United StatesGuntersville Lake
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Location:
Guntersville, AL
United States
United StatesCoordinates:
34.4341, -86.17607
Distance:
69,090 Acres
Description:
Lake Guntersville is located in north Alabama between Bridgeport and Guntersville. Alabama's largest lake contains 69,100 acres and stretches 75 miles from Nickajack Dam to Guntersville Dam. Free boat ramps and private marinas are spread along its length. Fishing, boating, camping, hunting and eagle watching are popular sports in the area. Eagle watching is centered on Guntersville State Park and the dam during the winter. Guntersville is noted for its milfoil and hydilla weed beds from which big bass explode on topwater baits.
Lake Guntersville is home to quality angling for a variety of fish. Historically, about two-thirds of the anglers on Guntersville target largemouth bass, although bream (bluegill, redear sunfish, and longear sunfish) crappie, sauger and catfish attract their fair share of anglers.
Bream fishing is excellent throughout the lake, especially during late spring and early summer. Crappie fishing is best during the spring and fall, but night fishing in the summer around bridge pilings can be productive.
Sauger run upstream during the winter and early spring and are caught within the reservoir at bridge crossings and below Guntersville Dam. Catfish angling can bring big surprises; several blue catfish over 80 pounds have been taken from Lake Guntersville.
Aquatic vegetation:
Milfoil and hydilla weed beds.
Cover/Structure:
Bridge pilings.
Spot Access:
Boat Ramp, Parking (car/truck), Parking (boat/trailer), Picnic Area, Power Boats Allowed, Swimming Area, Pier, Disabled access, Shore fishing access, Restrooms, Beach, Fly Fishing, Wading, Floating, Bait shop on site, Rental boats available, Marina
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Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.15.13
Most of the fish we are catching on the big G are in 14 or less feet and are biting a variety of baits. Spooks and pop r type baits are working well around visible grass lines. Senkos are still working also. Bigger fish seem to be in the 8 to 14 feet range on the outside grass lines. Crankbaits, swimbaits, a-rigs, big worms, and spinnerbaits and 1/2 to 3/4 oz. traps are all producing. There are fish out deeper in ditches and main river grass but the water is still dirty on the main ri...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.02.13
Got out Yesterday checking a few areas out with a mother and daughter who was trying something new while driving from Memphis to Florida. We found things to be alot different from the previous days. As you can see in the picture above the water has came way up and the river has turned to mud. All we could catch was some small fish and we ended up with around 18 lbs for our best five. We fished about 4 hours. We never hit the big groups becaus...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.01.13
The last few days moving baits have been the key. A-rigs, crankbaits, single swimbaits, Spinnerbaits are the deal.We are starting to find some big groups that are deep and on the shad and it seems that the schools are a little spooky still because when we hit them we will catch 2 to 3 maybe up to 5 on straight cast and then they will breakup for a while and then group right back up and we will hit them again. The good thing about it is one you catch them they are all 3 1/12 to 5 + pou...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.27.13
Clients and I have been catching fish on a variety of baits ranging from a texas rig to an a-rig, swimbaits and crankbaits and spinnerbaits to senkos and in depths from 2 to 14 feet of water. Everyday is different. Some days we do best is 2 feet of water using a senko and the next we will catch them in 12 to 14 feet on a-rigs and crankbaits and everyday we catch them on a different place and were we caught them on the day before we can't get a bite the next day. The one thing that is th...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.19.13
The fishing the last few weeks has been really good. The numbers are really up. Yesterday we boated around 60 but the day before that I had a half day 4 hour trip and we caught around 50. Everyday is always a little different but for the last few weeks we have been having really good numbers with several big fish in the mix.
There are alot of fish spawning and will continue for the next few weeks. There are also a lot of post spwan fish that have pulled out to the first break...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.03.13
The fishing the last couple of weeks has been up and down, one day we do really good and the next is a grind and we really have got to work for them. We have been catching fish on several different baits like a-rigs, traps, jerkbaits, plastics, crankbaits and a few on topwater. We have seen some fish that are really active and chasing shad and with the water temp hitting around the 60 degree mark the fish will soon be hitting the b...
about 1 month ago
(03/30/2013)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.30.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/30/13
Fishing this past week was truly the tale of two stories, with the early part of the week bringing below freezing temperatures and a struggle to find a bite then the later part of the a little warmer and the big fish were moving about. The big fish moved up some especially in the afternoons and with just a little good luck and being in the right place at the right time proved to be very successful!
The key all week was location as the bass...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.23.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/23/13
There is no doubt that the fishing is at its peak right now, with the very few exceptions, like the first day of a cold front, other than that the bass are as active as they will get! Doesn’t mean they are jumping in the boat you still have to fish them but it’s as good as it is going to get without a doubt.
The patterns are all of the above, the bass are shallow, there is still staging fish and there are still deep fish you jus...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.18.13
This warm weather has more and more fish moving in everyday. On Saturday the clients and I put together one of the biggest bags of the year that went around 37 to 38 lbs. Biggest was almost 9 and the other 4 where 7 to 8 lbs. It was awesome. Today we caught around 20 fish and had over 30 lbs for our best 5 and if the storm wouldn't have blown us away we could have probably caught a few more that would have helped. Just before it hit we had just boated a couple of six's and hadn'...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.16.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/16/13
This past week really required you to fish hard and long and stay focused as the bites were light in most cases, the number of bites was low and if you missed fish the next bite was more work away. You just don’t have the privilege right now of fishing and not being focused because the bites you miss were just not given back to you 10 minutes later. The other thing this week at least early in the week the water temperature drop...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.13.13
Yesterday I fished with a couple gentlemen who new how to have fun a would rag each other at the drop of a dime. My sides hurt by the end of the day from the laughing and the bone jarring hits on the a -rig. We caught fish from 8 to 12 feet of water and and the only other bait we had any bites on was a jig. We didn't catch a ton of fish but I believe we boated 13 and 10 were over 5 lbs with the biggest around 7 1/2. We probably had another 10 hit the rig and just never get it.
Toda...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.13.13
Lake Guntersville Forecast/Report - Guntersville has/is producing huge stringers of bass; the likes of which have not been scene in 10 or more years! Almost every tournament has a 5 fish limit that tops 30 pounds. The excitement continues as tackle shops and anglers a like report catching and seeing, what some consider a record amount of fish in the 10 pound class or better this year. As the water warms over the next month look for pre-spawn feeding to produce some exciting...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.11.13
Spent last week practicing for the bass weekend series that was this past Saturday and for trips that I have coming up. My buddy and I had been catching good ones all week on A-rigs. In The tournament I ended up in 12th place with 23 1/2 pounds and my buddy had 25 1/2 pounds and got 6th. Took 31 something to win and 31 something for 2nd. This was probably the most miserable tournament I had ever fished and for once it wasn't due to weather. I have been so sick that it took everything I...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.10.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/9/13
We are starting to see some in-between staging of the fish this week; they are showing signs of moving up in groups but still a lot of suspending going on around the drops. What this means is to the guy trying to catch a fish is we need about 57 degree water and we should see a big push to the shallows for the spawn, and this month’s full might also push them up. If the weatherman is correct the push could come before the end of this weeken...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.02.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/2/13
I was only on the water twice this week, and they were just four hour type days. I spent time by myself trying to find some new fish and areas that may be holding fish. I have something like 40 days of fishing with very few breaks coming up so I thought I would try to find some new bites on my own, before my marathon kicks off!
One of the things I did completely different this week was go extremely small in the size of my baits, I had to add...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.23.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/23/13
The water didn’t warm any this past week, in fact it probably dropped a couple of degrees because of the cold nights; fishing remained up and down because of it! The one thing you can bet on in North Alabama in February is constant temperature change, we can go from the 20’s to the 70’s and this provides for daily change in patterns for the fish.
Adapting to this change and finding active fish is always a challenge, and th...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.17.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/17/13
We are getting into the time of year where the ever changing weather changes again and again. This has presented some challenges for the fisherman as one day would be bright and sunny and the other might be cold, rainy, snowy or overcast. All these presented daily challenges and caused me to change patterns just about every day on the water.
My week took me to all ends of the lake trying to put together consistent patterns from the low...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.06.13
Date Fished: 2/6/2013
Water Temperature: 47
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet
Currey Holley, TN River Bass Fishing Guide Service-Lake Guntersville Alabama
I fished Lake Guntersville yesterday with fair results. We fished from 7am until 1130am in thick fog which made moving around a little difficult. We were able to boat several largemouth from 2 to 4lbs on rattlebaits, spinnerbaits, and A-rigs anywhere from 4 to 10 feet of water. There was plenty of current to say the least, and the water...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.09.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/9/13
After some of the nastiest weather of the winter last Saturday 1/2/13, where the bass we really cooperating, I hit a dead period where it was hard to get a bite. We went from ice falling from the sky along with high water wind and rain to some sunny high pressure days and the bass did not cooperate. We struggled for bites until late in the week where there was a sizable pick-up in activity.
We got back to some overcast skies and warmer tempe...
4 months ago
(02/07/2013)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.06.13
Date Fished: 2/6/2013
Water Temperature: 47
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet
Currey Holley, TN River Bass Fishing Guide Service-Lake Guntersville Alabama
I fished Lake Guntersville yesterday with fair results. We fished from 7am until 1130am in thick fog which made moving around a little difficult. We were able to boat several largemouth from 2 to 4lbs on rattlebaits, spinnerbaits, and A-rigs anywhere from 4 to 10 feet of water. There was plenty of current to say the least, and the water...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.03.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/2/13
There is no doubt that fishing is improving every week on the water, the signs of pre-spawn fishing continues to show signs of more movement to the shallows every day. This week we had some of the best fishing of the year despite the high muddy water! If you have been on the water I’m sure you will agree. It is also typical of a winter time bite as not all days were created equal but improvement has been very visible.
We spent most the...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.26.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/26/13
If you have not been on the water since we have seen the winter weather set in you missed an opportunity to have a great time as this past week was some of the best of the winter fishing so far this year. I think the little warm up we had moved the fish up to feed some and being on the water at the right time paid great rewards.
We had one day on the water this past week where we had a 25 pound plus sack of best five and put a bunch of fish...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.14.13
Lake Guntersville Forecast - February brings the giants out to play! As the water warms over the next month look for pre-spawn feeding to produce some exciting times on the water as bass, crappie and stripe start moving towards the spawning grounds. While the go to will be jerk baits early and lipless rattle baits later in the day; anglers visiting the area should not neglect other tactics such as the A-rig, Jigs, Spinnerbaits, or Crank baits. Over the past few weeks we have found our fish...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.12.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/12/13
With the warming temperatures being on the water was certainly pleasant, and for the few days I was out there the fish cooperated pretty well. As is always the case this time of year just a little warming trend and we start to see some pre-spawn movement.
We fished mainly up river this past week except for one day, the grass is starting to erode and float away and it made it a pain to try to move rattle baits through the floating grass, but...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.05.13
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/5/13
With us still being in the middle of the holidays this past week, I have yet to get back to my normal fishing schedule; I did however spend a little bit of time on the water on Thursday and Friday with mixed results. The cold north wind along with muddy water made for tough fishing conditions and few bites to talk about.
The good news is that the days are getting longer we are seeing more daylight every day and the pre-spawn is just around t...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.29.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/29/12
With Christmas, tough weather and travel my week on the water was very limited to just a few hours; I do believe the fish though were fairly active. It was more about some fairly strong feeding in and around the mouths of the creeks! It was pretty simple find the bait and you found the bass.
I worked areas where the bait was heavy; you had to be somewhat meticulous and precise with a real slow presentation but the bass were there for the c...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.15.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/15/12
The winter fishing is becoming magical for me, as the past few weeks and this past week we have had some of the best days of the year. The bigger fish are feeding, the numbers are up and finding them has been fairly simple.
I’m not fishing everyday as I do in the warmer weather put I have enjoyed my time on the water this past week as much as anytime this past year. I have been fishing from about 9am to 3 pm and finding lots of oppor...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.08.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/8/12
The fishing is picking up every day on Guntersville. This past week was extremely rewarding and with catches of 35 or more fish with best 5 bags of 20 plus pounds. We worked mainly off the grass all week finding bait and working several different types of lures and different presentations.
Most of the week we fished with a variety of different lures, by far the most productive is the A-rig, it did not catch our biggest fish of the...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.01.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/1/12
Can it already be December, and the heart of winter fishing is right around the corner. Man does time fly it won’t be long before I am talking about spring time fishing again.
This past week was all about the wind, hard to believe but true the wind produced active fish and without it was a struggle. It just seemed that the bait stacked up more on the windy days and caused the fish to be much more active. It’s also important...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.25.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/24/12
This past week on Guntersville showed great improvement, even with the worst of the week it was a great improvement as compared to most of the fall. Don’t get me wrong the fish didn’t jump in the boat, but you had an opportunity to catch fish and it seemed like the days were just much better. There was a confidence most of the time that you will catch fish.
Most of the time we fished an Alabama rig, although it was not the bite...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.17.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/17/12
We may be showing signs of turning the corner as this week produced some easy bites; and that has not been the case since early October. I think we may have a window of a few weeks where the fish have pulled out of the heavy grass and moved to the shallows for a late fall bite. I believe the consistent cold nights have helped not only move the fish but eliminate some grass for them to stay in!
This week we caught fish in 3 feet of water and...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.11.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/11/12
There is not much to report about Guntersville this past week, the lake is offering up just a few bites a day and if you miss them you’re in for a long day. It has been a strange fall, getting on a pattern that might be consistent from one day to another has been difficult. The A-rig that was so mighty last year at this time is still not producing a consistent bite. Some of the bridges especially the south end of the lake are not covered...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.02.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/3/12
The cold nights have finally set in around the north Alabama area, the fishing has benefitted some from the cold nights. First of all the grass has really started to show some strong signs of rotting away as the grass still showing on top is getting foamy! We have also had plenty of wind this past week and that should push around some of the grass and tear it off the top of the ledges. This is definitely a good sign for fishing.
I was only...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.31.12
The fishing here lately has been pretty good for us. The a-rig has been playing a big factor on the schooling fish. Some of these schools you just never know what you are going to catch. We are catching bass, stripper, crappie, yellow bass , cat fish, drum and have had some skip jack. You know you are in the right area and doing the right thing when you are catching everything in the lake. Even with the high winds and this extreme cold front we have still been catching and seein...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.27.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 10/27/12
We started the week with bright sunny days, not much and the fishing felt more like the dog days of August instead of late October. The water temperature moved up during the mid day to the middle 70’s; combine that with just very little wind and fishing was tough. As we progressed into Friday a very severe cold front was moving in the wind was picking up and fishing picked up tremendously.
If you were looking this past week for...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.21.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 10/21/12
It’s an up and down pattern that seems to dominate the lake so far over most of this year of fall fishing. Trying to establish a pattern that exist from one day to another really test your fishing ability. The bass are stacking up near the transition areas but getting them to bite has been a test of patience as well!
This past week I spent most of the time on the water with average anglers who needed some easy bites to gain the confi...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.14.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 10/14/12
The swings in fishing this past week were as wide as I can recall; there were times when the numbers and size were good and then the opposite occurred. The problem was it appeared to be within the same day; in the morning the fish would hit and then in the afternoon you couldn’t buy a bite or just the opposite would occur. Definitely a strange fall so far, no consistency and very little chasing and schooling as compared to other years....
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.29.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 9/29/12
I spent most of the past week going thru the break-in on my new Ranger boat/Yamaha motor so the amount of fishing time was a little limited as compared to other weeks. The time I did spend fishing showed some signs of improvement early in the day and late in the day. There appeared to be a lot of schooling fish and activity during the first hour of daylight and the last hour!
The schooling activity allowed us to fish Punisher Spinner baits &...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.21.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 9/22/12
Fishing slowed this past week, the high pressure system that came in after last weekend’s rain coupled with the high water levels seemed to push the fall fishing backwards. The bites were slow and the fish were small in most cases last week, a big change from the week before.
We spent most the time this past week in the mid part of the lake working grass lines and humps around the mouths of the creeks. We fished many different baits s...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.15.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 9/15/12
This past week was the best week of the fall for me so far this season, we found good numbers of fish on most days and the days where the numbers weren’t there the size was much better. Put the week all together and fall fishing is getting better every day. The important part is a variety of baits are catching fish, so you can fish fast or slow and catch fish.
The water temperature is dropping with the cool nights down bringing the wa...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.08.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 9/8/12
This past week has had some ups and downs as most of the late summer so far, when we caught fish the bites would come in small areas you would catch some and then have to hunt again for awhile. It still seems to me that the upper part of the lake from Goose Pond north seems to be a little easier to get a bite.
