Fishiong Lake Guntersville

I am going to see how this goes! If it seems to really help I will keep it going!

I have not had much time to plan any trips. Everything is busy and no end in site. All I can say is I will hit top water everyday till Christmas. My best pattern has been swimming a worm, fishing a Carolina rigged worm and flipping. I will still post some results as I can, Thanks all!

9/4 and 6/2004 Caught 5 bass each day. All on a rat L trap on the 4th and spinnerbaits on the 8th. Biggest fish 4lbs.

8/28/04 Fished half of the day. 6 fish all keepers but that was all they were. Buzzbait

8/21/04 Took a buddy out for the day and it was bad slow, highlight of the day was a 6.2 that took my swimming worm. We had six more total.

6/27/04 Bite was on pretty good and just got better on Sunday. Had maybe 11 nice fish flipping, Buzzbaits and Carolina rig. Sunday, BOOM about 19, 16 came on Buzzbaits, man that was cool. Had maybe 10 over 3 this weekend but none over 4.

6/19/04 Gave up my best fishing area to a friend who needed them in a tournament, What are friends for anyway? Only fish for a couple hours on Saturday and caught 3 with one around 4.5 flipping the grass. Managed a few more on a white Buzzbait.

6/12/04 Great day of fishing. Had one 5.3 first thing on a pop R and the went flipping and caught 8 or so all nice keepers. Backed of to 17 foot casting a big jig and pulled out a 5.7. went home at 11AM

5/28,31/04 Boom good day on Saturday and Monday (Memorial Day) Caught about 15 flipping with two around 3.5 Monday was cool and drizzle (WIND) the Buzzbait was on. Had maybe 7 fish with 2 near 5 pounds

Weekend of 2/21/04	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Rods and Line	Boat Position	Results, will be posted ASAP (I work better under pressure)
Place Description	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Rods and Line	Boat Position
Back of large creek	4-7'	All Milfoil.	Spinnerbait Gold Chartreuse, Rat"L" Trap (1/4oz White)	17 Line for spinnerbait and 12 for rattle trap, all on med 6.5' rod.	Sitting in 7' casting to the bank.	Managed 7 keepers right off the bat. Figured I was on a roll, but no luck ever finding a pattern in similar areas.
Main River Channel.	12'	Mostly hydrilla and few stumps.	Spinnerbait Gold Chartreuse, Med Running crankbait and 1/2 - 3/4 Lipless.	All 17 Line Med Rod 6.5"	Will try Keeping boat in 25 foot and casting shallow as well as 12 feet casting deep.	Zero, Wind was also a pain.
Main Lake Point but far from actual river channel.	6-12'	Stumps only.	1/2 Jig black/blue.	20 Med/Hvy. 7' Rod	Sitting in 12 casting for stumps along the 6-12 drop.	Zero
Main Lake Bank.	0-6'	Blank bottom with a couple stumps that can be seen.	Jerk bait and spinnerbait. Maybe jig too.	10 line (Jerkbait) and 20	Sitting a good cast from the bank.	Another keeper and one about 3.5lbs
All in all, a very slow weekend, oh well try again!

Weekend of 4/17/04	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position	Results, will be posted ASAP (I work better under pressure)
Place Description	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position
I feel I will be better starting out looking for post spawn fish. I have a few places where there should be some nice fish hanging out in stumps and grass 3 - 8 feet deep.	6'	Stumps and grass	Carolina rig and Texas rig	12 ft deep casting to 3'	Managed 7 fish one around 3 or so.
As the sun gets up I will look for more beds. Providing I have not wore them out by then.	-3'	Bare banks with the least grass	lizard and Tube bait	Motor tilted!	Zip-ola
Will try some river channel too!

