The Swim Bait Craze

The tournament weights at guntersville continue to be excellent. In the honeycomb tournament this morning it took 5@27 to win and 22lbs to get a check. For summertime fishing that is really strong. I guided everyday this week and to beat the heat we fished 430 am to 930 am. We averaged 25 fish per day and each day we had fish over 6lbs. The key p...

The Heat brings Finesse Time

Guntersville just keeps on producing even in the hot summer weather. Last week we averaged 40 per day and we had a best 5 over 17lbs each day. The fish have transitioned into a true summertime pattern positioning themselves on the tennesee river ledges. The best baits are deep diving crankbaits and big spoons. Most people are intimidated by the v...

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

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...