We did find fish at the mouth of the creeks flipping a big profile trailer on a 1 oz. Tight-Line jig around the clear water within th...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.01.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 9/1/12
Guntersville is slowly coming to life, the over cast skies and light wind made for some pretty good fall fishing. The top water bite got better every day and the fish have definitely showed some movement to the creeks and shallow water.
The other good news is that every day we see some erosion of the thick grass adding to the improvement of the frog bite. The shorter day, light wind and rain has all added up to holes in the grass and better...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.26.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 8/26/12
Although this past week had some ups and downs it was more related to the water level than the activity! Many folks don’t realize that in the summer time when you’re looking for the some consistency in frog fishing one of the worst things that can happen is the water level to get raised from one day to the other! This past week we started the week with the water down a foot or so and the frog bite was strong; Friday came a...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.19.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 8/19/12
Writing a fishing report on the day of my birthday seems to take on a special meaning, I decided to look back at the past reports for my birthday or week of and see how it relates to this past week. Well I must say there was mixed results over the past many years, but this birthday week seems to have more positive than the past.
We have been somewhat blessed this August as the water temperature is dropping and the nights and days are cooler...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.13.12
Shortly after sending out the regular news letter, I started receiving inquiries about fish conservation in the heat of the summer and how I fish a frog. Several people ask for an explanation on how the weight in will work at the upcoming SPRO Tournament. So, I figured this would be a great way and time to showcase the weight in system that will be used for the day. Below are two articles expalining both.
On Aug...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.11.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 8/11/12
I only spent a few days on the water this past week, one day we got ran off the lake with lightning so that day was a bust. The next day we had some good catches just not a lot of size to brag about. The day I was run off the water I spent most of my time helping a guy with his Lowrance units, as a Lowrance Pro Staffer I spend several days a year helping folks learn how to use and understand their units. We tried to combine a little fishin...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.07.12
With over 35 years of fishing all over the world under my belt, the one thing I have found to be a constant rush is top water fishing with frogs or rats. Whether it’s in lily pads, duckweed, slimy black moss of winter or the fall grass mats there is nothing like the explosive action of a bass slamming a frog. While most people think frog fishing is simply a “fall” pattern you can almost always find a top water frog bite someplace on most lake...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.05.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 8/4/12
The ups and downs continued this past week, bites were hard to find most of the week but there were signs that we are starting to turn the corner. We had periods where we were catching fish it certainly wasn’t great but at times we had good catches.
I spent most of the week up river looking for frog bites with the 2 big frog tournaments coming up so I can help my customers looking to compete in the Snag Proof or Spro frog to...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.30.12
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
What a summer so far, I hope everyone is enjoying the great fishing as much as we are here in Southern Middle Tennessee and North Alabama.
We've added some great sponsors to the line up over the past month. SPRO Sports Professionals came on board with their full line up of hollow body frogs, hooks, crank baits and much more. Also, we joined the Missi...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.28.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 7/28/12
The roller coaster ride continued this past week; fishing is changing from day to day with the change in wind direction and or the intensity of the sun! The water temperature at day break is in the high 80’s and by 11am it is up into the low 90’s. Certainly not what the doctor ordered for great fishing!
When we are finding fish there are a couple of patterns that have produced fair amounts of bites: the first pattern is the frog...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.21.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 7/21/12
The fishing this past week was like a roller coaster, the swings from good to bad were daily and some days hourly. We had times where the bass were biting real well and then they would shut down for a day or a couple of hours then bite again a little later. The swings for me were especially drastic with the top water bites, one day they were all over a frog or buzz bait and the next day they wouldn’t bite it!
Strange week for su...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.14.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 7/14/12
The clouds and rain cooled the water temperature and turned the fish on; we had the best week of the summer putting plenty of fish in the boat every day. Not only was the fishing good for numbers but the size was pretty good also!
The most success we had was on top water it seems that with a little rain and wind that it broke up some of the mats and helped the top water bite. We fished Assassinator buzz baits, frogs and spooks most days and...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.07.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 7/7/12
In the heat of the summer one of the ways I try to evaluate the fishing is to ask myself a question at the end of every fishing trip. That being; was it worth it for the cost to a customer to be on the water and this past week the answer has been yes! Every day on the water produced enough activity and bites for a customer to be spending their money, so my over all evaluation of this past week is fishing is good enough to be out there.
We ca...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.30.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 6/30/12
Fishing this past week, was certainly affected by the extreme heat not only slowing the bite but putting the fisherman on the lake in some difficult health conditions that could cause some real problems for anyone on that water for an extended period of time. My personal days on the water were limited to 4 hours that put us on and off the water by no later than 9:30am.
The good news was there was a pretty good top water bite for at least 2...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.29.12
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
So far it looks as if this summer will be another HOT one. The fishing over the past months or so has been great and should only get better for those of you that like a top water frog bite and deep water ledge bite. The bass have started moving to the deep grass on both the main channel and back channels. We been catching good fish in 10-19 FOW on Tightline Jigs...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.24.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 6/23/12
I am once again passing on second hand information, as my time on the lake has been limited; the good news is all my little time consuming things are about over and I should be fishing about everyday going forward baring my health issues taking a turn back.
The good news there is still some good fishing on the lake, the top water bite is still fairly good it doesn’t last as long as it did a few weeks ago; however being in t...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.20.12
My fishing report this week is completely second had as I have not been on the water due to some personal issues I am involved in!
Fishing is remaining fairly strong in the morning as the top water bite has been steady most mornings catching fish on a variety of top water baits, like spooks, frogs and buzz baits. The key has been the grass edges and finding bait movement. The mid day bite is more about big worms, in 10 to 12 feet of water, with jigs along the deep edges of the grass.
Th...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.19.12
Fishing is still good on the big G. We have been catching some really good fish here lately but timing is everything.You can hit one spot 2 or 3 times and nothing much happens and then you pull up and catch 25 pounds in 30 minutes.
Football jigs are hot and big worms are working to. Current is playing a big role in the day right now , It’s like a light switch for them. The water color is improving daily since the winds have died and the crankbait bite has picked up in the last few...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.16.12
The last few weeks have been pretty hectic. I finally got closed on my new house and moved in. I have been running trips through the day and moving at night which makes for some pretty long days. The fishing is either really good and we have a huge bag or it is slow and we have really have got to work for them. If you can be at the right spot when the bait pull up you can catch a huge bag fast.
Points and ditches off the main river ledges are doing best. Shell beds mixed with some...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.12.12
The first full week of June came in with some rain and a little cooler temperature; the surface water temperature dropped considerably and the top water bite was as good as it gets. Those bright sunny days returned mid week, along with a full moon and by the end of the week fishing had slowed down some forcing us to fish deep during the middle part of the day!
We had moved to the top of the ledges early in the week fishing Assassinator buzz baits around the grass and open spots on top....
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.05.12
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE REPORT - THIS SUMMER
By Reed Montgomery/ Reeds Guide Service
Birmingham, Alabama
Summertime Guntersville Lake Bass
Website www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Near full pool
Water Temperature: 80 degrees
Water Clarity: Clear main lake
Memorial Day Weekend – The End of Spring
The Beginning of a Long, H...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.02.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 6/2/12
The heat of the day is warming the water temperatures to the 90’s but so far this hasn’t seemed to hurt the bite at least for most the day. The bass are extremely active for the first 4 to 6 hours of the day and we had some really good catches this past week. My fishing has been limited to just a few hours daily as I am involved in some things I need to do, but the times I was on the water it has been really surprising just how good t...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.25.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 5/26/12
This past week offered some challenging days and some great days, my time on the water was very productive some days and others I struggled. The common thread to it all was every day I was on the water the top water bite was consistent and fun every day. The biggest difference in this year and last to me is the top water bite, there appears to be enough milfoil to create holes in the grass for the fish to come up thru it to strike top water bait...
about 1 year ago
(05/19/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.19.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 5/19/12
Guntersville showed some signs this past week of slowing down, as the bright sunny days and heat are pushing the bass into being a little less active and suspending over the deeper water. I believe what we will see over the next month is the bass will be active on top early and late but the in-between times will be slower and tougher.
The good news was the top water bite in the cloudy days couldn’t have been any better, there is plent...
about 1 year ago
(05/13/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.13.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 5/12/12
This past week on the water, was met with changing temperatures, rain and north winds; what that meant for fishing was some great days and some typical days. When the rain set in we had some of the best days I have seen in many years, when the sun and high pressure was upon us, it was more of a struggle yet we caught fish all week long! The good was better than it gets, the typical was good but not terrific.
All said we caught fish all week...
about 1 year ago
(05/05/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.05.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 5/5/12
This past week was some of the best back to back fishing days we have had this year. I can’t say it was covered up with big fish although we did catch a few good ones. The numbers however were very good; this being the time of year I generally gets 4 and 6 hour days, our numbers were very good for short days.
The bite we were after early was top water and that was very strong just about every morning and continued sometimes into mid mor...
about 1 year ago
(04/28/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.28.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 4/28/12
The week started out with 30 mph southwest winds and made for some tough fishing, as the winds calmed the fishing picked up, as we could once again get to them and hold a boat in place. The first three days of this week you would have thought we were in early March as the winds were just howling down the lake one day from the northeast and then from the southwest and you just couldn’t stand and fish with the waves coming at you.
The P...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.24.12
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
Last month, I forecasted an early shad spawn on area lakes. Well, the shad spawn has actually started earlier than I figured it would. Over the past week, the shad have moved to the grass on both the main channel and back channels. My clients caught 22 bass last week over 5 pounds and we had one that weighted in at 8.35, which Mr Greg Ballard boated Friday.
We employed 1/2 ...
about 1 year ago
(04/21/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.21.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 4/21/12
This past week might go down as the best week on the lake this year, the shad spawn is on and the bass are chasing and feeding and there are plenty of big bites. Last year for some reason the way the weather set up the spring we never really saw this bite, but it’s here now and as good as I have seen it for many years!
For me, there is no better fun than pulling a big Punisher Spinner Bait ¾ to 1 oz. in size and having a big bas...
about 1 year ago
(04/15/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.15.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 4/15/12
This past week was one of the best weeks on the lake this year, we had one tough day being Friday but other than that it was a great week. The shad spawn is strong the bass are hitting Punisher Spinner Baits and just knocking slack in your line. The first hour or two of each day the bass are hitting about every 3rd cast on the spinner bait bite and we are catching 15 to 20 fish with in the first couple of hours. Just some great fun, a time of ye...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.09.12
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE - ALABAMA'S TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM...
about 1 year ago
(04/07/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.07.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 4/7/12
Fishing appears to have taken a bite of an up-tick from last week, there are more bites and bigger fish are starting to move to the ledges and we are seeing more post spawn aggressive fish. That’s the good news; the bad news is we appear to be heading into an early summer pattern where the average fisherman will struggle unless they understand how to fish the deeper ledges and humps.
This past week one of the exciting patterns was top w...
about 1 year ago
(03/30/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.30.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/31/12
It seemed like we had fished 2 different lakes this past week, at the beginning we had high pressure, north winds, bright sun and the fish were slow and hard to find. Then comes Thursday afternoon the weather is overcast the wind is out of the south and the bass are chasing and schooling and just about every presentation you try you catch fish! In fact we had an afternoon where we had 7 fish over 6lbs. a sure 30lb best 5 stringer and fishing is...
about 1 year ago
(03/24/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.24.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/24/12
This past week on Guntersville was great for numbers; we caught many fish every day and had some big smiles from customers. As is pretty typical when the numbers are up the size suffers a little as we really didn’t have any big fish this week, but we caught plenty of them!
The bass have migrated to the shallows and a big wave of them is spawning, and I expect this will continue for several weeks. You have a choice this time of ye...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.19.12
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
Spring is upon us and the fish are on the move to their spawning locations. This is the kick off a the top water buzzbait season as several of my clients have found out in the past two weeks.
Guntersville and Nickajack are on fire. You can catch bass just about anyway you want...yes even on a FROG! Lets not forget about some ex...
about 1 year ago
(03/17/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.17.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/17/12
The water temperature says the bass should just be killing it out there but reality is that the fishing is tougher than most anticipated. The bass have been staging off the drops at the mouths of creeks and outside the humps and points and they have not been very active. The good news is that Friday and Saturday showed signs of improvement, with the buck bass moving up to the beds and along with some of the females.
Every day from here forw...
about 1 year ago
(03/10/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.10.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/10/12
I guess if the wind didn’t blow you off the lake it wouldn’t be March in North Alabama, at least it seems that way. We have yet to have a day on the water this month that the wind didn’t make it extremely uncomfortable on the water and tough to stay on the main lake and fish! The fish are biting but the ability to stay on them has been really tough and the bigger fish appeared to be relating to the main lake.
I believe we...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.08.12
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE LAKE - ALABAMA'S TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM...
about 1 year ago
(03/03/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.03.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/3/12
For the second week in a row I have struggled on Guntersville, the fish are scattered and the big fish are in transition and that makes for some tough fishing; at least it did for me! I believe that the warm water is so early that it has their biological clock are all messed up, the water temperature says spawn but the internal clock is far from ready.
There are some fish up really shallow but not in numbers and certainly not in groups or bu...
about 1 year ago
(02/25/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.25.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/25/12
Fishing had its ups and downs this past week as we had several days with winds in the 30 mph just making it extremely tough to move around the lake and stay on a bite when you found it. We did catch some fair numbers each day, but catching a big fish proved to be a problem. I spent most of the week up river where you had a chance to hide from the North West wind on the north side bank.
Most our fish were caught on traps and jerk...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.19.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/18/12
As we move closer to March the bass fishing on Lake Guntersville continues to be strong, the weather however this past week made for a tough early start to the week. The water temperature at the beginning of the week dropped about 7 degrees from the extreme cold we experienced; that caused some problems early in the week as the fish were pretty lethargic from the cold spell.
As the week moved on the fishing picked up again and we were back t...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.14.12
This month I'll be highlighting the A-rig and the way I have been rigging it to catch some monster fish on Guntersville. Along with some shallow water tactics the most over look this time of the year.
We are in the middle of one of the best winter seasons in several years on Lake Guntersville. Yes, the A-rig/Alabama Rig/Umbrella Rig is playing a major part this year. The seasonal rattle trap and swim bait bite is starting str...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.11.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/11/12
The front end of this past week the fishing was great; the end of the week turned cold, windy and nasty and not really fit for fishing. As we started the second week of February it couldn’t have been any better fishing, the bass were moving up to the shallows to start the pre spawn fishing, hitting all different baits. By The end of the week just holding yourself on a spot was nearly impossible with 30 plus winds and then getting a bite wa...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.04.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/4/12
Fishing this week remained extremely strong, even after muddy water and a lot of current fisherman caught big fish and plenty of them. The down side was the bass are moving in and out, there not feeding all day long so you spent plenty of down time. When they turned on it was hard and fast and a lot of action!
I don’t know that I can say that there was a bait of choice, as it seemed that if you were where the fish were feeding you could...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.03.12
The last few weeks have been hit or miss for me. One day we hit’em good and the next day we don’t. We were doing a lot better before the water muddied up. Jigs and traps are working best. The a-rig was working for us before the water got dirty also. We have been catching our fish in 6 to 12 feet out of grass and it is better when there is rock mixed in.
Below is an email from some clients I fished with. We had a tough day when we went. I took the time to show solid areas and...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.28.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/28/12
Fishing this past week took a turn for the worse, with the heavy rain, high water and muddy water we struggled to put fish in the boat. Generally when there is a lot of rain there are mud lines that you can find active fish on, but that was not the case this past week. The muddy water was thick and the mud lines either parallel to the bottom or along the edges just did not exist.
I guess you could say after having so many great winter days...
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service Captain Alex Davis
over 1 year ago
(01/25/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.25.12
This report is for the last week and a half. I got to fish 6 days on guide trips and with friends. The fishing was very good for numbers and size with fish over 5 lbs everyday and a lot of 3-4 lbers. The biggest fish we caught weighed 8.10 with almost all the fish being footballs. The water was clear to lightly stained until all the rain came then it started to get really muddy the last couple days which slowed the fishing down. We were catching 25-40 a day but the last couple days it has b...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.21.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/21/12
The fishing has remained strong on Guntersville all through the late fall and early winter and this past week was no exception. The bass are still very active, they are hitting a variety of baits with daily catches of 30 or more fish in just a few hours. It has been an exceptional winter with just some few exceptions.