Weekend of 3/20/04	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position	Results, will be posted ASAP (I work better under pressure)
Well, after last weeks pitiful results, I am going ballistic on the bass. Since I am fresh out of dynamite I will take a less drastic approach. I am going to a cover more water faster to find me some bass. I spent too much time scouting and thinking and not enough casting last week.
Place Description
First choice will be casting over some grass points that come up to an ideal spawning flat. I have caught fish here for years and they should be there* * Results May Vary. LOLOLOL	4-8'	Grass	Trap, Spinnerbait and fluke added a jig	With the boat in 10' I can cast to 1 foot as well as 15.	Pretty good weekend. Anything would have been better than last weekend. As it turns out, it was quit a bit better. Had several from 3-4lbs. and even one over 5. See first 3 photos in gallery. My guest and I boated around 15 keepers.
I will also try mass Carolina rigging to search over spawning flats. I can usually find fish sitting in 4-6 foot waiting to move in as well as the cruisers that may already be up.	6-2'	Rough bottom, some grass and wood	Ole Liz	Sitting in 8-10 feet casting to 1'
I am also going to run the bank with a jerkbait and fluke, Perfect way to see if any males are up. If so I will slow down and look for Miss. Big Un	0-5'	Grass stumps and a few lay-downs	<<	Sitting in 6' casting to the bank

Weekend of 3/13/04	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position	Results, will be posted ASAP (I work better under pressure)
Place Description	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position
Will be hitting a couple of points @ daylight :-)	5-8'	Milfoil and some stumps	Carolina rig and Jig	Sitting in 12' casting to 5'	Well, this was one of those trips where I have to wonder how good of an idea this game plan page is. Only managed a few very short fish on Rat-L-Traps in 4 feet. I guess bad days make the good day feel better. Fished harder with less results, go figure!
I will move into creeks that seemed to have productive points and see just how shallow these fish are this weekend.	0-8'	??	Carolina rig, spinnerbait and crankbait	Basic Bank Fishing
Depending on water level I have a few boathouses to hit	8-4'	boathouse	Jig	Pitching
Will try some deeper water if not having any luck, I look for bass to be at all depths as the spawn nears.	5-14'	All Hydrilla	Spinner bait and trap	Sitting in 14-18' casting to about 5'

Weekend of 3/06/04	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position	Results, will be posted ASAP (I work better under pressure)
Place Description	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Boat Position
I am going rock fishing in the morning.	8-12'	Rocks and some Grass.	Jig and Carolina Rig.	Next to rocks casting out at an angle, targeting the deeper rocks.	Zip
I am going to also hit many, and I do mean many creek drops and points that should be ideal pre-spawn.	6-10'	Grass and a few stumps I am sure.	JERKBAIT and Carolina Rig.	Will tray casting to the shallow and to the deep as well as parallel,	Found a few nice fish relating to stumps in 4 - 6 foot, my guest had one at 7lbs even
I expect to have all the fish a man could want by now. But if not I will spend the rest of the time slightly deeper.	6-18	Grass	JERKBAIT, trap and spinnerbait.	Most likely casting from deep to not so deep.	Over still quite slow for but but I will keep chunking.
I am going to fish slower and find the bass in the areas above, I know they will be there so I must find them.

Weekend of 2/28/04	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Rods and Line	Boat Position	Results, will be posted ASAP (I work better under pressure)
Place Description	Average Depth to Fish	Cover Type	Lures of Choice	Rods and Line	Boat Position
Going back to the same place	4-7'	All Milfoil.	Will also swim a jig and try a jerkbait.	17 Line for spinnerbait, 10 line (Jerkbait) and 20 jig	Sitting in 7' casting to the bank. I will also work off into some deeper water	Zip
Next I will concentrate on the deeper areas within above	7-15'	??	Jig and crankbait	12 line (crankbait) and 20	Will try cast to and from deeper water.	Managed one 4lbs
Main River Channel again	20-12'	Hydrilla	Spinnerbait Gold Chartreuse, Med Running crankbait and 1/2 - 3/4 Lipless.	All 17 Line Med Rod 6.5"	Same as before.	Managed one more 4lbs
Couple of grass bed that I have not fished in a long time. All located on main lake points.	4-10'	Should be a mix and a few stumps.	Jerkbait, trap, jig and Carolina rig	17 Line for spinnerbait, 10 line (Jerkbait) and 20 jig & Rig	Most years 10 foot casting into 5, so I will start out the same	Few more dinks