Summertime Tips

Heat of the Summer

Ledge season is now in full swing as massive schools have moved offshore to feed up after the spawn. We are averaging the best numbers since fall about 40 fish per half day trip. We are also catching tons of 3-4lb fish and some over 5. What you need to look for this time of year is an irregularity on the main river ledge that can hold bait a...

Deep Cranking Time

Finally we have some good current flowing out on the tennesee river. It has been dry the last month and the water had gotten stagnant but recent rains have caused tva to generate quite a bit of current and it has positioned the fish in predictable areas. Big schools of fish have moved to the river ledges and with this water movement they are...

SPECTACULAR. This week at guntersville has been simply spectacular. I guided everyday and we caught them basically every cast everyday. We landed over 200 this week and caught tons of fish in the 3-5lb class. The best pattern has been river channel ledges with crankbaits and a hair jig. We also sent another large group of F1 bass fingerlings out...

Deep Fishing

Guntersville is absolutely spectacular right now. Day 1 of the MLF pro series 95th place was 14lbs and over 25lbs was leading. Common sentiment from the tournament anglers is Guntersville is the best largemouth bass fishery in the world only rivaled by the smallmouth fishing at Champlain. I firmly believe that this is just the beginning of s...

Submergent Vegetation Time is Here

May and June on Guntersville

How to Take Advantage of Reel Speed

This is one of my favorite times of the year. A big group of fish spawned on the full moon and they are migrating towards their post spawn staging areas and some are moving into their summer areas. Bream are on bed and shad are spawning. This makes for excellent fishing opportunities when you can get dialed in on a school of fish. I have been gui...

April Has Been Pretty Good. With Some Nice Bass Being Caught! The weather is now on a warming trend and it has kicked the spawn into high gear its seemed like the bass have been wanting to move up but it seemed like the cold fronts just kept coming and some of the bass did […]

It is Almost Summer

Now it's getting fun out there. The fish are in all 3 phases and can be found in 18 inches out to 18 feet. You can catch them on any bait in your box as long as you find the right group of fish and present the bait to them at the correct time of day. Is it easy? No. However if you work at it and have a concise and dynamic plan this time of ye...

Blue Gill Bed Fishing is near

This week we have had varying weather and fishing conditions each day. The fish at guntersville are extremely sensitive to weather changes and fishing pressure. We were able to adapt to the conditions each day and were able to average around 20 fish a day. The biggest fish landed this week was 6.5 lbs but we had some opportunities at much bigger...

Bed Fishing

Guntersville Has Been Fishing Rather Good With The Amount Of Unstable Weather. Our Guides have kept up with the bass the past few weeks with long days that are paying off daily with some nice Lake Guntersville Bass. The Bass have started to spawn but there are still a lot that have just started to […]

We are finally seeing consistent warm temperatures and the fishing is getting better every day. I did 4 guide trips this week and we landed over 100 bass total. The biggest fish landed was 7lbs and we caught several 4 and 5lbers. The new moon phase has put a group of fish on bed and the full moon will prompt a huge group to spawn. On some days fa...

Wow!!! This week was special for sure. It has been 65 degrees and cloudy all week which prompted a big group to move into feeding areas. I had 3 guide trips this week and we landed big ones after big ones. The average catch rate was 17 fish per day and the average size was 4lbs. We caught them deep on the creek ledges with a nicotine shad and we...