The baits range from the A-Rig to traps, crank baits and jerk baits and if it seems slow turning to a jig o...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.14.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/14/12
The colder weather sent the bass deeper this past week on Lake Guntersville, for the first time this winter I can actually say that the bass jumped into a winter pattern. The cold rainy days this past week had us fishing 20 to 30 ft. off ledges and deeper points.
The good news was with some patience and the ability to hold on a spot long enough to work your bait did result in some pretty good catches each day on the water. We did have to wo...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.07.12
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/6/12
The colder nights have slowed the fish some on the lake this past week; I believe we have finally seen the typical winter movement to the deeper water and suspending most of the day. As much as I have enjoyed the early great winter fishing the bass had to finally move to a winter pattern.
All said; this does not mean the bass did not bite at all, but the chasing and feeding on the enormous amounts of bait seems to have finally slowed. We had...
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
over 1 year ago
(01/05/2012)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.05.12
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
Happy New Year!
I hope this letter finds you and your family in good health and hopefully one of your New Years resolutions is to Go Fishing more. Creek Stone Lodge located 1 mile from the Mud Creek ramp, prime spring time water on Lake Guntersville is a great place to stay, with 15 total units and 8 have garages available t...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.17.11
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/17/11
This past week on Guntersville was absolutely a blast, the water temperature is in the 50’s and the bass are chasing and feeding all over the lake. I spent just about every day on the water and all were productive and fun. The bass are ganging up on the creeks, using them for highways to feed on the massive schools of bait and catching is great!
The bass are active the crappie are biting and the lake is relatively full of...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.11.11
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/10/11
I finally got my 2012 Ranger in and spent some time this week fishing and breaking in the motor Yamaha Sho 250(the 10 hr. initial break in). As is always the case making a smooth transition between team boats is always a challenge but the 2012 Ranger boat is beautiful and certainly worth some of the wait and hassle.
While on the water as most have found fishing is good, numbers are up, size is up and it's a lot of fun out there for an...
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service Captain Alex Davis
over 1 year ago
(12/08/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.08.11
The fishing on Guntersville the last few weeks has been some of the best action all year. Daily catches have been 25-40 fish each day and the average is 2-3 lbs with fish over 5 lbs almost every trip. The fish are using all depths of water right now. You can fish grass edges in 4-6ft, the shallower creek channels in 8-12ft, and can catch fish out on the deeper stuff in 15-20 ft. The main key right now is to be around the bait. If your not seeing bait on your electronics your not catching fi...
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
over 1 year ago
(12/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.07.11
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Kerrie and I hope this letter finds you and your family in good health and may Santa leave lots of gifts for you. Anyone looking for a great get away location besure to checkout Hales Bar Marina and Resort on Lake Nickajack. They are located 25 miles outside Chattanooga on Lake Nickajack and 20 miles from Lake Guntersville. Creek Stone Lodge located 1 mile from the Mud Creek ramp...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.03.11
Although cold in the mornings fishing on Guntersville has been extremely active all week, the bass are still doing some fall chasing of bait and the activity is really good. The water temperatures are still in the low 50's and there is still big bait balls all through the lake. The bass are extremely fat from the feeding they look like footballs and catching has been really good with good numbers every day. The key has been just finding bait being moved by the bass, when you see bait ac...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.21.11
The fishing is was again at its best on Guntersville this past week, we are experiencing some great daily catches and the bass are as active as they have been all year and certainly all fall. Numbers are up, size is good and the bass are schooling all over the lake as they should in the fall. The bad news is if you're going fishing don't delay and wait too long as we are nearing the end of the fall bite and the bass will shut down just all of a sudden as if someone turned off a wate...
Mid South Bass Guide - Capt Jake Davis
over 1 year ago
(11/16/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.16.11
First, Thanks for your time. I hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. I'm starting a monthly news letter to help keep you informed on fishing conditions on Lakes Guntersville, Tim's Ford and Nickajack. Each month, I'll do my best at highlighting tactics for the upcoming season, provide lure reviews and special offers from my sponsors. If there is something you'd like to see me write about or highlight just send me...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.15.11
My fishing time this week was limited as I am in-between boats and only going out when the timing is right to hook up with a friend or my partner! I spent a day on Tims-Ford Lake chasing small mouth; it was fun but not a whole lot of action. Guntersville this week continue to pick up from the cooling waters and misty rainy mid week days.
There is a variety of patters producing fish on the lake, those brave souls fishing the Alabama Rig are catching some fish around the over passes and...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.08.11
The good times continue on the lake this past week, folks are catching fish, and they are having fun most days on the water. I wouldn't say fishing is as good as past years by anyone's imagination but it is better than it has been this fall so far. The cooler temperatures are allowing for some good catches and bigger fish but the day is work and there is certainly down time during the day!
This past week we spent most of the time on the water fishing a variety of top water...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.07.11
This past week of fishing showed some great signs of some really good fall fishing, the bass are spreading the lake as the water cools and fishing was pretty good most of the week. The one high pressure sunny day was a little slow but outside of that we had a pretty good week on the water.
The good news was that several patterns worked, we had the opportunity to catch fish in many different patterns and this should continue for some time as we see the fish migrate toward wi...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.24.11
The cooler nights and wind made for some great improvement in the fishing this past week on Guntersville! The bass were definitely more active, the wind pushed the bait around creating more top water activity and the bigger fish moved up into the more typical fall spots. It truly was the best week we have had in over two months.
The best news was we had a lot of top water activity and my customers had some great fun as the bigger fish were slamming the El Grande frog buzzin...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.17.11
The lake is starting to produce again and some of the fun we are use to on Guntersville is back; that?s right we have finally seen the fishing pick up and we are catching fish in good numbers and size once again! We started about a week ago to see some change toward the positive and this week was the best yet!
We have had some really good trips this week catching fish on a variety of baits and in a variety of different patterns. We have caught them on top with frogs, spooks...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.06.11
I spent every day this week on the water, fishing just about from daylight to 3 o?clock or later. The fishing proved to be better in the afternoons except for Monday where the morning bite started with a four good fish on four casts on a frog! The heavy rain hit somewhere Monday about 1:00 pm and it made for a wet windy afternoon on the water.
The lake was full of tournament anglers as the FLW plus many other anglers were practicing for their respective tournaments, coming...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.26.11
The last couple days of this past week showed great signs of what brings people to Guntersville from all parts of the country. The frog bite raised its head the last 2 days of the week and one day it actually lasted all day. If you couldn?t find a frog bite then the top water bite off the grass was also pretty good; and several different baits worked to produce bites as we caught them on El Grande Buzz Fogs, Zara Spooks, Pop-r and wake baits.
There was certainly some down t...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.19.11
Despite the cool temperatures we have still not seen a big movement of bass to the fall bite; fishing is better there are days that make you think fall fishing is here but not what I would expect during the fall as of yet. We are kind of in a mode of opposites, you would expect the cloudy days to be the best but it appears the sunny days are more active; this is very much the case for the top water bite and that is what most customers enjoy this time of year.
We did have so...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.12.11
Certainly the significance of 9/11 goes way beyond any fishing report, but for those you moving on this past week has finally produced the beginning of fall fishing and we are catching fish and Guntersville is starting to see the movement to the fall. The fish are biting, we had some days upward of 30 plus fish and the fall fishing is just starting; there is certainly more to come!
We started the week out with a couple of 20 plus days, catching fish on many different types...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.06.11
The lake showed signs of improvement this past week, and with the heavy rain coming in I expect we will start to see the top water improve tremendously. This past week bites were a little better, scattered but steady and size and numbers went up just about every day. It?s been a long hot summer but the end is near and signs are pointing towards improvement already.
The days presented different patterns as one day we had a top water bite most of the day and the next day the...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.29.11
With still some personal things going on I did not get a chance to get on the water so my report is second hand from my other guides. It appears that the 60 degree night time temperature had a positive effect on the fishing. All indication are that the bite picked up especially early in the morning as the cooling night time temperatures helped the top water bite. Most of my guides reported better early morning catches this past week.
We also noticed some movement off the gr...
Reeds Guide Service/ Reed Montgomery
almost 2 years ago
(08/23/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.23.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
Birmingham, Al.
Website www.fishingalabama.com
"Guntersville Lake's and All of Alabama's Oldest, Professional -- Bass Fishing Only -- Guide Service For Over 40 Years"
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Down 1 foot
Water Temperature: 89 dawn / 93 evening
Air Temperature: 78 dawn / 96 evening
Water Clarity: Clear
AIRPORT MARINE'S GUNTERSVILLE LAKE...
almost 2 years ago
(08/22/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.22.11
The best way to describe this past week is to say ?we caught a fish here and a fish there,? nothing was really a pattern and no bait was declared the winner. If you got a bite and missed it, it was one of very few opportunities over the day. Some bites were in 12 to 15 ft. of water some were in 4 ft. of water; just a really tough week on Guntersville and for the life of me I can?t explain it. Very little activity all week long and I could not find a solution to change the slow pattern.
...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.17.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
Birmingham, Al.
Website www.fishingalabama.com
" Guntersville Lake's (and all of Alabama's) Oldest, Professional -- Bass Fishng Only -- Guide Service for Over 40 Years "
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Full Pool (595.0)
Water Temperature: 90 degrees
Water Clarity: Clear
--- AIRPORT MARINE'S LAST BUDDY TOURNAMENT OF 2011 ---
--- OPEN BUDDY, COU...
almost 2 years ago
(08/15/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.15.11
The heat this past week made for some tough days on Guntersville; it seemed you had a short window of opportunity to catch fish every day. The odd thing about it was the bite didn?t really occur at the times of the day you might expect; one day the bite was early around first light then it moved to mid day and then it seemed to scatter though out the day.
We fished many different patterns over the last week none of them allowed for you to come back to the same pattern the n...
almost 2 years ago
(08/10/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.10.11
The clouds and rain finally affected the fish in a positive way this past week. The first few days of the week fishing was tough and bites were scarce. The weather changed and the rain and clouds and cooler weather started to gather the fish and move them to the grass. It was not an immediate change but by the time the third overcast day in a row the fish were extremely active.
I believe this might be the early beginning of the bass moving up into the grass to feed and the...
almost 2 years ago
(08/01/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.01.11
My report for this week is somewhat second hand as I spent most of the week doing some family type stuff. The fish however have been pretty cooperative as most fishermen had some pretty good days on the water especially early and late in the day. The amount of schooling fish have increased and if you were looking for bites they were easily chased and there was good action around the schooling bass just about all day long.
The bigger bites have been on Tight-Line jigs in 10...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.25.11
Ten Alabama Lakes in Two Weeks With Reeds Guide Service
It takes a lot of time, effort, extensive travel, gas, oil (and getting up very early) to go over 2000 miles in two weeks. I know. I just did. After traveling all over Alabama during this hot, mid-summer, mid-July period and visiting 10 lakes (some twice) while taking out clients of my guide service, Reeds Guide Service, Alabama's Oldest, Freshwater Bass Guide Service, you would think they are all the...
almost 2 years ago
(07/25/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.25.11
I spent the first few days of the week on the water, just trying to keep up with the patterns the fish were following. It is certainly extremely hot and uncomfortable past the first few hours of the morning. The schooling bite seems a little stronger in the evening but the late afternoon heat is tough.
The bite that was most productive for me was top water over the grass, and if you?re on top of the schooling fish it is really active. You are fishing hard for the time on th...
almost 2 years ago
(07/18/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.18.11
The bass have definitely moved from the deep ledges to the grass making the top water and flipping bite the bait and technique of choice for me. I have spent many hours searching the deep 25 plus foot water and have caught very few fish, but when I move to the grass part of the ledges we catch fish.
I think there are still plenty of deep fish but I believe they are suspending most of the day making them very difficult to catch. The other positive is there are now plenty of...
almost 2 years ago
(07/13/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.13.11
This past week on Guntersville started out with a lot of activity, we caught plenty of fish and found them in many types of patterns.
It ended however with a real tough bite, having to work extremely slow and fish the same spot over and over until you finally got a bite. The good news was the numbers didnt suffer but you had to make a lot of casts to the same spot to get a bite.
I believe the bass are still in transition from the deep ledges moving to the gr...
almost 2 years ago
(07/11/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.11.11
This past week on Guntersville started out with a lot of activity, we caught plenty of fish and found them in many types of patterns. It ended however with a real tough bite, having to work extremely slow and fish the same spot over and over until you finally got a bite. The good news was the numbers didn?t suffer but you had to make a lot of casts to the same spot to get a bite.
I believe the bass are still in transition from the deep ledges moving to the grass and it will...
almost 2 years ago
(07/06/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.06.11
The heat has definitely made fishing tougher this past week; we have to work hard to get enough bites to have a good day. The problem is the down time in between bites and catches, you can fish for a couple of hours and not even begin to get bit, then you catch 3 or 4 and wait again for the next flurry. That slow action coupled with the extreme heat has taken its toll on most the fishermen on the water.
The good news is when you get into the fish they are pretty good qualit...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.29.11
The fishing on Guntersville the last few weeks has been really good. You have to work at it and might fish alot of areas with little success but when you find them it's fast and furious. You can fish shallow or deep depending on your personal preference. The deep bite is a patience deal with being at the right place at the right time being critical. The shallow bite is consistent but you are not going to catch them cast after cast like you can deep. The best depths deep have been 10-18 ft a...
almost 2 years ago
(06/28/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.28.11
If you would have dissected the weather this past week and related it to fishing you would have thought that the week would have been excellent fishing. Well sometimes weather patterns fool you and this past week I struggled to find active fish with any size. It was rainy, cooler than the past but the fish stayed suspended and just didnt move as I expected. One of the biggest factors was the wind, just about every morning when you expected it to be calm and counted on a top water bite it did...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.27.11
It sure was good to get back out on the water after taking Tuesday-Wednesday and Thursday to move again. That is the one thing I hate more than when the fish aren't biting. Back to within 15 minutes of the lake Rosberry or Waterfront. That is awesome. Sure makes the job of fishing Guntersville a lot easier in servicing the needs of clients.
The deep bite is still really good but it seems that with all the clouds the fish have scattered out a little. A couple places are stil...
almost 2 years ago
(06/27/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.27.11
If you would have dissected the weather this past week and related it to fishing you would have thought that the week would have been excellent fishing. Well sometimes weather patterns fool you and this past week I struggled to find active fish with any size. It was rainy, cooler than the past but the fish stayed suspended and just didn?t move as I expected. One of the biggest factors was the wind, just about every morning when you expected it to be calm and counted on a top water bite it didn...
almost 2 years ago
(06/21/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.21.11
We were given some gifts this past week with over cast skies, north breeze, rain and slightly cooler temperatures, this definitely helped the fishing some. The week was really very good although we probably missed as many fish as we caught. The good news for me was the frog bite is starting to raise its head and the fun of top water fishing with a frog has just begun.
Although the frog bite fish were not real big they were a bunch of fun, and you know that it won?t be long...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.20.11
The big fish are on THE PROWL. The clients and myself have seen several fish in the 7 to 8 lb range. We have been catching fish on crankbaits,swimbaits,football jigs,and spoons the best. Everyday is different though and you just need to find out want they want for that day. One day the crankbait is best and the next the spoon ,but we still catch fish on all of them during the day. Just one will be better than the other. Fish are really deep right now. We are catching them from 16 to 22 feet an...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.16.11
The last week has been really hot. Numbers are high and the big fish are on the prowl. Crankbaits,spoons,swimbaits, are the main deal for me and the clients. Yesterday I have to say was one of the funnest days I have had. I fished with a 10 and 12 year old who just wanted to catch fish. We probably caught a 100 little stripe and 40 bass by 12:30. The best bass was about 7 lbs. One of the boys caught about 20 lbs himself and both set a new record for their biggest fish. You should have seen the...
almost 2 years ago
(06/13/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.13.11
I only spent the first three days of the week on the water this past week as I enjoyed a few days off down at the beach for the rest of the week. The days I was on the water fishing was excellent we caught plenty of fish and had plenty of fun. The heat was certainly tough on you but if you kept your neck wet and drank plenty of water it was certainly tolerable.
Most of the days we caught somewhere near 50 fish each day, with the top water bite being the most fun, the troubl...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.07.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
E-mail alabassgyd@aol.com
Website www.fishingalabama.com
" Alabama's Oldest, Professional -- Bass Fishing Only -- Guide Service For Over 40 Years " Including Guntersville Lake
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Near Full Pool - Summer (fluctuates either up or down several inches daily)
Water Temperature; Low-to-upper 80's
Water Clarity; Clear (no major rain in weeks)
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Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.06.11
The last few weeks have been pretty hectic. I have been running full days and have had 9 days where I added a half day in the evenings after already fishing a full day. So That's why you haven't seen any reports from me.
