Lake Guntersville Jan18th

The weather is still controlling the bite here on GVILLE. Cold rainy days to bright blue bird days and mix in water levels coming up then back down.......

Water Temps 47-50 degrees
Grass I get asked a lot about the grass, what is the grass like. It seems to be growing in some parts of the lake and dying in other parts and after talking to the Bassmaster Classic Champ Chris Lane about fishing at the Huntsville Boat Show and he thinks if that water temps stay below 50 it will start to die off pretty fast now on the other hand if it stays warmer we will see beautiful healthy Lake and Grass.

Chris Lane talking fishing with Bennett and his father

Jumped in the tournament out of Spring Creek on Saturday with a pretty big turn out for a Jan. Day I think 30 was the count. We had 8 bites and landed 7 and yes the one that got a way would of helped the final weight not enough for the win... We had 19-06 lbs 2nd had 19-38 lbs and 1st was 25-68 lbs and it was a grind for us no real pattern or area it was one here and one there using lipless crank baits  and squarebills around grass and wood. Never sat in place and just caught them catch in go was what we did all day and I'll tell ya this it wore me out guess you can say I'm not in shape for tournaments ..
We did try several different colors and it did not seem to matter on color or style of lipless or squarebill it was just getting the bait in ones face.

Couple of little guys on a rainy day.

March is booking up and February getting some bookings NOW if this weather starts warming up soon then Feb will be a month you do not want to miss!!

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Capt. Jim
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Happy New Year From Lake Guntersville

How about the weather we have been getting here in North Alabama!!!! It just goes with the year, 2015 was by far a year that was very challenging to stay on the bass every day, I just could not go and do the same thing more then 2 or 3 days in a row and everything seemed to be behind some times it seemed it was a month or two behind then out of no where it acted like a month ahead.
With all that being said we had on heck of a year for records here at Guntersville Bass Guides, 3 Large Mouth Bass over 9 pounds in one trip, 6 over 7 pounds in a trip, and a 10 pound bass. Thats just some of the highlights what you dont see or hear about are the days we are out on the lake hunting new areas and coming up with one or two bites, it could be 25 degrees out or 100 degrees and we still back down the ramp and launch the boat and put in the time to put our clients on bass of a lifetime.  Thank you all for making 2015 a year that will never be forgotten.

Around Christmas I went small mouth fishing with Steve in Ohio. I think we caught 27 of them and that was just in the morning. 



2016
Started the year off with a 4th place finish in a little tournament out of Browns creek on New Years Day, Did not have a monster sack but 17 pounds of bass help keep me warm on the chilly day, with a 6.20 Large Mouth, 3rd and 2nd also had 17 it was ounces between us and 1st had little over 22.  It was a grind for me the water had cleared some but not to what I like but it is fishing I went out and pre-fished a couple days and could not get a bite or less I was around some rocks. The Lake was trashed, channel markers were in the middle of the river along with trees some had massive amounts of grass covering them up. I took a trip on New Years Eve and it lasted 3 hours and everyone was cold the weather man told a fib on how warm it was to be and no one dressed for how cold it really was , we did manage one small bass.
Tournament day went like this 5 bites, 5 different spots, 4 different lures. 3 off rocks 2 out of the grass. And since Friday the lake has cleared up even more and the bass have started to feed now that they can see a little better.
BD 2.5
3/8oz spinner bait
Lipless Crank Bait
DT 10 Crank Bait
those are the baits that worked for me.
Water temp 56-59
stained 

Here are some pics to give you an idea how the lake looked 5 days after the rain.

 Thats a narrow channel

Check this link out. Its a look inside BassMaster Elite Angler Boyd Duckett's House and you might recognize a certain PUP in the video.  http://basszone.com/featured-stories/m.blog/58/in-the-house-boyd-duckett-part-3

This picture of Gabby and Belle was back in the summer of 2010  Gabby passed away 2 years ago today she was my 1st fishing pup .

Capt. Jim 
www.guntersvillebassguides.com
256-698-6593