Mats for Frog Fishing

Last week I guided a client from Chicago every day. We averaged 45 fish per day and he caught his personal best on Tuesday. We did manage to have 1 day with our best 5 over 20lbs. Most fish have now moved shallow and are feeding on shad. Our best baits were spinnerbaits and swimbaits fished around shallow grass. As the days get shorter and the te...

Fall Spinner Bait Time

Floating Grass Issue

Heavy Grass Techniques

Last week I had 5 guide trips at guntersville. We landed 240 bass total and had several nice fish. The fish are quickly moving into their fall pattern and the next 3 months are going to be spectacular. Twice we had 30-40 fish follow a hooked fish to the boat indicating how healthy the fishery is. There is a pretty good frog bite and some big fish...

Guntersville Gave Up Some Big Bass The Past Few Months And We Enjoyed Immensely! We saw a solid deep bite that lasted for a good time. Seen schools like we did back many years ago and they bit didn’t have to work to hard to have a big bag day in and day out. I […]

Jerk baits in Cold Water

It’s Time for a Popping Lure

Fall Movement is Upon Us

The stocking program at guntersville is paying off with excellent catch rates year around. I had 4 guide trips last week and we caught fish every stop I made all week. There are still plenty of deep schools that will fire up early,late and when the current increases. A shallow bite is starting to materialize and it will be the dominant pattern by...

Details of Schooling Fish

August brings shorter days and schooling fish. I personally love catching numbers of bass and at guntersville when you catch numbers your best 5 are always heavy. This is what I call the pre fall phase and the baitfish are starting to migrate towards the creeks with huge schools of bass roaming nearby. It's not uncommon for 50-100 bass to eru...

The Tough Summer Bite

This week the fishing started good and was spectacular by Friday. I guided everyday and we started the week catching 20-25 a day but Friday we caught 75. The rain allowed for more current flow and the fishing simply got better. River channel ledges continue to be the best pattern and I feel like about 60% of the big fish are still out deep but fr...

My Bait Choices in the Heat

I had 3 guide trips last week and the fishing got better each day. We landed 73 bass total and had about 10 fish over 4 lbs. The water temp cooled off 2 degrees from 88 to 86 which doesn't sound like much but the fish became much more active with the cooler water.  The dominant pattern continues to be river channel ledges and the fishing...

Keys to Skipping a Bait

Spinner Bait and Fall Fishing

Weiss lake is Alabama's best kept bass fishing secret. Everybody knows it's full of crappie but it's also a phenomenal bass lake taking over 20lbs in 5 fish tournaments to win. This past week at daylight swimming a jig and a spinnerbait in the deeper water willow was an excellent way to get on the board with several quality largemouth...

Guntersville has a healthy population of big crappie and they are biting. Most of my clients are taking home 20-30 crappie per day. Bridges,brushpiles and bluffs are the deal right now. The fish are in 10-15 feet and feeding aggressively. We are tight lining Bobby garland type baits in monkey milk and blue ice colors on a 1/16th oz jighead with 4...