The best bite going right now is the deep bite. There are some pretty big schools running around out there. Big worms,spoons, crankbaits, jigs and rigs,fish head spinners. Whatever it takes to get them going. When they are going good it is nothing to see 10...
almost 2 years ago
(06/06/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.06.11
This past week on Guntersville was good and bad; the good was the fishing was absolutely great, the bad was the heat was tough on the body. If you judged this past week by the cover, in others words figured it was so hot the fish wouldn?t bite you made a fatal mistake as we caught some big fish and the numbers were very good and despite some tough heat we had a blast all week long.
The top water bite is getting better every day; and that first hour or more of daylight is ju...
almost 2 years ago
(06/01/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.01.11
This past week has been as good a fishing week as we have had on Guntersville; the bass are spreading the lake. The bite is easy, as you can find fish on just about any pattern with any kind of bait; the top water bite is strong and if you want to fish deep you can do that also. Guntersville is in the time of year that any fisherman, regardless of experience or time on the water, can catch fish.
If you like worm fishing it is great, top water is great, cranking is good, jus...
about 2 years ago
(05/23/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.23.11
This week on the lake was all about finding transition fish, bass that are moving to some of the summertime patterns. If you couldn?t find the transition fish you struggled because the shallow pattern is just about gone until the bass spread the lake as the grass thickens.
We spent a little too much time chasing the shallow fish and hence struggled some for a couple of the days as the bass moved to their transition humps and ledges. We caught fish but the numbers and siz...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.16.11
The fishing on Guntersville has been the best it has been all year. The last couple weeks have been great for numbers catching 40-50 everyday. Most the fish are 2-3 lbs with the occasional 4-5 lber. Last Thursday we had over 25 lbs as the bigger fish bit most the day. The fish are in all stages right now with some spawning, some postspawn, and some are in the summer patterns. Lately we have been catching fish on the Strike King Premier spinnerbait, Series 5 crankbait, KVD 2.5 crankbait, Spit N...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.16.11
This report is for Tuesday through Thursday.
On Tuesday we fished a corporate trip out of waterfront. We only got to fish about 3 1/2 hours before we called it a day. They were on a tight schedule and even though all the guys wanted to stay out we had to get them in or the buses would have left them. All the groups caught some fish. My group managed around 15 fish and lost another 10. We never caught any big fish but we had alot of fun. All fish were caught in 5 foot or les...
about 2 years ago
(05/16/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.16.11
This past week was as good as it gets on Guntersville, the bass are hitting all kinds of different baits from soft plastic worms, crank baits to Punisher Spinner Baits, and if you wanted the big bite Tight-Line jigs in black and blue are producing the bigger bites. It didn?t take a lot of work to get bites or land some good numbers of fish; fishing was relatively easy for the average fisherman.
This past week I spent three days fishing with a group that included the Head Ba...
about 2 years ago
(05/09/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.09.11
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 5/7/11
I only had an opportunity to spend one day on the water, as I have been trying to clean up my property and work with insurance adjusters to figure out once again where to start to get things around my property back to normal after being struck by a tornado for the 2nd time in 2 years. They say the chances of winning the lottery are better than being struck by a tornado twice in a period of 2 years, so maybe I can win the lottery; I s...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.09.11
This report is for the last 2 days.
On Friday I fished I fished with two great guys just out spending some time together. His father was up from south Texas visiting and does alot of saltwater fishing and the son wanted to show him what the big "G" was all about. We started the day with a swimbait, chugbug, and a spinnerbait and about 10 minutes into the day I caught the first fish that went around 5 lbs or so and caught a couple of smaller ones and by th...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.06.11
I know I haven't posted in a while but I slowed on all the trips I was doing due to getting remarried and am in the process of buying a new house. So things have been a little hectic. I still have been fishing every week and running at least 3 trips per week but now I am getting fired back up to go 7 days a week.
Anyways let's get to the fishing and I have got to get better at taking more pictures. The clients and I have been cutting up so much that when we catch one we thr...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 2 years ago
(04/25/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.25.11
The bass are making a long day into a short one as the fishing activity keeps getting better and 8 hours just seems to fly bye! I do believe we are going through the biggest phase of the spawn as it seems the bass have moved up to the shallows in the biggest numbers of the year. There is also a mess of the post spawn fish moving off the shallow water and moving to humps and ledges.
I have spent some time this week hunting the shad spawn bite, but so far it hasn?t occurred f...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.22.11
Lake Guntersville Fishing Reports Over the last two days I have had a lot of fun fishing with Shay from Hendersonville TN and Jason for the Great State of Michigan down for vacation. We caught fish both days and enjoyed the great weather. Both Jason and Shay averaged 15-20 fish per day mostly 2-3.5 pound fish, however they had several over 4 pounds the last few days that made it in the boat, including a couple over 5. Water temps are steady at 68 to 72 degrees in the coves off the mid lake...
about 2 years ago
(04/18/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.18.11
This week has been the best yet for numbers of fish caught; I have been part of days on the water this past week where clients are getting bit every 5 to 7 minutes or more all day long. That to me is catching at its best! Sure they are not landing every bite but the activity is there and the day passes quickly when there is this much action.
The bass are coming off the spawn and starting to move to the humps, grass edges, ledges and points; finding them was easy and my cust...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(04/17/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.17.11
Today, I was joined by the Murphy family from Mt Juliet TN, Chris, Karis, Austin and Karis Aunt, Uncle and Dad from Central Georgia. Water temps are dropped a little as expected from yesterdays storms and are steady at 63-64.5 degrees in the coves off the mid lake area. Our better fish came on wacky rigged senkos, chatter baits, spinner bait and football head jigs by Tightline Jigs on secondary points in the coves. Austin owned the best action of the today which was around grass, stumps, d...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(04/17/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.17.11
Today, I was joined by a Josh and three of his co-workers from Little Rock Arkansas. Water temps are holding at 66.5 to 73 degrees depending on which cove you are in. The best action again today, was around grass, stumps and lay downs in four feet or less of water. The guys boated over 50 fish for the day, with several good fish in the 2-3 pound range and one in the 4 pound range being taken. Their best fish broke off at the boat looked to be in the 5-6 pound range. The key factor simply remai...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(04/11/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.11.11
Openings for next two weeks: Apr 16, and 18. Plus some evening Half Day trips. For half days and days after 18 Apr please call me at cell number 615-613-2382 for availability updated on 10 Apr 2011 @ 10:30 pm
10 Apr 2011 - Lake Guntersville Fishing Reports The past couple of days has been mostly pre-tournament planning/scouting with clients from North Georgia and South Alabama. The fishing remains good on most days, challenging on others.
Congratulati...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 2 years ago
(04/11/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.11.11
Fishing this past week had some ups and downs; the wind played a big factor a couple of days where you had all you could do to hold yourself on a spot. Most of the week however seemed to be about the soft plastic bite, with fish hitting worms, lizards and creature baits in many different presentations.
We are also in the middle of another wave of fish moving in to spawn; this produced some slow parts of the day and some activity when you did not expect it! All said, it was...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(04/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.07.11
What a day, I had the pleasure of fishing with the Taylor boyz from Bad Poncho Outdoors for a complete review of my guide service, also returning clients Harold and Darrel Jr. from East Tennessee in a follow boat for a little pre-tournament planning/scouting. The morning started out with slick waters and cool air temps which did not last long! The winds picked up again today shortly after we arrived at our first stop. By mid morning we had 2-3 foot rollers on the main channel made it tough fis...
Reeds Guide Service Reed Montgomery
about 2 years ago
(04/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.07.11
ALABAMA LAKES
By Reed Montgomery
Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
Birmingham, Alabama
E-mail alabassgyd@aol.com
Website www.fishingalabama.com
ONE THOUSAND BASS IN ONE MONTH! (ACTUALLY, THIRTEEN LAKES IN THIRTY DAYS!)
By Reed Montgomery
Yeah, I thought that, "1000 Bass in One Month" Fishing Report Caption, would get your angling attention!
That's about as ridiculous as some of the recent Guntersville Lake Repo...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(04/04/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.04.11
I was joined again today by a father and son team, The Morrisons for some fun on the lake. Water temps started out at 54.8 and by the days end we found some 56.6 in a Mink Creek. Conditions are changing daily on Lake Guntersville, we lost a little with the rain this last week and cooler temp. The best action for the most part is still in the 3-10 FOW water range using soft plastics and Tightline Jigs on Mid Lake secondary points. The fishing is only going to get better on both Guntersville a...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 2 years ago
(04/04/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.04.11
The change back to some cooler weather had an effect on the fishing this past week. Besides the north wind making it a little uncomfortable it also slowed the bite down at least one of the days this past week. I do believe however it was all about pattern, presentation and time of day! If you stuck to the ups and downs by fishing hard eventually you found the fish!
It was very much still about the jig bite, I believe that there is so little grass because of the high, muddy...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 2 years ago
(03/28/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.28.11
We are definitely fishing the best time of the year, March has been great this past week was as good as it gets and we are having fun. Sure there is some down time the bass are not biting all day long and some days are better than others but it has been great.
This past week we had days of catching 30 to 50 bass in an 8 hour day; Friday with the north wind and the high pressure moving in was a little slower but that was the exception. The baits are changing a little we are...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/28/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.28.11
The past weekend, I had the great pleasure of spending a lot of time with past clients to last years TBF National Champion. Conditions are changing daily on Lakes Guntersville and Nickajack. The water temperature on Guntersville continues to hold in the 55.5 to 64 degree range, we lost a little with the weekend rains. On Nickajack, it was hard to find warm above 60 degree and for the most part it stayed in the 56-58 degree range. We are seeing some bedding fish on Guntersville but not like p...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/25/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.25.11
Today, I was joined by Brian and Sherrie Winn for a full day trip than Greg Howell and Mike Thompson for a late afternoon trip. The water temperature on for the most part was 55.5 and with sun shine all day it had climbed to 62.3 by days end. The main river channel has improved to slightly stained with North Saulty and other coves being stained heavily. We fished the mid-lake using rattle traps, square billed crank baits, Brush Hogs, Tightline Jigs both Black/Blue and Guntersville Special Co...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.24.11
On Sunday the bite was on for big fish. We didn't catch the numbers but I think we had around 10 fish that went over 4 lbs and the biggest was around 6lbs. All fish were caught on a jig anywhere form 2 to 12 feet of water. As the water keeps clearing up that deeper jig bite will do nothing but get better. Yesterday the bite was tough. Everyone that I talked with had a tough day. Even though it was tough I could have had around 19 to 20 lbs for my best 5. I felt bad but my clients wanted me to...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 2 years ago
(03/21/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.21.11
This time of year even the most inexperienced of fisherman can easily find and catch bass! This past week was an example of that as fishing was easy! That?s right, when the bass move up for the spawn and move to the shallows as they are now doing fishing becomes easy. We had days this past week that the number of fish caught during an 8 hour day was enormous, coupled with that the big females are all blown up and getting ready to spawn so the size was there also.
We experie...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.18.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery
Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
Birmingham, Alabama
E-mail alabassgyd!@aol.com
Website www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake Level down 1 1/2 feet
Water Temperature: Tuesday, March 15 Dawn - 55 degrees / Evening - 65 degrees
Water Clarity Stained to Muddy
THIS WEEK'S BIG BASS...AN 11 POUNDER!
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE'S OLDEST, REEDS GUIDE SERVICE, PRODUCES COUNTLESS
2-6 POUNDERS,...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/18/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.18.11
Today, I was joined by Joe and Chris from South Alabama, for a little pre-tournament fishing. The water temperature on for the most part was 55.5 and with sun shine all day it had climbed to 62.3 by days end. The main river channel continues to improve, still flowing fairly well at just under 100,000 CFS and stained.
We fished the lower end and mid-lake using rattle traps, square billed crank baits, swim baits, Brush Hogs, Tightline Jigs, chatter baits and yes a scrounger(sp). We...
Mid South Bass Guide Lake Guntersville, Scottsboro AL Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/17/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.17.11
Today, I was joined by Paul (aka Coach B) and his son in-law Nick both from North from the Georgia. The water temperature on for the most part was 53.5 to 59 degrees all though today. Local weather was first half of the day mostly cloud and the afternoon sunny. The main river channel has improved is flowing fairly well at just under 100,000 CFS flow rate and stained. We fished the mid-lake using rattle traps, square billed crank baits, swim baits, Brush Hogs, Tightline Jigs and chatter baits....
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.15.11
Today, I was joined by Tracey and Wayne from the Georgia Alabama line region for a little fun and research. The water temperature on for the most part was 54.5 to 59 degrees all though today. Local weather was mostly cloud and warmed to about 72 today. The main river channel has improved is flowing fairly well at 100,000+ CFS flow rate and heavy stain to it. We fished the middle to lower end using rattle traps, square billed crank baits, Brush Hogs, Tightline Jigs and chatter baits. We mana...
about 2 years ago
(03/14/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.14.11
The month of March so far has been great were catching a lot of fish and every day we have an opportunity at some Guntersville hogs, we caught some and missed some but the thrill is always great when that big fish wiggles on the end of your line. Its also the time of year your just liable to hang a big drum, even though its not what were fishing for its always a thrill to fight one.
Although we have fished many different types of bait the most successful bait this wee...
about 2 years ago
(03/14/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.14.11
The Mental Pain of March Fishing
Every year as we roll into and through the month of March, I realize how many anglers are just struggling with the mental part of March fishing. You get on the water and the first thing that strikes you is the ever changing daily weather, one day its hot the next its cold and coupled with all the temperature change the wind is howling and changing direction.
Your body goes through an enormous amount of conditioning and as soon...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.09.11
The lake is going through some mighty big changer right now. All the rain on Friday night and into Saturday had brought the lake level up about 2 foot and it is turning to mud. The flood gates are running wide open and and as strong as I have seen in a while. If the water comes up another 6 inches or so the dock at Waterfront will be underwater and with all the rain last night and with what is forecast for today that just might happen.
Now for the fishing.
In my...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.09.11
Today, I enjoyed by Gary from Huntsville AL. This morning we started with a water temperature of 51.2 and ended the day with 52.3 degrees. Mostly cloudy all morning with 15-25 mph winds from the southwest, our biggest obstacle was the 150,000 CFS flow rate and 2-3 foot waves. We fished the North and South Sauty, rattle traps, square billed crank baits, Brush Hogs, Tightline Jigs and swim baits. We managed to catch a couple good fish working 1/2oz football Jigs in the Guntersville Special co...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/08/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.08.11
Today, I enjoyed Rich and Jay who are in town for the upcoming Angler Choice Championship. This morning we started with a water temperature of 51.2 and ended the day with 52.3 degrees. Mostly sunny to partly couldy all day with 5-10 mph winds from the east, our biggest obstacle was the 150,000 CFS flow rate. If you are going to be on the water this week please wear your life vest the river system is extremely dangerous with this much water flow. We fished the middle portion of the lake, usi...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.07.11
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report -
Today, I enjoyed the company of Mr. Curt Sack from Illinois, returning client from last fall. This morning we started with a water temperature of 52.6 and ended the day with 52.2 degrees. Mostly cloudy all day with strong winds from the North and falling air temps. (Winter returned for a day high was 38) We fished the middle portion of the lake, using rattle traps, jerk baits, Brush Hogs, Tightline Jigs and swim baits. We managed to catch 22 goo...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.07.11
Yesterday was the day be on the water but the first few hours of the day was tough on us. The bite started around 10:30 or so.. From then on we boated 30 to 40 fish and had 10 over for 4 lbs and the biggest was 6.9 lbs. We caught fish on traps and jigs. All trap fish where in 4 or less feet in grass and all jig fish came from 8 to 14 feet of water on rock and shell.
Today things were a little tougher but I had some guys practicing for a tournament so we didn't spend much ti...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.07.11
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report - Today, I was joined by Rodney and Bob from Iowa. This morning we started with a water temperature of 54.6 and ended the day with 55.8 degrees. Mostly cloudy all day and heavy rain. We fished the middle portion of the lake, using rattle traps, jerk baits, Tightline Jigs and swim baits. We managed to find several good fish working 1/2oz Tightline Jigs in the Guntersville Special color with Mega Craws as the trailer, swim baits and swim baits in 3 to 12 FOW....
about 2 years ago
(03/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.07.11
This was definitely the best week of the year so far; we consistently caught fish for the last 7 days straight. The days all started fairly similar as we struggled in the morning until about 11am and then they turned on for the rest of the day. It?s like a light got turned on everyday and the fish started to move and bite for the rest of the day.
