Archives for August 2017

Lake Guntersville August 28th

August 28, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Guntersville is fishing pretty good for August and I might add that its producing big fish daily.. We’ve caught good ones daily and some days we get several. The main thing I’ve notice is what TVA is doing with the water, I’ve been able to pattern what the bass are doing based on what the river is doing and sometimes its really easy and most times it takes minute but once we get it figured it out its kinda like fishing on a private lake …. and its pretty fun… now we have had a day or two where it was down right tuff no water movement no wind lol plenty of bugs though …

Some of my favorite fishing is happening right now as I’m writing this …. FROGGIN Like always not all areas are good you need to do some fishing to find the good stuff. And its been if they blow up and miss they will keep trying till they get it…

And the all mighty C Mac worm is still solid it has been a heck of a worm year and big ones have been eating it.. Been teaming it up with a 3/8oz Picasso Tungsten it comes through the grass so easy..

So I’ve been lucky to get to try out a new spinner bait by Picasso Inviz-Wire PRO it has a swing head and special cupped blades that give off lots of vibration something our bass haven’t felt.. Knock on wood with the swing head they have a hard time throwing the hook so its really a win win .. your wire does not get all bent up and they stay pegged … Guntersville Tackle and Outdoors should be getting there stock of these pretty soon so stop in and check them out.

We are getting some nice topwater bites as well and I see this getting better as the cool nights keep coming.

Eric and I have been fishing a tournament every weekend and coming up just short of a win but the fish we are catching its really reminding us of the good ol days … now its not like we have a honey hole its more like…. well wonder if they are over here so we go there and check and if they are not there its like well maybe its a dock day … what I am getting at is we are just going fishing and its working out for my upcoming trips we can cover some much different types of water in a day that it makes the trips easier to find them for the day..

Remember the Great American Eclipse ? Belle and I went fishing during it and I’m not sure if it helped or hurt the fishing but Belle sure was ready..

Video of the eclipse

So this next part was something that I’ll never forget … I took a mother and son fishing.. we worked hard for the bites that we had , and I felt like it was one of the hardest days I’ve had on the lake .. if you do it enough you have a day when things break mess up or just malfunction. Then you turn the heat up and unplug the wind throw in a few gnats and you might have the picture painted … So the day is nearing the end and Merritt has not given up on the fish and thats pretty impressive and with that said he got a big bite on a C Mac worm and the bass took off to deeper water as he was trying to keep it from going that way the bass got wrapped around my Mercury lower unit and was kinda pinned to the Power Pole so I was not about to let this fish get away I empty my pockets just incase I go in …. so I’m pretty much half way in with my legs still on the boat and the fish decides to swim around and get untangled and heads back to the grass … after a few seconds of fighting we get the bass in the boat… and it was a 4-02 lb and when I say we all was relieved we really was… but thats not the cool part of this… a couple of days after our trip I get a package delivered and it was from Merritt , when he got home he built Belle and I a Lego Bass Boat and wrote a letter to us …. and It really still has me speechless on it… check it out below its really a neat boat…

September is shaping up to be fun and I think October will be just crazy good .. Have select days open inquire HERE

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Capt. Jim

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AUGUST 13TH LAKE GUNTERSVILLE 9.40LB DONKEY

August 13, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville has giants and this week has proved it once again. I don’t know if they are coming out of hiding or if I am just on something special. Fishing random areas has been paying off this past week. Will this keep up or will September well be September…. Im pretty confident the bite will be better then normal.. My Fishing Partner Caught His Personal Best With Me During A WildCat Out Of GoosePond a 9.40 lb Donkey that came off one of them random places.

Guntersville Bass Guides — Eric with his Guntersville HAWG 9.40 lbs

Water Temp 84

River is Muddy

Backwater is clear

Returning from this spring to finish up their fishing trip that got cut short do to unexpected incident.

This past week with the rain had trips reschedule and left me with days to goof off and thats when I picked up on this new pattern I guess thats what you can call it . Its been fun and I’m sure it won’t last long before they change once again.. but for now we will catch all the ones that want to bite..

They will be back in a couple of months for another shot.

NetBait C-Mac with a Picasso 3/8oz Tungsten weight on 16lb Sunline Sniper is what our go to has been, been messing around with some Frog fish and getting some mix results some big some average still fun.

So I’m always trying different lures while my customers are using the proven ones from the last two days of fishing.. Well this day seemed to be pick something new up and catch a big one .. so I switch everyone over and I go to doing something else and well you get the idea..

I have been using the NEW Black Ice from Duckett Fishing and I want all of you to know that this rod will blow your mind the sensitivity is awesome , and its really light and I’m pretty sure I’ve felt a bass burp on my worm ( just kidding about the burp ) its very sensitive .. When these come available you’ll need to do yourself a favor and get you some.

My Fall Schedule is filling up ( not a scare tactic ) just letting y’all know.

From Last Weeks Wild Cat

Capt. Jim

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August 6th Lake Guntersville

August 6, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville is not disappointing at all and matter of fact id have to say that the fishing is above normal for this time of year.. And we are having a blast. With some cooler nights the water temp has dropped a little and if we get the rain like the weatherman says we are then we might see some low 80’s.

I have been mixing up what I’m doing on trips it all depends on the skill level of the anglers I have for that day. A NetBait T-Mac on Shaky Head fished slow has been deadly for numbers and mix in a big fish almost every time we are fishing that way the best color has been Green Pumpkin. A C-Mac in the grass with 3/8oz Picasso Tungsten weight has been hands down a go to this year and it is still producing some dandies. On the right days topwater has been really good.. Some days we flip and can really catch them using the New Picasso GUN METAL Tungsten Weight no more paint flaking off these things are the deal.. Flipping A NetBait PacaCraw Green Pumpkin. Heres some pics from some trips hope you enjoy them.

Check out his Double on a topwater. His words was ” its a big one” and when I see that there was two on there I knew he was going to be excited. Congrats!