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!!
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.
Finding the bass is not as easy as it once was, with the crazy weather nothing has been normal. We have been using search baits like lipless and vibrating jigs 1/2oz to 3/4oz and not all grass is the same, 10-12 ft is the depth of our latest catch fishing a little high spot with green grass all over it adjacent to a channel swing made all the difference between a Ok trip and a Awesome Trip.
Water temp is around 60 and the water is stained.
Looking like January might be a great month if the weather stays like it has been.
We are booking up February and March Daily get your trips booked soon.
Have a hand full of Gift Certificates available.
Mud Lines have been the name of the game and bridges. With all the rain the valley had gotten and high current through the lake the bass have had to make a change from the norm.
We Focused on mud line in creeks around old grass lines with moving baits with a lot of vibration and color, we'd manage to pick up a few nice bass doing this, and the other has been bridges the corner make a great current break and the not only are the shad grouped up there the bass are as well, crank baits and jigging spoons have been getting the job done.
Good luck the teams fishing in the Toyota Bass master Team Championship ..
Heres a few pics we snapped in between rain drops.
Yup thats a big Crappie..
Still have a Lowrance HDS 9 GEN 3 Touch Screen for sale Buy It HERE
Like the title says the BIG G treated me to a 10 pound largemouth! It was a catch of a lifetime and i'll remember it like yesterday for years to come.
Now I haven't done a report in a couple of weeks for a couple of reasons I do apologize so let me get you all up to date.. And my double digit wasn't the only Donkey that came over the side of my boat since my last post..
My Lake Guntersville Personal Best.
Here We Go:
Y'all might recognize this guy, we got out one afternoon and caught em pretty fast off a couple of spots and then it was over. Cranking a BD 1.5 square bill around grass got the job done on this day.
Nothing really large and in charge this day but a lot of bass lot of laughs and happy customers.
Cold!! Chilly north wind fired up this DONKEY couldn't believe he caught this bass on spinning tackle!! This giant Guntersville Bass is a testament that any cast can be a monster bass!
This was my last Bass in my Legend V20. Left right after I let her go. I had to get my new boat.
Stopped and made a few cast during the break in period of my new Legend V21 and caught one.. This boat might catch em a little better then the old one! We Rode Dam to Dam 1st time ever doing that and its long but well worth it. Oh and if you thought my V20 was BIG.
Mike Davis from Ohio and myself putting some fishing time in on the new boat.. These bass ate a 4x4 swim jig with a little spanky as trailer.
Could not let Mike go home without some Big G Big Uns.
Im thinking the boat might have a horseshoe somewhere in it. These two did not give the bass any slack, if the weather and lake levels ever get steady the lake would just explode with awesome
fishing but until then we will just grind it out.
Heres a video of the release of the Big G Donkey. I really didnt think I had a bass on the end of my line, it just did not act like a bass with it pulling drag and pretty much acting like a Stripe a big one at that, I put some effort in to the fight but the whole time I was telling myself it wasn't a bass, then it swam by the boat and IT GOT REAL pretty fast lol up to this point I was horsing it pulling hard and now I am babying it feeding it line and walking it around the boat like it was million bucks barley hooked, I did land her by lipping her and pulling her in to the boat then I was able to take a deep breath and admire this fish. I wanted to hug it! Well I did and even kissed her! Thats what the scale read at the end of the day Best 5.
Eric and I took 3rd in the 3rd annual Black Friday Tournament! One thing I can say is that we was very constant this year .. 3 tournaments three 3rd Place finishes.. Looking forward to next year!
Round 2 for these guys its like they didnt get enough the 1st go around. And once again they hammered them!
The lake is honestly fishing a little screwy this year the big ones never really grouped up and we never seen any schooling top water feeding happen, our fall is acting like our spring, it wants to get cold but it keeps warming up, and if you remember the spring it wanted to get warm but it stayed cold ( real cold). The grass is still growing in most parts of the lake and the bait is on the bridges and in the grass so take your pick where you want to fish, bridges are easy targets if you can fish one at the right time you will load the boat and fishing will seem so easy at that moment in time or you can fish miles of grass and find a hungry school of bass that will thump your lures so hard it will wake you up, but when you go back to catch them another day they will be gone. Not real sure why it is the way it is but I know one thing for sure and that is that Lake Guntersville is a special place!
My 2015 season is wrapping up and planning for 2016 and accepting your reservations now.
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Speaking of Christmas Gifts
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Lake Level is at 593..34 (spilling till further notice)
Water Temp 60
5-7 feet visibility
Still junk fishing ... Think its working pretty well.
The water is raising, more rain is coming, colder air is too, and the bass well are being bass.
water temp 69 was the high and 66 was the low
stained in most areas
We are catching them regardless of the weather during the corp. trip last week. Seemed like when you stopped getting a bite it was time to change lures and get back to catching them, if they stopped biting all together then pack up and move to another spot. Still taking a lot of work to get the bites its by no means easy out here.
When the bass fishing would slow down we would go and try to catch the Man In The Striped Suite.
Hard to believe its November. Few Notes :
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Capt. Jim www.guntersvillebassguides.com 256-698-6593
Monday & Tuesday was down right nasty out high winds rain cold and 2 rescheduled trips hey it happens got out rest of the week and WOW was the fishing awesome..... but still not what is to come.. Had some repeat clients and some new ones.. We had outstanding days!
Fished the Yamamoto Tournament Saturday on Lake Guntersville. My Partner for the tournament was Jeff Cook of the Music Group Alabama. We Practiced some on Thursday to get to know each other ... yea funny story..
A Few Months Back I was at Bone Yard BBQ grabbing dinner and these guys dressed the part of fishermen so I asked how they did and to find out they really didnt fish but when two of the three got up to leave the 3rd stayed back and talked with me about fishing and told me he was named by the State of Alabama The Ambassador of the sport and followed it up with we should go fishing soon, so I told him my number was on the napkin holder and to give me a call.. And that was the end of it he walked out the door, well you would of thought I had food all over my face the whole restaurant was looking at me , and finally a lady said "do you know who that was?" of course I had no CLUE so I told her nope just somebody wanting to go fishing....... she said that was Jeff Cook and it really didnt sink in and she could tell so she followed it up with from the Group Alabama then it started to click ..
Well he did call.. And when we went the 1st time together I had to apologize for not knowing he was and he quickly said " thats ok I still don't know who you are" HA
Saturday in the Yamamoto tournament the day started off just right with that big bass of 6.31 lbs and that was the only big bite we had we had 3 more and lost one at the boat think we ended up 10th over all or 11th.
Jeff Cook & Me on Stage at Yamamoto Tournament
Belle, Jeff, Myself
Belle, Gary, Jeff
There is a pic floating around with these two and Roland Martin when I get it, i'll put it up here.
As for the fishing the bass they are still not staying put long and are on the go, not much of any schooling going on or any at all, the rain is coming the lake will be unstable for the week might mud up some . could make the bite better or might make it tuff.. but it will still be Guntersville and the switch could get flipped any day now..
The Frog Bite is Picking Back Up.. Like I thought it would.
The SquareBill is still happing
Top Water stepped out for a little bit should be back soon
Flipping was a big player this week (big uns)
Weightless worm in the grass put numbers in the boat.
Water temp is holding mid 60s
think that covers it all
Booking For February 2016 and March 2016 Call me 256-698-6593
Thanks for a great week everybody!
Capt. Jim www.guntersvillebassguides.com 256-698-6593