This week we had several fish caught over 7 pounds with one monster over 10 lbs. and that was caught by a lady out the Chicago ar...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.03.11
Fished a half day to day with two young guys who where out practicing for a tournament that they have coming up. Stopped at the first spot around 7:45 or 8:00 and with in 10 minutes 1 caught the first fish which was a good solid 3 to 3/12 pound football. Made a few more cast and stuck a big that pulled off and threw back out there and caught another 3 pound fish and when I hooked up the boy in the back said I got one to and his was about 4 1/2 to 5 pounds. That was pretty much the story of the...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(03/03/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.03.11
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report - Today, I was joined by Cliff from Huntsville, AL for day 1 of a 3 day outing.
This morning we started with a water temperature of 56.6 and ended the day with 61.6 degrees. Air temperatures where 34 and by 3:30 this afternoon it was 70, Mostly sunny all day. We fished the middle portion of the lake, using rattle traps, jerk baits, Tightline Jigs, swim? in senkos and swim baits. We managed to find some good fish working 1/2oz Tightline Jigs in the...
Reeds Guide Service-Reed Montgomery
about 2 years ago
(03/02/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.02.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Website www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Date fished: Monday, February 28
Lake Level: Down 1.50 feet
Air Temperature: Low 70 degrees High 80
Cloudy, rainy conditions
Water Temperature 66-70 degrees
Water Clarity Clear - Main lake / Some mid-to-lower lake creeks have a slight stain from recent rains
Water Generation All Day
YES, THEIR BEDDING ON GUNTERSVILLE LAKE...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.28.11
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report – I was joined today by Bill (Cast4Bass) and his son (Sam) from Chattanooga, TN. This morning we started with 58.6 and ended the day with 61.4 degrees. We fished the middle portion of the lake, using rattle traps, jerk baits, Tightline Jigs, swim’ in senkos and swim baits. We managed to find some good fish working jerk baits, swim baits and swim’ in senkos in 1 to 7 FOW. We caught fish up until the cold front moved through than it was 3-3.5 ho...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
about 2 years ago
(02/28/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.28.11
Today, I was joined by Mr. Greg Howell from Cookeville, TN. This morning we started with a water temperature of 58.6 and ended the day with 58.8 degrees. Air temperatures where 54 and by 3:30 this afternoon it was 74, Mostly cloudy all day. We fished the middle portion of the lake, using rattle traps, jerk baits, Tightline Jigs, swim in senkos and swim baits. We managed to find some good fish working 1/2oz Tightline Jigs in the Guntersville Special color with GrandeBass Mega Craws as the...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 2 years ago
(02/28/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.28.11
As the water warms the fishing has gotten better; without a doubt we have seen much improvement from the January time frame. The problem is Guntersville is just not giving up the numbers of fish it was just a few years ago. We are on the down turn of the lake, there is going to be more bad days than good ones, and the average fisherman is going to struggle more and more. This folks is a fact and we better get used to it, we will see less tax money from the local fishing industry as I have been...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.25.11
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report I was joined today by Bill and Dave from Portage, Indiana.
This morning we started with 57.5 and ended the day with 59.1 degrees. We fished the middle portion of the lake, using rattle traps, jerk baits, jigs, swim in senkos and swim baits. We managed to find some good fish working rattle traps swim baits and swim in senkos in 1 to 7 FOW. In all the guys boated 17-20 fish including one extremely heavy female tipping the scales (two differen...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.25.11
Fished the last 11 days straight and the big fish are starting to show up. This week has been really good. The nubers aren't high but the quality is there. We are catching fish on traps,jigs,and crankbaits and are catching fish anywhere from the 2-3 foot depth out to the 12 feet. We have even got up supper shallow and have seen a few cruisers. The really shallow fish are holding on stumps mixed with grass and the deeper fish are on rock or rock and shell. The only bad part about it is that you...
Mid South Bass Guide Capt. Jake Davis
over 2 years ago
(02/21/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.21.11
Here is an updated report with photos attached for Lake Gunterville, Alabama, Thanks Jake
Submitted by
Capt. Jake Davis
Mid-South Bass Guide
www.midsouthbassguide.com
msbassguide@comcast.net
615-613-2382
Lake Guntersville - with several early 2011 trips in the books all ready this year, it appears we are finally going to see a REAL break in the weather. As for the what has been going on all my recent trips have been to the mid to lower port...
over 2 years ago
(02/21/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.21.11
This past week still required some work to find the fish. It was really surprising as the water temperatures hit the 50?s the bass still did not move in large groups and to get bit still required a lot of searching and bait changing. After a couple of slow days we finally found some fish but it wasn?t easy.
The good news was we found them the bad news was they were smaller fish nothing over 3 pounds and mostly male buck bass. I also believe the noisy rattle bait was just to...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.21.11
19 Feb 2011 - Lake Guntersville Fishing Report
I was joined today by Brent from Birmingham, AL. This morning we started with 49.5 and ended the day with 56.1 degrees. We fished the lower end, using rattle traps, jerk baits, jigs, swim in senkos and swim baits. We managed to find some good fish working swim baits and swim in senkos in 1 to 4 FOW. All in all it was a good day, our best was between 4-4.5 pounds which came from the Alreds area and most were in the 2-3 pound ra...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.17.11
Well, as many of you know I was involved in a boating accident last November. I was hit in the drivers side by another boat. No matter how safe you try to be accidents happen. I was really lucky that I wasn't hurt really bad. I was running 35 to 40 mph and so was the other boat. I don't even know where he came form and never seen him until he hit me. So use causion and stay safe. My knew boat should be in by March first or sometime close to then. I am out and doing trips I just got a little la...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(02/14/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.14.11
The late week warm up pushed the fish up shallow and the pre-spawn rush was on by the end of the week. It was just amazing how a few degrees of water temperature gave the bass some energy and got them feeding in shallow water. They weren?t everywhere but they bunched up and fed in groups and when you caught one you caught several.
Baits were pretty simple, if it moved they ate it, from spinner baits to rattle baits and swim baits they feed on anything that made...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.10.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Birmingham, Alabama (205) 663-1504
E-mail alabassgyd@aol.com
Website www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Full Pool
Water Temperature's: low-to-mid 40's
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE'S PRE SPAWN BASS WILL MOVE SHALLOW WITH NEXT WEEK'S UPCOMING WEEK-LONG, LOW-TO-MID 60'S AIR TEMPERATURES
Cold, air temperatures greeted anglers all throughout Alabama, during February's firs...
Lonnie Cochran's Guntersville Guide Service
over 2 years ago
(02/10/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.10.11
The last few days has been up and down along with the weather but you can still beat arround find a few fish. I had a trip yesterday before the snow came in and it turned out to be a pretty good one.
I put 15 bass in the boat and had 5 more to twist off the hooks. I dont know what was going on with one fish would eat the bait and you could not hardley see it and the next would barely be hooked. I had a decent limit but it could have been allot better with the ones that i lost....
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(02/07/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.07.11
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/5/11
This past week on the water was nearly a bust; my customers either made it to the ramp or chickened out because of the cold and biting north wind and cold temperatures. I had one couple last about 3 hours; the temperature was actually warmer at 7am than it was at noon so we put the boat up and called it a day.
It appears we are on for another long February as it was last year with bone chilling cold weather; so much for gl...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.03.11
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Birmingham, Alabama
E-mail alabassgyd@aol.com
Websitewww.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Full Pool
Water Temperature: (Monday, Feb. 1 2011) 50 degrees and falling
Water Clarity: Light stain on main lake and creeks
Area Fished: Mid to Lower Lake
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE WINTER BASS FISHING - 5 BASS OVER 30 POUNDS!
Yes, a caption...
over 2 years ago
(01/31/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.31.11
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/30/11
A pleasant change for the good in weather; made for some better times on the water. We saw a few degree increases in water temperature over the week that pushed the bass up on top of the grass for a short period of time during each day. In fact the water temperature warmed in three days from 36 degrees to 43 degrees, and the result was some good times on the water.
I believe we are starting to see the early pre-spawn move...
Lonnie Cochran's Guntersville Guide Service
over 2 years ago
(01/26/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.26.11
The lipless crankbait seems to be the bait that the bass are wanting.
Had a trip yesterday and it turned out to be a pretty good one. The water temp was still in the lower to mid fortys but we managed to catch arround fifteen or so with the best five weighing arround seventeen pounds. The bite is picking up a little, and with the temp's getting a little better, so should fishing.
I have days open so give us a call so we can get you on some of these guntersville bass....
Lonnie Cochran's Guntersville Guide Service
over 2 years ago
(01/24/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.24.11
I had a couple of nice guys from the Pickwick area come and fish with me yesterday.
The morning started off with the boat frozen to the trailer i had never seen that before. Once we got in the water things got better.
The first stop we made they put four in the boat that would have weighed around fifteen pounds and then we decided to move.
The second stop was even better we caught several fish with some of them being pretty nice. In all we got bi...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(01/24/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.24.11
Winter is still upon us, and fishing is still hit and miss from the cold, snow and nasty days so far this January. The good news is the winter should be winding down as we are approaching February and a normal year means great pre-spawn fishing as we move into February.
This past week I spent just a few days on the water, success was spotty, but the size of the fish when did find them was pretty good. The sunny days definitely were better than the overcast ones, which is pr...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(01/10/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.10.11
A number of things this past week contributed to some tough days on the water, early in the week we had some extremely high water for Lake Guntersville. Somewhere in the 596 ft elevation; which put the tops of boat docks nearly under water. Then after the water level came back down to more normal elevation the wind picked up and caused some tough fishing conditions when trying to hold your position over structure. All said we certainly struggled, coming up with any consistent pattern thi...
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service Alex Davis
over 2 years ago
(01/06/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.06.11
This report is for last Wed-Fri. Each day had trips and it was typical winter time fishing. The water was 38-41 degrees on the river and in the creeks. Each day we boated between 9-17 with the biggest being a 6 lber. We caught fish on Strike King Wild Shiners, Rodent, and the Red Eye Shad. The best depths were 4-9ft on grass edges. Had to fish slow but the bass hit the baits really hard.
I have dates open in Jan. In Feb I have 13 days open. In March I have the 1st-3rd,9th-11th,26...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(01/04/2011)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.04.11
I personally was not on the water this past week but my partner spent 3 days chasing those little green full of fun fish we call bass. As expected the catches were not great but they did manage some fish. Its typical winter; bites were slow but they were grouped and when you find some bites it lasted maybe an hour or so and then you go back to hunting.
Fishing up river still seems to be the best as I said many times you just narrow the distance they travel and deep wa...
over 2 years ago
(12/28/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.28.10
With the holidays and the busy days around Christmas I only spent one day on the water this past week, but I must say it was the kind of day that takes your breath away. The big fish were out just looking to become part of my picture album.
I fished up river working over grass in a warmer morning, it was very interesting as the morning water temperature was in the mid to high 40?s and by the time we came off the water the cold north wind dropped the water temperature a good...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(12/20/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.20.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/19/10
With all the cold and ice and rain the days I spent on the water were pretty rewarding. I must say I was very surprised as I expected after the nasty weather in the early part of the week that the fish would be holding tight and not feeding much. The interesting part was that the water temperature was still in the mid 40?s and I thought for sure we would see the water 4 to 6 degrees colder.
The key this past week was gre...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(12/13/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.13.10
Top Ten Fishing Tips for Shallow Southern Reservoir
By Mike Gerry
Fishing in the winter on Lake Guntersville, can be rewarded with some outstanding size lunker bass. Over the years the winter always produces big fish in fact the lake record caught by Charley Bertus was caught in February years ago. In order to catch those lunkers the winter fishing comes with some very distinct patterns that seem to stay fairly consistent over the years,
T...
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service Alex Davis
over 2 years ago
(12/13/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.13.10
I got to fish Friday and Saturday. All week it was cold and windy but there was a small warming trend with little wind on Friday and Saturday. The fish responded very well.
Friday we caught 19 with best 5 22-23 lbs with big fish right at 5 lbs.
Saturday was the best day catching a 6 lber on my first cast. We ended with 18 fish and best 5 27 lbs with big fish right at 7 and 2 more 6 lbers. We did best on the grass edges in 4-8ft with crankbaits, rattletraps, and jigs....
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(12/13/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.13.10
I spent the last two days of the week on the water, the fish were grouped up and finding them was not real easy. We worked several patterns before we got a bite each day. The odd thing was when we tried to duplicate the pattern the next day the fish were not there. The daily change is really odd as one would expect a pattern to hold up in consecutive days of fishing.
The fish we did find were located on the edges of small creeks where there was room for them to...
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service Alex Davis
over 2 years ago
(12/06/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.06.10
The last few days the fishing has been very good on Guntersville for size and quality. One day we caught 14 and our best 5 was 25 lbs. Another day we caught around 30 and our best 5 was 23 lbs. On Saturday with the wind and rain the fish bit like crazy. We caught around 35 with best 5 17 lbs. Each day the baits and pattern was the same. We fished scattered grass in 4-6ft with Choo Choo spinnerbaits, rattletraps, and jerkbaits everyday. The fishing should only get better as winter gets here wit...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.30.10
Saturday was cold. High 54 low 28
Water temps dropped from last week's mid-60's to 50 degrees at dawn.
Although cold, the first bass of the day was a good 4 pounder, that hit a small buzz bait! Another bass about 3 pounds, then slowly slurped in a zara spook!
After the sun got up we caught several bass weighing from 1-2 pounds while fishing around boat houses. They were sunning themselves in the warmer, sun-drenched water temps, that has rose to 57 degrees by m...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(11/29/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.29.10
With just a few days on the lake in the early part of the week, as I took some time off for the Thanksgiving holiday, my report might be a little dated. The results early in the week however were really good in fact it was probably the most typical fall pattern week I have experienced this year. The bass were bunched up, around the bait and hitting reaction baits.
All you had to do was find some activity and you were catching fish; in fact there was bait moving in the back...
over 2 years ago
(11/22/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.22.10
We are slowly moving to a winter time bite on Guntersville, and because of that we have two distinct patterns that the fish are being caught on. If we have some over cast skies and south winds we have found fish shallow in the backs of coves and creeks in about 2 to 4 feet of water. When the sun has been out and the wind from the North and East then the bass have showed signs of winter type movement to the river ledges hitting slower type baits.
This has been the issue in c...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.18.10
This report is for today. Had a full day trip with clients fun fishing. We looked for bigger fish all day choosing not to chase schooling fish. We threw a frog most the trip boating 14 with big fish over 6 and best 5 around 18 lbs. The frog bite should get better as long as the grass doesn't get blown away. I have days open after the 22nd. I also updated my 2010 gallery on my website and have special wintertime rates and Christmas gift certificates available.
Alex Davis
&...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(11/15/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.15.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/14/10
This past week on the water showed some great signs of some of the best fall fishing of the year. We had a couple of great days, but most were pretty productive with good numbers and fairly good size. Don?t get me wrong; it still took some searching and work to develop a pattern but once you did it was a lot of fun. The key for me was the water temperature, the water temperature is dropping and understanding what to do in mid to up...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(11/08/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.08.10
The past week was full of all kinds of challenges, extreme cold for this early in the year, winds around 30 mph and bass that have been stingy at best being pushed by the cold wintery type weather. The good news was if you could hide from the wind the bass actually came out to play most of the week. The other exciting thing was the bass have seemed to finally want some faster moving bait; as we caught fish on several search baits.
My customers this week if th...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(11/08/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.08.10
With the cold setting in and winter fishing just around the corner, I thought I would talk a bit about the techniques I believe in the last few years have become a big part of the winter finesse fishing library.
First of all my favorite finesse fishing technique is somewhat of a spin-off of the drop shot technique. Its Secret Weapon Lures Recoil rig, the technique is very similar to the drop shot except you have a leader attached to the weight that stretches. When you s...
over 2 years ago
(11/02/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.02.10
This past week on the water was one of the most productive weeks I have had in quite-a-while. I believe that the fall has set in and the bass are moving in stages up for some feeding prior to winter setting in. We did however have one bad day but that was purely the result of winds near 30 miles per hour.
