December and January consistently yield some of the best fishing of the year. However you like to fish can be productive. There are obviously big groups of fish out on the creek ledges following bait but there is also a shallow bite. The tournament weights in the winter are ridiculous. Anything less than 30 pounds has no chance to win and 20 poun...

The cooler weather has triggered an aggressive feeding pattern. I had 2 guide trips this week and we caught the biggest fish we have caught since last winter. If you like catching big ones December and January is by far the best time to catch them. Our best baits have been a jerkbait and a freeloader. The bait is congregated in current breaks nea...

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...

This lake is fishing very diverse at the moment. If you want to test your ability to adapt and master every technique now is the time. Everyday is different and there are more deep fish than I have ever seen in November. The deep fish are locked on shad near the creek channels and the shallow fish are in wolf packs feeding randomly. The best bait...

Finally the water temp is in the 60s and we have a true fall bite. This last week has been our best week for quality and quantity in months and will continue to Improve. Today we landed 50 with a best 5 of 19lbs. We have averaged 40 a day this week. You can catch them in 1 foot or 30 feet and anywhere in between. Best baits have been a freeloader...

Ribbit Ribbit!!! Down goes Kermit. The warm weather has reenergized the frog bite. The mats are shrinking and the fish are now concentrated. We have been catching fish with a variety of methods but nothing is more fun than frog fishing. As the sun warms the mats the shad start to gather around and big bass will follow. This week I had 4 guide tri...

Neely Henry is on fire!!! I did 2 guide trips at Neely Henry this week and we landed about 35 a day with several big fish. There are 3 main patterns emerging relative to the fall bite. Cranking rock is a Neely staple and it's getting good. A swimjig in the water willow is a great way to put them in the boat. The most fun way to catch them is...

Cooler nights have the big fish biting!!! Finally it's starting to cool off and the numbers and size of the fish we are catching have increased greatly. I have been guiding everyday and the average catch rate is 40 per day. The last two days my clients have landed a personal best. Frogging and flipping is by far the best way to catch big ones...

There is a 1 million $$$ bass swimming around in guntersville lake and the fishing is incredible. The water is cooling off and the current is moving. Fall fishing is here and the fun is just getting started. The big fish can be caught frogging and flipping. The creek ledges still have several schools out deep and the shad chasers are on the move....

This week I had 3 trips out on lake Guntersville. My clients landed an average of 40 fish per day. The early fall yields the highest numbers of bass caught all year. We are catching all sizes of fish from 14 inches to 6lbers. Our best 5 fish most days is 16-18lbs. There are several ways you can approach this time of year at guntersville. I try to...

Bridges,brushpiles and bluffs. We are catching about 50 per day and my clients are taking home a limit of nice ones. The best depth zone for us at the moment is 15 feet and our best technique is tight lining a 1/16 oz Bobby garland in monkey milk or albino. We use 4lb test line and a 7 foot medium action rod with a 1000 series reel. At daylight t...

Down goes Kermit!!!! If you like turning off your graphs and getting up in the thick stuff hook up your boat and head to Guntersville. The frogging and flipping bite is the best I have seen it in decades. 30 bites a day all big ones. Grab some braid,a flipping stick and get in the nastiest stuff you can find. If your heart can't take an 8 pou...

Cooler weather is on the way!!! September is the month where we see the highest numbers of bass caught all year. I have had many guide trips inwhich my clients landed over 100. Many of them were 1 and 2 lbers but at guntersville if you catch that many bass your best 5 will be heavy. The frog bite is getting better everyday, the deep bite is bette...

Wow!!! The big fish showed up this week. One of my trips landed a best 5 over 24lbs. The rain,cooler nights and shorter days have the big fish feeding agressively at guntersville. We have been consistently landing over 30 fish a day and now the size is showing up as well. This fall is setting up to be one for the ages. If you find the bait you wi...

The humidity is dropping and the days are getting shorter. What does that mean? Bites and lots of them. This is when we catch the highest number of fish all year long. I had 3 groups of clients this week and we caught 35 to 50 bass on half day trips with our best 5 ranging from 16-19lbs per day. You can catch them in any depth at the moment...

The days are getting shorter and the fish are on the move. The pre fall shad migration has started relative to the length of day and thermocline depletion. The bass are locked on bait and they are following it from the river channel as they move towards the fall staging areas. We have been catching 30-40 per day with several nice fish each day. T...

Guntersville has been fishing strong for numbers with some days proving better than others. Up until recently there hasn’t been any current which has posed some challenges. Some days have been particularly tough as the bass have been nomadic making it difficult to predict their movements. Anglers have had to adapt to these changing conditions […]...

I keep expecting Guntersville to slow down but it just gets better. I did 2 trips this week and we caught 40 per day with several big fish. The grass is the healthiest I have seen it in a long time and the bass population is at an apex. We caught fish from 2 feet to 20 feet and on every stop. Our best baits out deep are a hair jig and a spoon. Up...

The oldest misconception in fishing is that fish go deep when it's hot or when it's cold. The water temp is in the 90s and the fish are shallow. The water willow bite is excellent early morning and late evening. Shady banks are excellent all day long. Docks and brush are probably the best way to win a tournament at the moment. Our best ba...

The bite at guntersville just keeps getting better and better. This is the only lake I have ever seen that is at its best in the hottest weather and the coldest weather. The winter bite is incredible. Shhhhh. Fisher and Ryan won the abt with 27lbs and it took 18 to get a check. Every pattern is in play at the moment. If you like ledge fishing go...

December and January consistently yield some of the best fishing of the year. However you like to fish can be productive. There are obviously big groups of fish out on the creek ledges following bait but there is also a shallow bite. The tournament weights in the winter are ridiculous. Anything less than 30 pounds has no chance to win and 20 poun...