Lake Guntersville Bass Fishing

Lake Guntersville Bass Fishing Lake Guntersville is one of the top bass fishing lakes in the world and if you ask me it is the #1 best lake in the world. The amount of pressure this lake gets and still produces day after day is remarkable. Ledge fishing is a real good way of catching monster bass on Lake Guntersville but I'm not a ledge fisherman so my favorite way of catching them on Guntersville is to skip docks. Skipping docks actually takes a lot of practice to actually skip a dock correctly. 90% of the anglers that fish docks just fish the outskirts or the first few poles not many anglers can actually skip a bait all the way under a dock. You can catch fish and even some big fish on the outskirts of docks but over the years I have learned the further under a dock you can get it the better bite you can get because many anglers cant reach them places and the fish that get in these spots haven't seen as much "pressure". You can also catch good fish flipping grass mats and fishing a frog over grass mats. The best grass mats to flip usually range in the 4-8 foot deep range. I use a 1oz and sometime 1 1/2oz weight when flipping grass mats. A lot of the grass mats At Guntersville can get really thick and hard to get through. Guntersville is an all around awesome lake and that is why people from all over the world come to fish it. It doesn't matter what time of year it is or how cold the water is you can catch fish and even a lot of big-uns in ever depth range. Early in the year in the pre spawn fish are moving and feeding up for the spawn so any moving bait is good but the best bait I have found is a rat l trap in Rayburn red color, and if in deeper water a orange red crankbait does the job. Post spawn is about the same. The fish are feeding up from being on bed and are moving out from the bedding areas back into the deep so moving baits is still the key but I usually switch to a swimbait, chatterbait, or a spinnerbait. I like to impersonate a shad when fishing post spawn. But when I start getting bites I like to slow down and I love the missle baits d bomb in green pumpkin red paired with a 1/4 oz tungsten non painted weight. That size weight and with the d bomb makes it a lot easier to skip way up under the docks. The dock bite is good in all conditions but the best conididiton I believe for dock skipping is when it's extremely hot and blue bird skies. The bass love to get in the shade and feel protected by the cover of the docks. Early in the mornings from March until November your best bait to use to get that awesome top water bite is a spook, around docks, sea walls and underwater grass is the best. Walking the dog technique is the key to getting those bites. When it's cloudy out and not blue bird skies you can catch some monsters on a spook all day long. The old bass fishing saying is never leave the fish biting. Early in my tournament fishing career I would be catching small fish and I would up a leave and move on to a new spot and not catch anything and over the years I have learned if you catching smaller ones it's better to grind it out in that spot because you will start catching bigger fish. I usually fish a spot for a good 45-1hr before completely giving up on a spot. But if I catch one in the mean time I'll stick with that spot. The key to it is figure out the pattern the fish are on. Every bite is a new piece to the puzzle and when you complete the puzzle and have a pattern that's when you start putting the right size weight in the live well. When starting my day either practice day or tournament day I always start out with a moving bait, from a squarebill, rat-l-trap or chatterbait. The key is to cover as much water as possible untill the puzzle starts coming together. When I start gettin some hits on it I'll slow down and throw a brush hog, d-bomb or pig and jig. When I'm fishing along a spot and I see bass schooling I always either throw a senko or a spook right in the middle of the feeding frenzy and they wear it out. It usually only last a couple of minutes but you can get a limit and a good size limit in that short period of time. Also I like to use my electronics to see bass schools in deeper water columns. When you see fish in school you again have to start figuring out the puzzle. One of the best ways to start is either throwing a pig and jig or a crankbait, usually when you get one or two fired up the school of fish will start feeding. When it comes to lure selection, the two keys I focus on is water clarity, and weather conditions. A lot of bass anglers know when it's cloudy out a spinnerbait or something with some flash is better and when it comes to blue bird skies you don't want all the flash and bling you get with a spinnerbait. My favorite lure on any lake I fish is always a brush hog. My color selection depends mainly on water clarity. When the water is murky but not muddy I like the green pumpkin or watermelon colors. I start out by throwing it with no garlic or chartreuse die on it but if I go a while without a bite I will dip the tails in chartreuse garlic dip and that helps the bite a lot. When the water is muddy and visibility is very low I like to throw the junebug or darker colors, but when muddy I always always always dip the tails. If you have any more questions are would like more help feel free to email me at [email protected] I would be more than happy to help you out or show you around