Most of the week we had to fish with baits that we could move slowly, and let them drop for a few seconds and twitch them with patience. Sinko?s and trick worms worked wit...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(10/25/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.25.10
This past week for me was pretty much about schooling fish, we were forced to chase those schooling bass most of the week. We did have some luck with crank baits in some of the open areas off the grass. The lake has completely turned over and the water temperature is more evenly distributed now that the turnover is complete. There is however still a ton of grass especially in the mid to upper river and as long as the grass stays thick and topped out it will be tough to find the Guntersville ho...
over 2 years ago
(10/18/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.18.10
We have finally seen a great pickup in catching, size and schooling fish over this past week, the fall bite is on and I expect November to be the best fall month of the year. We have not seen much of a rat bite but I believe this up coming week will change that also. The monsters of Guntersville are on their feeding pattern as we get into late fall and move to winter.
The top water bite produced some monsters this week including a 9.5 lb hog caught by my partner in the...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(10/11/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.11.10
Guntersville continues its up and down days as we move to the middle of October; I have a hard time believing that the fishing can change from day to day as it has this past fall and late summer. The lack of bait being ambushed by schooling feeding bass has really puzzled me. We should be seeing bass chasing bait fish all day long, the water temperatures are in the mid to high 60s and the bait is all over the lake yet the feeding frenzy has just not occurred.
Its the ti...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.07.10
Coty from Cumberland KY, joined me today on Gunterville. We started at BB Comer working our way down to Goose Pond area, we found fish in 6-8 FOW using flukes, Sammys and Buzz baits. The frog bite was not happening
at least for us. It was chilly start this morning at 39 degrees; however most of the fish we caught was prior to noon. Before noon we had 9 solid fish 2 to 3.5 pound range and several short fish after lunch we only managed half dozen or so hits and 3 fish. The bite quickly shu...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 2 years ago
(10/04/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.04.10
The cooler weather and rain has pushed us much closer to the fall bite; the bass are showing definite signs of fall and we had some sure signs of fall results this past week. The early part of the week was the best as our 5 fish sack was up there in weight and the numbers were good as well. The bigger fish started showing their self as we had one monster on Monday.
Secondly as we have always experienced in fall fishing the bass are starting to follow the bait fish regardles...
over 2 years ago
(09/27/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.27.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 9/26/10
There are some more signs of fall starting to show; even though the heat was still extremely tough on the body at times the fish did some typical fall feeding. Not all good but some improvement over last week, small steps but steps forward nonetheless. The biggest improvement for me was the seemingly addition of some consistency in the crank bait bite which is a sure sign of fall feeding.
The real kicker for the next step...
over 2 years ago
(09/21/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.21.10
The fishing showed signs of improvement this past week, the fish moved off the grass mats and provided some good days on the water. The weird thing is we caught several fish that were really skinny telling me that they have feed very little in this past month of heat and dry conditions. However, make no mistake about it your still fighting the heat and bright sun, it?s limiting the bites and making the some tough physical days in hot summer time weather.
Not only did we hav...
over 2 years ago
(09/14/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.14.10
This past week had some highlights and some lowlights, the bass just never established a strong fall pattern and consequently it was hit and miss all week long. We are really in need of some strong rain to break up the massive grass flats covering the lake. The water temperature is in the mid 70s on the surface, Im sure its warmer below, but certainly cool enough to move the bass if the grass was just broke up more.
My week ended with some TV filming with Joey Mines...
over 2 years ago
(09/07/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.07.10
There is no doubt fall fishing is here, the patterns we caught fish this past week were definitely fall fishing patterns. The bass are slowly feeling the water starting to cool, they certainly havent all moved into a fall pattern but everyday it picked up! We also found them hitting fall pattern type baits like crank baits, swim baits and the like. The key was using these baits in reactive type movements, so they strike out of curiosity and movement as they generally will in the fall.
...
over 2 years ago
(08/30/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.30.10
I only spent a couple of days on the water this past week but it appears to me that the cooler nights is moving the inactive fish up some, and the frog and top water bite is getting better. The few days I did spend on the water we found the bass in several different stages of the fall movement, there was a nucleus of fish up under the grass and we worked them with frogs and soft plastics. Then as the day changed we moved off the grass lines and did some cranking finding fish striking reaction...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
almost 3 years ago
(08/23/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.23.10
The weather changed this past week and the fishing picked up with some rain, overcast skies and cooler temperatures. Come Tuesday we had some heavy rain that pushed the fish out from under the grass mats and made for some great jig fishing. We worked Tight-Line jigs in 8 to 4 feet of water and had a blast. We had times where we had back to back catches, doubles and triples while working grass lines.
When the jig bite went away we started pounding the edges with 4 to 7 ft ru...
Reeds Guide Service Reed Montgomery
almost 3 years ago
(08/20/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.20.10
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery
Reeds Guide Service (205) 663-1504
Website: www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake level: Down 1/2 foot
Water Temperature: Low 90's
Water Clarity: Clear main lake / Some stain in creeks when water generation is evident
EIGHT LAKES IN TWO WEEKS!
When traveling over 2000 miles in the last two weeks my travels brought me to Guntersville Lake. It was only one of eight lakes I guided on...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.17.10
I spent the last week and a half practicing for the Snag Proof tournament. My Partner and I had some really big fish located but they never really bit during the tournament. We pulled in and had a limit in 10 cast maybe less. It was fast though. We ended up with 17.25 for our total weight and had our smallest fish croak on the ride in which cost us a pound. We would have finished in 10th but the 1 pound penalty for a dead fish cost us 5 places and we fell to 15th. Oh well we had fun anyways....
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
almost 3 years ago
(08/16/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.16.10
This past week put an exclamation mark on the Dog Days of August. We definitely saw the toughest conditions of the summer. The bass were suspending, the heat was unbearable and the bites were hard to come by. My customers this past week were fishing for less than 10 bites per trip and that made for tough times on the water.
The baits that did produce for me when we did get bites were SWL buzz baits early in the morning, the frog bite was non-existent, we did manage to f...
almost 3 years ago
(08/09/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.09.10
With some afternoon thunder storms and some cooling from the rain the fishing picked up this past week on Guntersville. The heat was still tough past 11 am or maybe noon but the bass found a way to make your time on the water fairly exciting. The key was working grass areas thoroughly and carefully covering every inch before you left an area. If there was activity like bait moving or gar slapping the water there was bass to be caught?
The frog bite was strong, most of the w...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.04.10
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Website: www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake level: August 1 - down 1/2 foot at 594.50 (full pool is 595.0)
Water Temperature: Mornings - upper 80's / Midday-to-late evenings - mid-90's
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet
Frog Fishing in August on Alabama's Guntersville Lake
It was a very hot day, one in the upper 90's, with very little cloud cover, one sweltering day tha...
almost 3 years ago
(08/01/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.01.10
The frog bite is picking up and this past week was a lot of funs seeing those big fish destroy a frog on top water. Not only did they destroy it but they ate it; every fish we caught had the frog deep in their mouth; so short strikes were not a problem. Any time we can catch fish on top all bad days become good days regardless of the numbers, as catching bass on a frog is just over the top with fun.
The other patterns like worm and jig fishing were a little slow, but we...
almost 3 years ago
(07/25/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.25.10
The hottest week of the year was certainly a challenge, not only was it tough on fishing but it was tough on the body and the mental part of fishing. The early part of the week started out with a little cloud cover and the bass were active. As we got into mid week the heat and sun were tough to overcome and the fishing was slow with it.
The only exception seemed if you could stand the heat in the mid part of the day they were pulling water and it turned the deep fish on aro...
Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service Website: www.fishingalabama.com
almost 3 years ago
(07/25/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.25.10
Guntersville Lake Report
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service (205)663-1504
Website: www.fishingalabama.com
Report for Saturday, July 25
Lake Level: Full Pool
Water Temperature: Dawn 89 degrees / Midday 94
Being in the Right Place at the Right Time is Important
For Targeting Guntersville Lake's
Big, Largemouth Bass in Shallow Water This Summer!
Saturday was a very hot day, even on North Al...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.25.10
Fishing the last couple of weeks has been pretty tough. The Clients and I have still managed to put some pretty good bags of fish together though. I may not be able to catch the numbers but I can catch the quality that it is taking for the tournaments. On a few mornings last week we had 22 to 24 lbs in the first hour of fishing but with my clients practicing for their up coming tournaments it was a smart move to leave them alone and not sore mouth them all. As always for me the jig bite is pre...
almost 3 years ago
(07/19/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.19.10
This past week you could finally tell that the heat has taken its toll on the oxygen in the water, the bass activity was slow, bites were hard to find and active feeding fish were few and far. Most the schooling activity was small white bass, with some late day activity each day with large mouth.
The one exception for me was Saturday where the clouds cooled the heat of the day and the wind added some activity to the feeding fish. The early top water bite was strong during t...
almost 3 years ago
(07/11/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.11.10
Somehow, some way Guntersville is still producing in the extreme heat of the summer. Yes someday it can be a struggle, and during the heat of the day it?s tough on your body, but the fish are still biting averaging 15 or more fish a trip. You have to have some patience, understand that there is some down times but before the trip is over we have found them in several patterns.
The morning bite has been mainly about top water bite, fishing Secret Weapon Buzz Baits over gr...
almost 3 years ago
(07/05/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 07.05.10
The lake kept producing some good catches this past week, the only thing missing was the top water bite. We had some strong winds every morning and the top water bite was just not there for me most of the week. The bite was good and we caught them on different baits and had a blast.
My 6 hours beat the heat summer trips have been fairly productive averaging 15 to 25 fish a day and putting some good size hogs in the boat just about every day. The bass are responding to a lot...
almost 3 years ago
(06/28/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.28.10
Hot weather hot water and physically demanding days on the water describe the elements we faced this past week on Guntersville. The fishing was however pretty good with the exception of one day.
The morning and late afternoon have proven to be the most fun part of the day, when we found the top water bite, it was great and we put several fish in the boat when it was on. Mainly fishing each day with SWL buzz baits over grass was the key to the top water bite. The numbers wer...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.23.10
Fishing on Guntersville is great right now. You can catch fish shallow or deep however you prefer. If you want to throw topwaters,frogs, and flip a Choo Choo jig you can in the shallow milfoil. If you want to fish deep ledges in 12-20ft and try to catch a hundred a day its very possible. It seems the numbers are on the ledges but most are small with a bigger fish coming every twenty fish or so. The shallow bite is alot less numbers but the size is there. The Titan jig has been the best for...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.22.10
Fished with the same guy the last 3 days in a row. His wife bought him 3 days of fishing for his 50th birthday. When it was all over he told me that he was going to tell his wife that he wanted to move here. Over the course of 3 days we boated around 200 fish. The schools we hit were on fire. On the last day early in the morning he finally got the bite he was looking for and the fish jumped by the boat and came off. I believe that it was 9 to 10 lbs. It was huge. We caught fish and crankbaits...
almost 3 years ago
(06/21/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.21.10
Extremely hot weather this past week made for some extremely uncomfortable days on the water, if you were on the water past 11 am it was physically demanding to say the least. The bass however early or late in the day were easy to catch, and if you could stay out there during this heat and didn't mind fishing deep you could still catch them up into the mid part of the day.
My customers managed anywhere from 10 to 25 fish a day depending on how many hours we were on the wate...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.18.10
The last two day have been pretty good. On Wednesday we didn't catch a lot of fish but the ones we caught were the right ones. Best five fish limit weight I have had in a while. They went 30 to 32 lbs. Just guessing. But we had 2 at 7 and 3 fives so it's a pretty good guess. We had 10 over the 4 pound mark. All fish came on a jig. My clients didn't want their pictures all over the web so I held up a few. There were also a couple that we caught when some boats were close by that we didn't hold...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.16.10
Well folks, just because I haven't been posting doesn't mean that I haven't been out. I have been swamped with trips and was just out of town for a few days for one of my own tournaments. Which didn't go to well. Yesterday I got out after having my boat to the shop to fix some problems with my trim, my motor was stuck up but it ended up bing a minor problem and it was only a switch. After they finally got me on my way he told me to go and run it and make sure that they had it all worked out wh...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
almost 3 years ago
(06/14/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.14.10
I spent many hours on the water this past week, I must say the heat was a real factor every day, severely limiting your ability to concentrate and perform the everyday fishing tasks with ease.
The fishing had its ups and downs depending on the day, but we still averaged 15 to 25 fish a day, generally putting one good fish in the 6 pound range in the boat at some point during the day. I had several days where I was on the water for 12 hours with a couple of 6 hour trip...
almost 3 years ago
(06/07/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.07.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 6/6/10
This past week on Guntersville, I personally was on vacation, but several friends and guides took my trips and here is there week in a nut shell. Most of the days my partners caught 30 or more bass a day fishing from the State Park to BB Comer Bridge.
The early and late bite was mainly top water bites using SWL Buzz baits and pop-r and some Tru-Tungsten frogs. The middle of the day was a variety of baits fishing from 3 to...
almost 3 years ago
(05/31/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.31.10
The heat had some effect of the fishing this past week, you definitely were forced to fish a little slower and make more precise casts to find the fish. There were also some dead periods over the period of 8 hours with the water temperature reaching 85 degrees.
The good news was we still caught plenty of fish, had several good fish from 4 to 8 lbs. and had plenty of opportunities for my customers to catch bass and plenty of them. Even better than that the top water bite is starting...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.27.10
We fished Guntersville Lake many times this month with clients of Reeds Guide Service.
Post spawn bass and early summer bass are now hungry and on the move.
" Reeds Guide Service - Guntersville Lake's oldest, professional bass fishing guide service...guiding on Guntersville lake and other Alabama lakes for over 40 years. "
Water temp is now 80 degrees. Lake level full pool. Water is clear from no recent rain all last week. Some bass are still in very...
about 3 years ago
(05/24/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.24.10
This past week produced some Guntersville hogs, with a couple of fish over 8 lbs and several in the 6 and 7 lb range, the lake keeps giving up good numbers with several days catching over 30 bass per day. The heat has yet to really slow the bite, and I expect the lake to stay strong at least for another month.
Some great times, with some great people fishing different baits and styles and a variety of customers from Tennessee to Washington D.C. all had a great time. No matt...
about 3 years ago
(05/17/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.17.10
Numbers were great size was poor, we caught a lot of fish this past week on Guntersville, however finding the big ones was difficult for me. Kind of a strange week on the lake after the Elite group left town, the big fish were beat up and highly pressured and they just did not bite for me.
The good news was the top water bite has finally showed its head and we had a lot of fun fishing Secret Weapon buzz baits over grass. We had plenty of top water bites the first hour or so...
about 3 years ago
(05/12/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.12.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 5/8/10
With some drastic weather change, windy conditions and the pro?s all over the lake most of the week, I only spent a couple of days on the water with customers. The fishing remained extremely strong though as the numbers were near 75 a day, not any big monster bass but a ton of 3 and 4 pounders. It was a lot of fun catching fish sometimes every cast, hanging doubles and triples some and getting your hands raw from pulling off fish....
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 3 years ago
(05/03/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.03.10
This past week on Guntersville has once again exceeded all expectations; the lake keeps producing great catches and plenty of big fish. I expect that when the B.A.S.S. Elite show up this week that the catches will once again prove we have the best lake in the country. I would expect them to have record weigh-in amounts and catch hundreds of fish a day.
Our biggest fish this past week was a little over 7 lbs. and we had several more between 5 and 7 lbs. throughout the week....
about 3 years ago
(04/26/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.26.10
The lake continues to produce great days for me and my customers over this past week, I have continued to have catches daily of over 50 bass per day, with 20 lb best 5 stringers easily achieved. Fishing has been easy, skill level has not been an issue, and you can catch bass and plenty of them.
I spent the week from Browns Creek to BB Comer Bridge, the technique everyday changed slightly but the result was the same. A few days the bass wanted a real slow presentation where...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 3 years ago
(04/12/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.12.10
If you couldn't catch a fish this past week, you were either not on the water or it's time to find a different hobby, because fishing was easy! Outside of a little down time on a daily basis from some cold winds it was definitely and easy week to catch bass. The bigger fish didn?t come so easy but bites and smaller fish did. My clients caught anywhere from 30 to 75 fish a day and it was a blast!
There are definitely more good times to come as the year is young and there are...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.08.10
Had another great day of fishing on the big G.
The clients and I boated around 50 fish again today. Best five went between 26 to 28 lbs. We caught fish on spinnerbaits, traps and plastics fished in 2 to 8 feet of water. We caught fish on every kind of structure. Rocks, shell, grass and wood. We had some areas that the fish were so active in all three of us would be setting the hook together. We had doubles and triples today. I just hope this cold front coming doesn't shut them al...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 3 years ago
(04/06/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.06.10
This was probably the best week for numbers so far this year. Some days 50 or more bass was not out of the question. As long as you were fishing for bites and not size it was a lot of fun and a lot of action. We had some consistent weather, the kind April ought to bring and the bass responded by playing all week long.
