Lake Allatoona - Fishing - Camping - Boating
Located just 30 minutes from the heart of Atlanta and accessible from Hwy 20, I-75 and I-575 is gorgeous Lake Allatoona. Planned by the Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Allatoona has become a favorite visiting site for over 6 million people a year! North Georgians enjoy Lake Allatoona for a variety of reasons including boating, camping, hiking, fishing and wildlife viewing.
Lake Allatoona was created by damming the Etowah River near Cartersville, and the lake extends from Canton (Central Cherokee County) to Cartersville (South Bartow County) to Acworth (North Cobb County). The lake covers approx 12,010 acres and is surrounded by 25,000 additional acres that is reserved as public lands and maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers. They currently maintain 688 campsites on the lake and 453 picnic sites. In addition there are seven city and county parks, one state park, and eight commercial marinas.
Lake Allatoona abounds with all kinds of fish including spotted bass, hybrid bass, bream, crappie and catfish. Allatoona also contains striped bass - more elusive to catch but most rewarding! Fishing early or late in the day seems to be preferred to avoid the crowds of boaters, swimmers and water recreational activities. Bank fishing is quite popular too though with catfish being the main catch of the day.
There are many hiking trails waiting challenged. Red Top Mountain Park is considered by many hikers to be a great hike. It has nearly 10 miles of easy to moderate trails that feature views of the lake and an assortment of interesting wildlife. A shorter hike available is the site of a decisive Civil War Battle. You pass through a gorge dug by slaves and end up by a star fort once inhabited by Confederate soldiers trying to repel the onslaught of Yankee soldiers.
There are several informative web sites about fishing and hunting at Lake Allatoona. For more info you can go to the GA Outdoor News Site. For info on hunting call the Allatoona Lake Operations Office at 678-721-6700.
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Sissy Hampton said,
Wrote on June 2, 2008 @ 1:05 am
I just wanted to know about the Campgrounds.
Lionel said,
Wrote on June 27, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
I am ne to Georgia but not new to fishing. About a week ago I fished the allatoona and caught a 3lb crappie. Biggest one i’ve ever seen or caught. Lake allatoona will be seeing alot of me and my family.