on the bank and said to myself, "that means baitfish". The water temp was 49.5 with 10-12" visibility. I didn't even crank to motor, I just started fishing. I caught a 2.25 lb, 18" largemouth on a spinnerbait (chartruese skirt and chartruese colorado blade with a brass willowleaf blade above. That felt awful good since I hadn't caught a bass since November. Then I caugth a 13" largemouth on a black back #5 Shad Rap(balsa). I fished out the cove, went to the back of McKaskey creek and found no birds, no baitfish, and very muddy water. I returned to the launch ramp cove and caught another 15" largemouth on the spinnerbait. I didn't even tie on a dropshot or a jigging spoon which are the baits most folks use on Allatoona this time of year. Fished from about 9:45 to 2:30.

Very seldom do you catch a largemouth on Allatoona in warm weather becuase it is predominantly a spotted bass lake. A 2.25 lb fish is respectable for Allatoona as most fish average 11-13". All-in-all a very rewarding day and my new Cabelas MT50 Guidewear kept me dry. Sorry, but no pictures. It was raining and I left the camera in the drybox.

congrats on the outing as well as catching a few. Don't you just like it when you catch on baits/lures that aren't suppose to work due to time/season.

Any ways nice to hear you had the chance to go out an get some.

memo

That is great David. I am glad you got out and wet a line. It's been a long time.