We caught fish this past week on a variety of bates, and Im not sure anything you fished wouldnt have caught bass. We used rattle baits some, fished Go-2-...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.29.10
Last week was slow during the beginning of the week with the bigger fish really moving up later in the week.
The first few days were hit and miss on numbers and quality. As the week went on the fish realy moved up with Friday and Saturday catching 40 fish with a 9lb 1 oz and 8lb 13 oz being our big fish. One day we had best 5 30 lbs and the next we had 28lbs. It seems like the lures doesn't matter catching fish on jerkbaits, traps, spinnerbaits, Big Bass Baits soft plastics, shal...
about 3 years ago
(03/29/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.29.10
As the weather went so did the fishing this past week, we had some warm days and the fish really turned on then we had some cold north wind days and the fish were hard to find. I guess one might say that this is typical spring in North Alabama. Well it might be typical spring but the winter was anything but typical.
None the less we started the week off with 2 monster bass the biggest being 10.1 lbs. and the other 9.2 lbs. and ended the week with a 7.9 lb. bass. The big fis...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
about 3 years ago
(03/22/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.22.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 3/20/10
The week started out with cold windy weather and over cast skies, the bass stayed out off the breaks suspending and made it difficult to get a bite. The sun and warmer weather finally prevailed and the bass turned on like it was pre-spawn and the later part of the week proved to be a whole lot better.
The bait of choice for the later part of the week was Punisher Spinner Baits in watermelon color ? oz. it produced several...
about 3 years ago
(03/15/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.15.10
As bad as it was last week, the lake has recovered and we are finally into the good times again on the lake. The week was great, the numbers were up and the size was up and the pre-spawn bite has finally arrived. After all the struggles the water is hitting the low 50?s in temperature and the bass reacted to the change. We had some 20 plus pound 5 bag stringers and we caught upwards to 30 fish on a day?s trip.
I can finally relax and fish with confidence that the bass will...
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about 3 years ago
(03/08/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.08.10
I think I've experienced the toughest week of pre-spawn fishing I have seen in all my years fishing Guntersville. If you had told me that the 1st week of March you would be fishing for 5 to 8 bites a day I would have never believed it. In fact the bite has been so slow that we actually had a short four hour trip that we never even got a bite.
All that being said we did have one day that we only caught 4 fish one was a 9.6 lb and the other a 9.1 so not all was lost but the b...
Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
about 3 years ago
(03/04/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.04.10
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE REPORT
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Website www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
Lake Level: Down 1/2 foot
Water Temperature: 50 Degrees (and rising all this week w/ 60 degree water temps possible by next week)
GUNTERSVILLE'S " BIG PRE-SPAWN BASS " ARE NOW ON THE MOVE!
By Reed Montgomery
Right now. This week! No where in the state of Alabama (on a man made impoundment), can a self pro-claimed, "tr...
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over 3 years ago
(02/13/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.13.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/13/10 The best way to describe this past week on Guntersville is to say it was different every day. We went from high water at nearly an elevation of 596 ft. level, which would have put the water to the top of most docks on the lake, to wind, cold, rain, and 3 inches of snow. Every day was a new challenge; every day you were fishing for a few bites and everyday it was so cold you could hardly feel your hands. The only consistent pattern was the pure fact...
Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
over 3 years ago
(02/11/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.11.10
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service Website; www.fishingalabama.com Impounded 1939
Lake level; Full Pool
Water Temperature; Upper 40's
Water Clarity; Muddy - upper lake / Light stain - mid-to-lower lake
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE'S BIG PRESPAWN BASS
Although the weather's been very cold, Highs in the mid-to-upper 40's with Lows in the upper 20's, these largemouth bass have still got to eat! As warming trends enter Alabama in late February on into March, the water...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.10.10
Date Fished: 2/5/2010
Water Temperature: 45
Water Clarity: 1 foot
Well, fishing this past week has been pretty tough. The water is still muddy and with the cool water temp the two just don't go together all that well. There are fish up shallow but alot of them are just slapping at the bait, you feel a hard hit but there is nothing there.
We have been catching fish on crankbaits traps and jigs. The best areas are hard bottoms that are rock or shell beds. The best is a com...
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over 3 years ago
(02/06/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.06.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 2/6/10 This past week on the water was feast for some and struggle for others, the cold nights we had, made for some right place, right time fishing. If you were able to be where they were feeding using the right bait they were active. If not there were some long days with a lot of casting a winding but few bites. As always those that met the criteria, found some big fish as there was one bass over 11 lbs. and one over 10 lbs. caught by the fortunate few....
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.01.10
The fishing has really picked up in the last couple weeks. After the freezing weather the water has warmed up to around 45 degrees and the fish are feeding heavily.
Had four trips last week and every trip we had 20 lbs or better and our big fish was 9 lbs. The fishing will only get better with all this warming weather. The fish are moving from the creek channels up onto the river flats and the flats where they will spawn.
Best bait have been traps, Bait Inc Prototype crankbaits, and Moab C...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.01.10
This is of a young man that went to Guntersville lake with Reeds Guide Service and caught this 10 pound largemouth bass!
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE
By Reed Montgomery / Reeds Guide Service
Website www.fishingalabama.com
Impounded 1939
* Late January, 2010 / Guntersville Lake Conditions Update
WEATHER - Prior to Weekend of January 30-31 (Rain - Friday High 55 Low 38 )
* Jan 30-31 Weekend - Cold Front on Saturday & Sunday / High Mid - 40's and Low's in the Upper - 20's
*...
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over 3 years ago
(01/30/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.30.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/30/10 This past week has been the start of the great spring pre-spawn fishing on Guntersville. The big hogs are moving up and feeding and if youre in the right spot at the right time you loaded the boat this past week. Its already taken 30 plus pounds to win local tournaments so you better bring you A-game when you enter the local money tournaments. I fished most of the week between the State Park and BB Comer Bridge and had some pretty good results. We...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service Captain Mike Gerry
over 3 years ago
(01/26/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.26.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/23/10
The warm days are moving the bass up on the flats, and fishing is picking up everyday. There is still a little deeper cold water to deal with but we are seeing a move to pre-spawn and the best days are ahead! When the deeper water starts to warm rattle bait fishing will be on and you’ll just have to reel and hold on!
This past week we saw some definite change to the better, the bass are moving up during the warm parts of the day and...
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over 3 years ago
(01/23/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.23.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/23/10 The warm days are moving the bass up on the flats, and fishing is picking up everyday. There is still a little deeper cold water to deal with but we are seeing a move to pre-spawn and the best days are ahead! When the deeper water starts to warm rattle bait fishing will be on and youll just have to reel and hold on! This past week we saw some definite change to the better, the bass are moving up during the warm parts of the day and we took advantage...
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over 3 years ago
(01/17/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.17.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/17/10 Although I did not personally get on the water this past week, I did get an opportunity to talk to some of my trusted friends that did fish. Let me start out by saying the surface temperature in the backwaters was just above freezing 33 to 35 degrees. Over my many years of fishing Guntersville I have might as well been home instead of fishing at that type of water temperature. My fish over this type of cold water have never responded for me unless the...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service / Capt. Mike Gerry
over 3 years ago
(01/12/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.12.10
Fish Shallow Water in January “You Bet Ya”
January is generally the coldest of the months on Guntersville, and all the experts will tell you to go deep into the river channel. Well I got some news for you; Guntersville over the years has defied the experts many times. Yes there is fish to be caught deep in 20 foot plus water but for me the 4 to 7 foot water has always produced better.
Our coldest, nastiest days are in January and I have caught more big fish and more f...
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over 3 years ago
(01/09/2010)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.09.10
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 1/9/10 I only braved the cold one-day this past week; we have been into some of the coldest and nastiest days of the past 10 years and getting to a ramp was a challenge in itself. The one day I did get on the water I was pleasantly surprised, the fish were feeding in the mid part of the day, and I managed to put about 11 good fish in the boat. I fished only for about 4 hours and my day went something like this. I spent the first hour looking for fish off the r...
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over 3 years ago
(12/19/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.19.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/19/09 Well here we are in mid to late December and the bass fishing, despite the cold remains pretty good! The bites are hit and miss but the results at the end of the day remain good. This past week I fished 2 times with fairly good results both days. The patterns were completely different but the results were the same, we caught several fish in a short period of time on the water. The first day we found some bass chasing shad in 46- degree water, we start...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.18.09
The last couple weeks on Guntersville have been good. The numbers are down catching between 10-16 a day with a few fish over 5 lbs each trip. The fish have moved to the outside grass edges in 5-9ft.
Best baits have been crankbaits, traps, and jerkbaits fished on the edges.
I have days open in Dec and Jan and I am booking for 2010. Alex Davis
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service
Phone#: - 256-298-1178
Email: - spinnerbaitkid@gmail.com
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Capt. Mike Gerry / Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
over 3 years ago
(12/16/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.16.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/13/09
As is generally the case around the holidays my fishing time on the water is down and the weather seems to keep changing the patterns with its constant change. My time on the water although limited did produce some good numbers on the one nice weather day we had this past week. I fished the area around Goosepond and found fish on just about every stop.
One pattern that I always try in the cold days is fishing a jerk bait, in fact as many...
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over 3 years ago
(12/12/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.12.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/13/09 As is generally the case around the holidays my fishing time on the water is down and the weather seems to keep changing the patterns with its constant change. My time on the water although limited did produce some good numbers on the one nice weather day we had this past week. I fished the area around Goosepond and found fish on just about every stop. One pattern that I always try in the cold days is fishing a jerk bait, in fact as many of my readers...
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over 3 years ago
(12/06/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.06.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 12/5/09 This past week on the water was all about small baits, average size fish and 10-foot water. Nothing to brag about except catching numbers; averaging 25 to 40 fish a day on small baits. It was really surprising but once I got off the grass and starting fishing points, bank cover like stumps or lay downs we had some really good times on the water. I fished mainly Punisher 1/8 oz. shaky head lures, using small Mister Twister worms and or pitching ¼ oz. T...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service / Capt. Mike Gerry
over 3 years ago
(12/03/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.03.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/29/09
I spent just a couple of days on the water this week, the others I enjoyed some holiday turkey and probably added some belt size to my existing plump body. Not being much for conserving at the dinner table, I suspect I ate my fair share and someone else’s besides.
The fishing however was really pretty good; although we didn’t catch a lot in numbers we did put some quality fish in the boat. We spent most of the 8-hour days working over...
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over 3 years ago
(11/29/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.29.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/29/09 I spent just a couple of days on the water this week, the others I enjoyed some holiday turkey and probably added some belt size to my existing plump body. Not being much for conserving at the dinner table, I suspect I ate my fair share and someone elses besides. The fishing however was really pretty good; although we didnt catch a lot in numbers we did put some quality fish in the boat. We spent most of the 8-hour days working over grass looking...
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over 3 years ago
(11/21/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.21.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/21/09 The week before Thanksgiving proved to be a lot of fun for the few times I was on the water. With a limited number of fishermen on the water, the fish are fairly active around grass edges in shallow water. If you wanted a big bite and had a little patience with a hollow body frog there was a big fish to be caught. The key word here was patience, you had to be willing to fish for 6 to 9 bites and only a few hook ups. I truly expect any day now that the...
Captain Mike Gerry / Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
over 3 years ago
(11/16/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.16.09
Fishing Report Lake Guntersville 11/15/09
With only a few days on the lake this week I must say that I was well pleased, the bass are in a typical November pattern and they are active was again! With the past month being so tough for me I must say some typical patterns were a welcome site. This is shaping up to be a November to Remember and I am tickled to death!
My days on the water were spent in the mid part of the lake; the bass were hitting a variety of fast moving baits from...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.08.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/8/09
Some November rewards this past week; it’s the time of year that the big females are moving extremely shallow and patience paid off with top water. The old hollow body rat saved the day each day on the water. Numbers were tough unless you were chasing schooling fish but quality was there. Some big females up to almost 9 lbs. were put in the boat, along with some big smiles and chest pounding fun! If I had to describe the week in one word, I wou...
Captain Mike Gerry / Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
over 3 years ago
(11/02/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.02.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/1/09
The last week of October proved to be just fair for my clients and me. Bites were at a premium and big fish were tough to find. The best day we had about 19 fish most were small and bites did not come easy. The other days we were fishing for only 10 or so bite a day, and it certainly made the days long on the water. I fished with some great folks out of several parts of the country, certainly met some great people and had some fun on the water.
The...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.02.09
The fishing the last two weeks have been some of the best days I've seen all year. The numbers bite is on if you want to chase schoolers all day but the size is 1-3 lbers. The quality bite is what is great right now fishing shallow in 1-5ft around grass. Each day clients and I have caught from 10-20 with most 3-4 lbs with a fish of 5-7lbs being caught each day.
Fished a tourny Sat came in 2nd with 20.98 lbs and big fish of 6 lbs with 24 winning.
Best baits have been jerkbaits worked throug...
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over 3 years ago
(11/01/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.01.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 11/1/09 The last week of October proved to be just fair for my clients and me. Bites were at a premium and big fish were tough to find. The best day we had about 19 fish most were small and bites did not come easy. The other days we were fishing for only 10 or so bite a day, and it certainly made the days long on the water. I fished with some great folks out of several parts of the country, certainly met some great people and had some fun on the water. The key...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service / Captain Mike Gerry
over 3 years ago
(10/26/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.26.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 10/24/09
I give up! The fishing for me seems to be getting worse. Unless there is schooling bass it’s hard to find a bite. I am struggling just about everyday on the water with a few exceptions. I just can’t remember a fall like this; it’s definitely the toughest fall I have seen in many years! With the exception of one day trying to find a way to put some good fish in the boat is really tough.
The day we did do well the bass we...
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service / Captain Mike Gerry
over 3 years ago
(10/20/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.20.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 10/17/09
Another week of mixed results on the water, we started to see some signs of the typical fall fishing, during the mid part of the week, I had high hopes; but then! Friday this extreme cold and wind moved in and to say the least it was very tough. The first problem was you had to be dressed correctly or it was very uncomfortable and secondly the wind kept you off a lot of the main river areas that I have been fishing.
Early in the week we had some g...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.19.09
Guntersville Lake Report/ Alex Davis www.spinnerbaitkid.com
The last week has been pretty good for quality despite the big cold front coming through.
Everyday the quality came by flippin a jig or Go 2 Bait Swim Craw, throwing a frog, or fishing grasslines with a Moab Custom Crankbait. Each day had plenty of bites with the frog but alot of the fish played ping pong with it and most the bigger fish we hooked we couldn't get them out of the mat.You can fish for schooling fish with fluke...
over 3 years ago
(10/13/2009)
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.13.09
Fishing Report, Lake Guntersville 10/11/09
To sum up this past week we were fishing for a few bites all week long. Everyday seemed to be a challenge! We caught fish, had some good fish in the 6 ½ lb. range but the number of bites are still down; and when you did find a few fish you had a short window as far as time to get to them. If you had 45 minutes when they finally turned on that was a lot. We did have one day where we had only about 8 bites but they were good fish and ended the...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.24.09
Guntersville Lake fishing Report From Alex Daviswww.spinnerbaitkid.com
The fishing the last few weeks have been great at times and slow at times. Some days have been catching 70-90 fish per day then others 30-45. The wind has been the factor that has affected how many we caught because some areas weren't fishable.
The numbers of fish are out on the river ledges with the bigger fish seeming to move shallow in the thickest grass available.
Biggest fish the last couple weeks topped 8...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 08.03.09
The fishing on Guntersville has been great the last couple weeks with the fishing finally settling into the true summer patterns.
The best option has to throw a frog and flip the matted hydrilla and milfoil along the main river for the bigger bite. Although the bites are way down the size of fish has made up for it with al ot of 4-6 lb fish.
If you want to do something else you can go on the deeper ledges and shell beds and throw a Moab Custom Crankbait in Guntersville Shad or Tweaty Bird....
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.22.09
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 The last week on Guntersville has been great again. The fish have really schooled up out deeper in 14-24 ft and shallow in 4-6 ft. You might fish for a while without a bite then catch 20-30 off one spot. Early in the morning the best bite has been on a shallow running crankbait and a big 10 inch worm in 4-6 ft. As the day goes on either work deeper grasslines on humps or deeper channel ledges. Also the night fishing has really got going with the biggest fish and best 5 string...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 06.08.09
Alex Davis Fishing Report:The last week on Guntesville has been amazing. All week fishing eating up topwaters, crankbaits, and big worms. Each day caught between 50-90 with 5 lbers coming everyday. The fishing has been best early around scattered grass but the ledges and humps have produced as the days goes on. Also when the sun got up caught a fair amount of fish flippin the thick milfoil. Fishing will only get better the next few weeks with the flippin bite getting stronger. I have June 23rd...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.26.09
Guntersville Dam:Catfishing is wide open. Catching them from the bank. On the lower side and on the walkway. Catching them on bream and shad.Phone#: - 256-776-7618 Email: - ceedwarsd74@gmail.com...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.20.09
Guntersville Report-Alex DavisThe fishing on Guntersville the last week has been wide open. Each day catching between 50-100 fish. The bite has been as good as I have ever seen it with big fish being caught in the mix. Everyday had a fish over 5 lbs with one day our best 5 going 33 lbs with an 8 lb kicker fish. The early morning ledge bite with a big 1 oz Choo Choo spinnerbait has been the ticket in 5-9ft. Then moving shallow fishing humps, points, and flats with crankbaits and plastics in 3-7...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.12.09
Lower side of Guntersville Dam:Is there anyone catfishing onshore below the Dam?If so how, where, when? Please help cant find anyone to talk about it?Phone#: - 256-776-7618Email: - ceedwarsd74@gmail.com...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 05.04.09
Mon, 5/4/09 Report:The fishing the last week on Guntersville has been awesome. Each day catching a bunch of fish between 40-70 with the average best 5 weighing 19-23 lbs. The fish seem to be everywhere from up shallow for numbers 1-4 ft and deeper 10+ ft for the bigger fish. Go 2 Bait plastics seems to be the key in the shallow water where Rapala dt crankabtis seem to be best for the deeper water. The next few weeks will only get better with the topwater action busting wide open. I have May 11...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.22.09
Alex Davis Guntersville Lake Report:The last week has been amazing on Guntersville. The big fish are going shallow to spawn and moving off bed and eating. Each day catching between 30-50 fish with a bunch of 2-3 lbers with big fish in the mix. Last week had one over 9 lbs, one over 8 lbs, and numerous over 6 lbs. The best pattern is fishing shallow 1-3 ft on with Go 2 Bait soft plastics but some bigger fish were caught on crankbaits in 4-8ft on offshore ledges. The fishing will only get better...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.13.09
Mon, 4/13/09 Fishing Report From Alex Davis:The fishing on Guntersville has been great for numbers the last week but the size has went down. Each day boating between 20-40 on full days and 10-15 on half days. The average seems to be best 5 16-18 lbs with a bunch of 3 lb fish. Each day the best bite has been on soft plastics in protected areas. The wind has made me fish protected areas off the main lake. The only other option that seems to work is throw a shallow running crankbait around beddin...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 04.03.09
Guntersville Lake 4/2/09 Report:Guntersville has been really good the last few days. Been boating between 12-30 fish each day. The numbers of 2-3 lbers are up shallow with a few big fish thrown into the mix. We have had 2 fish over 7 lbs, one over 6 lbs, and one over 5 the last couple days. The better fish have been coming on rattlebaits on shallow flats in 2-4ft with the numbers coming on soft plastics like lizards, creatures, and beaver baits. The fishing should only get better the next coup...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.30.09
Fished the big G from 3-26 thru 3-29.. The creeks on the west side were blown out due to the 2.5 inchs of rain they had the day of the 25th. We still caught a few Thur before they got blowen out bad. Had to go to main lake to catch fish pecked and search to catch a limit each day that was it. Ended up on a pattern on the east side of the lake with the water running in off the mountains there was fish stacked at where the water was running off the chunk rock and into the creek. Biggest off that...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 03.18.09
The last 8 days on Guntersville has been unreal. Everyday we have been boating from 20-60 fish with most being keepers. Each day we have been boating a few over 5 lbs. Our best 5 had been between 21-34 lbs each day. The fish have moved shallow some are getting ready to spawn, some spawning, and a few postspawn. The best bait has seemed to be a trap in red, gold, and chrome depending on water clarity and cloud cover. The best depths have been 1-5 ft on the flats. I have a few days in April open...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.23.09
Fishing this week had been great. Had 3 trips and each trip had best 5 over 20 lbs and fish over 5 lbs each day. Our best day we had 26 lbs and one over 7 lbs. The fish have seemed to move shallow and are eating traps and crankbaits in 2-7 ft on grasslines. Some days the fish really hit the bait and would knock slack in the line and other days would just load up on the baits. It has already been a great spring and with more fish moving up should get better as each day passes.I have days open i...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.09.09
This report is for Fri, Sat, and Sun. All three days were tough with the best fishing coming after lunch each day. Friday and Saturday had 6 hour trips with clients wanting to learn about the lake for a tournament they have in April. Friday we boated 3 with 2 near 5 lbs and another right at 4 all caught on jigs in the same area on grasslines.Saturday the fishing was a little better boating 3 all good keepers on crankbaits on grasslines. After the trip I went looking around from 3pm-4pm caught...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 02.02.09
This report is for Sat and Sun. The weather was great to fish in but the fish didn't get the memo to bite. Both trips were 6 hour trips fishing from mid morning to mid afternoon.Sat clients were wanting to learn about the lake so we moved around and fished different parts of the lake. We boated 6 best 5 around 18 lbs with 5 lb big fish. We had a lot of fish just slapping at the baits and coming unbuttoned. Caught all fish on crankbaits and trap in 4-8ft of water. Sunday had clients getting rea...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.27.09
Fished fri, Sat, and Sun. Each day fishing was slow and found fished grouped up when you had a bite but action wasn't fast and furious. Friday was the best day with the fish feeding for an hour or so before the front came through. I fished with dad for 3 hours before the wind blew us off. We started with a jig with no luck then switched to a crankbait. We boated 6 fish in forty minutes with best 5 19 lbs and big fish 5 lbs. All fish were caught in 5-9ft on grasslines. Saturday and Sunday were...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.16.09
This week was great in the beginning before the deep freeze set in. Got out Monday fished from 10-3 and the big fish were biting. We landed 7 fish with the best 5 weighing 30 lbs. We had 3 fish over 6 lbs and 2 fish over 5 lbs. All fish were caught in 7-12ft on outside edges and drops with Choo Choo jigs and jerkbaits. When this cold snap passes the fishing should get back to what it was. I have days open and am booking for the spring months. Alex Davis www.spinnerbaitkid.com 256-298-1178Email...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 01.12.09
The fishing this week has been great for quality and slow for numbers. The rains really muddied up the most the areas but some are still fishable. All week the best producer was Choo Choo jigs fished in deeper water (8-14ft) near grass edges. The bites were subtle but worth the effort with 2 over 5 lbs, 2 over 6 lbs, and one over 7. The fishing should get better as the lake clears up. Another good producer was the crankbait along grass edges. I am booking up for the spring months. Alex Davis w...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.08.08
This week seemed to be a little slower with the water temperatures dropping in the mid 40's.. The numbers were way down boating 4-6 fish each trip but the size is still up. The big fish this week was right at 9 lbs with another near 6. Most the fish are leaving the shallow water and going deeper to outside grasslines. The best baits seem to be crankbaits fished in the 4-9ft range. I'm offering Christmas gift certificates and having specials rates this winter. Alex Davis www.spinnerbaitkid.com...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 12.01.08
Just got back from deer hunting in Virginia and fished Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The fishing has seemed to slow a little for numbers but not size. Each day we boated 8-11 fish with Friday having near 24 lbs best 5 and 22 lbs on Sunday. Saturday was the only day we didn't have a fish over 6 lbs. The best action seems to be fishing shallow grass with traps in 1-4 ft. The numbers don't seem to be shallow but we have caught 3 over 6 lbs and 2 over 5 lbs doing this. This winter shows no signs o...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.12.08
The last couple days have been great on Lake Guntersville. With the last few days of warm weather the fish have been killing a frog. We have had chances on big fish everyday with Tuesday being the best with one over 7 lbs and another near 7 with best 5 26-27 lbs.We have been fishing shallow scattered and matted grass in 1-6ft. I have days available after the 22nd. Most fish coming on a Dean Rojas Spro Frog. With cooler weather coming the spinnerbait and crankbait bite should get better in week...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.10.08
The last week on Guntersville has shown signs of improvement. The stable weather was the main factor I believe. The numbers improved as did the size with each day catching a fish 5 or 6 lbs. Each day caught between 15-20 fish. The best way to catch numbers was either a fluke or crankbait on grass edges. For the bigger fish we threw ribbit frogs and spro frogs on matted and submerged grass. The best day was 5 at 20 lbs with the other days being 16-19 lbs each day.I have days open in November. A...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.03.08
The last week on Guntersville has slowed down for the numbers of fish but the quality bites have taken that place. After the last few cold fronts that came through the area the schooling action has seemed to disappear. This week we caught a few fish on crankbaits and Zoom ol' Monsters but the bigger fish have all came on the Dean Rojas Frog. We have fished open water, scattered grass, and matted grass in 1-5ft on humps. flats, and points. The most productive colors are leopard,white, and black...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.27.08
Fishing this week was slow at times and really good at times. This week with the fronts coming in made for colder windy conditions.The worst day we caught 14 and the best near 30 with the average around 20. Most of the fish came on Snag Proof and Bronzeye Frogs. We did catch fish on traps and big ol' monster worms. Most fish caught were in scattered grass or grasslines in 4-6 ft. We had many chances on big fish but couldn't get them out of the grass. Big fish of the week was 6 1/2 lbs with Fri...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.20.08
The fishing last week got a little tougher with the cold front that came through. Practiced with a friend for the Southern Open. Each day we looked for bigger fish and each day had good luck.Mon,Tues, and Wed had 10-15 bites and had 18-19 lbs with a big fish of 5-7 lbs each day. We targeted shallow scattered grass with a horny toad and Choo Choo buzzbait. During the tournament fishing got a little tougher. I had to fish as a co-angler and was in tenth after the first day and finished 18th.Next...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.13.08
Since the rain came through fishing has been tougher on Guntersville. Wed during the rain we were looking for better fish and they bit with my client catching the biggest bass of his life at 7 lbs.We caught fish on Choo buzzbaits(blk and white) and stanley ribbits in scattered grass in 3-5ft. Sat and Sunday were a little tougher. We caught 21 Sat in a half day and 27 Sunday during a full day trip. Each day the best producer was a zoom fluke in scattered grass. Both trips the wind made it tough...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 10.08.08
The fishing has been great the last couple days on Guntersville with the numbers down but the size way up.Yesterday had some good 3-4 lb fish and today the big fish bit. We had 25 fish with best 5 23-24 lbs with 2 over 5 lbs and had many between 4-5 lbs blowup on our Choo Choo buzzbaits and frogs. We have fishing grass edges in 3-7ft. I am running special discounted trips this winter check out my website for information. Alex Davis www.spinnerbaitkid.com 256-298-1178Alex Davis aka Spinnerbait...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.29.08
This week has been great on Guntersville with most catching 40-50 with a couple days caching 80 and 90 fish. The best baits seeemd to be topwater earlier in the week but that slowed by the weekend so we threw big worms. Also caught fish on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and frogs. Best pattern seemed to be find baitfish on a hump or point and we would connect. The bite should stay great all October with fish really feeding on shad. www.spinnerbaitkid.com 256-298-1178Alex Davis aka Spinnerbait KidPh...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 09.23.08
The last few dyas have been great on Guntersville. Were catching between 30-50 a day with some big ones in the mix. Been catching most on topwater and frogs in 2-5 ft on points, flats, and humps. The fishing should only get better as the bass are feeding up on the shad. www.spinnerbaitkid.comAlex Davis aka Spinnerbait KidPhone#: - 256-298-1178 Email: - spinnerbaitkid@gmail.com...
Guntersville Lake Fishing Report 11.15.07
Guntersville Lake: This month (Nov.) got off to a pretty slow start, the grass mats haven't been as solid as past years,mostly because they were late getting started. We still had are having a good Fall,the top water bite has been excellent and the fish are grouping on points and offshore humps where they are susceptible to crankbaits and Carolina-Rigs.I'm still finding some groups of flipping fish and a few on the frog even though the mats are rapidly disappearing.I found a new Flipping bait...
Fish
Bass, Striped (Morone saxatilis)
Crappie, Black (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Crappie, White (Pomoxis annularis)
Guides
ALWAYS GONE FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
TENNESSEE RIVER FISHING GUIDE TRIPS- PICKWICK LAKE,WILSON LAKE, WHEELER LAKE AND LAKE GUNTERSVILLE ALABAMA
At Always Gone Fishing Guide Service we fish year round targeting largemouth and smallmo...
Pulaski, TN, United States
AnglingAlabama - Troy's Pro Guide Service
Experienced, professional year around full time service on Lakes Guntersville, Wheeler and Wilson.
The best guides and the best service on the water for corporate trips and group events.
Large...
Spruce Pine, AL, United States
Capt. Mike
No one will treat you better or work harder to make sure you day with me or one of my guides is successful. with several guides in my organization we can meet your daily needs without a problem. Cor...
Owens Crossroads, AL, United States
Curt Staley's Pro Guide Service
Founded in 1998 by Curtis Staley. Is backed with 25 years of fishing knowledge and 13 years of guiding full time on Lake Guntersville. My current boat is a 2011 TR21hp Triton rigged with a 2011 250h...
Grant, AL, United States
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
Professional Bass Fishing Guide Service. Living in the North Alabama Area since the 70's and fishing Lake Guntersville for over 35 years. I have many published fishing articles world wide in magazin...
Owens Crossroads, AL, United States
Jimmy Mason Pro Bass Fishing
Jimmy is a full-time bass fishing guide and professional tournament angler. He spends more time on the water than most. His love of the sport and some natural instincts are what make him a top-level...
Rogersville, AL, United States
Lonnie Cochran's Guntersville Guide Service
Come bass fishing on Lake Guntersville with us today!
Welcome to the online home of Lonnie Cochran's Guntersville Guide Service.
When you come bass fish with us you can expect to learn different...
Section, AL, United States
Mid South Bass Guide
Professional Bass Guide Service on Lake Guntersville, Lake Nickajack
Set the hook on Lake Guntersville's bragging-size largemouth bass and hard-fighting Kentucky bass. Explore Nickajack Lake's top...
Winchester, TN, United States
Reeds Guide Service
With over 40 years of experience Fishing Alabama's Lakes and Rivers for Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass and Huge Striped Bass, we can put you on the fish.
Alabaster, AL, United States
Spinnerbait Kid Guide Service
Born in Virginia, my father took me fishing for brook trout and bass in ponds and streams. Growing up I developed a passion for fishing and hunting. At the age of eight my family and I moved to Colo...
Guntersville, AL, United States
Tim Chandler's Pro Guide Service
Professional guide service year round on one of the best bass lakes in the nation "Lake Guntersville".
Learn seasonal grass fishing patterns
Learn tournament techniques
Learn to navigate the la...
Meridianville, AL, United States
Lodges
Creekstone Lodge
Creekstone Lodge is located very near the Mudcreek launching ramp, on the upper end of Lake Guntersville, between Scottsboro, and Stevenson Al.
Owner Chuck Ryan would like to welcome you to our fa...
Hollywood, AL, United States
FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE
FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE is a community of cottages that is specifically designed with fishermen in mind.
If you are coming to Lake Guntersville for a tournament, or just some recreational fishing, we h...
Scottsboro, AL, United States
Goose Pond Colony & Marina
Located in the City of Scottsboro at the heart of Lake Guntersville, Goose Pond Colony is a
fishermans paradise. Well known among serious fishing enthusiasts as one of the top U.S.
destinations...
Scottsboro, AL, United States
Lake Guntersville State Park & Lodging
Lake Guntersville State Park is located along the banks of the Tennessee River in NE Alabama. The park overlooks the majestic 69,000-acre Guntersville Reservoir, and ranges over more than 6,000 acre...
Guntersville, AL, United States
Microtel Inn & Suites of Albertville
We are the newest lodging property in all of Marshall County and the ONLY interior-access property in Albertville. We also proudly use the Dream Well bedding system and Serta mattresses.
Albertville, AL, United States
The Fish Inn Hole
Fish Inn Hole
The Fish Inn Hole is located on the bank of the bass friendly Tennessee River, between Scottsboro and Guntersville, Alabama. Enjoy a stay in a remodeled, fully-furnished 2 bedro...
Scottsboro, AL, United States
Tournaments
There are no tournaments associated with this fishing spot.
