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Happy Birthday America

July 5, 2020 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville Has Been Fishing Pretty Darn Good For Being The Beginning Of July. Our clients have had some pretty memorable days on the water with us doubles and a triple or two. We’ve had a few days of 40+ bass with an average of 20. Seen some really nice ones mixed in with the rest.

The bass have been moving around again not really sure way but some mornings we can get them pretty shallow for a few hours then the other mornings we find them a little deeper.

Floating grass !!! Need I say anymore.. Man it seems like its just getting worse by the day and it seems to be everywhere you want to fish so you just have to move on till you find a clean area fish. It really is messing up our topwater areas.

Heat is on the way and it should give the fish a little bit of a break from the everyday pressure, I’ve never seen so many fishermen on the lake day in and day out. That might be why they are moving around so much 🤷🏻‍♂️.

So I have been using the new Lowrance Ghost Trolling Motor this year and been getting a lot of questions but the main one is do I like it…. And the best way I can answer that question is… I LOVE IT not only is it quite it is fast , strong, cuts through the grass , and holds us on the fish with wind & current or without either of them, quick buttons are amazing and makes guiding a little easier on the day to day basis. Check Out The Ghost Here

Water Temp has been 80-83 with 2-3 feet visibility

Heres some pics .

For Booking Info CLICK HERE or call 256-698-6593 come catch these fish if you don’t someone else will.

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

Guntersville June 14th 2020

June 14, 2020 by Capt. Jim

Fishing Lake Guntersville Has Had Its Ups & Downs But All N All We Have Been Doing Good. With majority of the fish making it to their offshore haunts timing has everything to do with a good day and a not so good day.

Water Temps have been steady for the most part high 70’s to mid 80’s the water has been clear except for after these windy days and then the lake is stained pretty good.

Our Clients have had some really good days catching these Guntersville Bass. With our morning bite being some of the best action with the shad spawn that is still happening ( some ) and the bream bed bite. Numbers and quality have been real good and with some stable weather I can only hope to see that improving. We have the 23rd,24th,& 25th open of June.

Are Your Graphs Setup Properly? Do You Understand What You Are Seeing? Not Sure? Be Sure To Check Out Some Lowrance Images Below. Click Here to set up a class.

Heres some pics enjoy!

Heres Some Lowrance Screen Shots

For Booking Info CLICK HERE or Call 256-698-6593

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

Its Ledge Time

May 18, 2020 by Capt. Jim

It Was A Fun Week On Guntersville, The Bites Improved Daily With The Warmer Weather Big Bites Was What Was Going Down. The Bass Have Been Feeding Up Hard Our Bites Have Been Vicious. What Can I Say We Had Fun.

Water temps have finally gotten to the mid 70’s and its May 18th and the clarity is prefect at least 2 feet and the floating grass is still a thing.. If Mother Nature would just let the wind blow from the same direction the grass wouldn’t be an issue.

Are They “OUT”? Yes and no a few are out on the ledges but it won’t be long till there will be an onslaught of them out. Should be a good time. We do need to keep the warm weather coming for this to happen. So the ledge fishing that we have done it has been with 4×4 Ledge Hammers and your favorite big worm. Below is a Screen Shot from Lowrance HDS LIVE With 3 in 1 Active Imaging Transducer.

So Saturday …. What happen … No clue other then the wind went from a 3 day south to a north east , the bite got tough can’t explain it wish I could but it went down hill, Sunday was a little better . And I want to share something with everyone.. If I didn’t witness this with my own eyes I don’t know how much I would of believed it. But here it goes… We started the morning and my client started catching them pretty steady with a big one and then this tournament took off and around 15 boats came by us and at that time we didn’t think too much about it … then it dawned on me we hadn’t had a bite since the boats went by… Let that sink in. Was it because he had caught all that was there? or did the bass just felt all the vibration from the boats and just shut down?

Still catching some pre-spawn bass.. feel like we will see them trickle in till mid June the spring has been long and cold with not many warm weeks that it takes to get the bass to spawn good.

Heres some pics

We Still Have May 21st,26th,28th,31st open. And For June Click Here

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Guntersville May 5th 2020

May 5, 2020 by Capt. Jim

Here We Are Beginning Of May And Mother Nature Just Will Not Get Her Act Together. A normal year we would be fishing off shore maybe not on the ledges but we would be away from the bank, but it seems the bites are still shallow and catching pre spawn, spawn, & post spawn bass.

Water Temps are mid 60s to low 70s just depends on what part of the lake your on, the water color is pretty and great visibility.

Its day to day on what they want to eat but they will eat when you show them what they are wanting. Sometimes they eat early and some its later in the morning, we have been covering water till we run in to them.

We have a few days open in the next couple weeks CLICK HERE to inquire on a guided trip. Or you can call 256-698-6593

Heres a few pics.

Come Fishing With Us! If You Don’t Someone Else Will.

Capt.Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

April Spring Time Fishing

April 10, 2020 by Capt. Jim

Guntersville Fishing …… Its been well…. strange. Seems like it has taken forever and a day for the fish to get to the banks. Yes there has been some to already spawn but the lake seems backwards normally the upper end the bass are more advance in their spring migration then the lower end, well it seems that the lower end the creeks have been way ahead ( I think it was due to the high current this winter) it pushed them in from the river and they felt the warming temps along with the longer days they just started doing their thing. And for the upper end the fish seem to handle the current better since thats more of a river up there, I think it just happen as it should when it started warming up they started moving in and the fish that was getting caught early on they was resident fish. And now that we have had some warm weather the fish have shown some movement just in time for the cooler weather in the forecast ( go figure we can’t just have a normal spring ) hope it doesn’t hurt any of the eggs that have been laid already.

So Big Bass! Yea I’m a little shocked that we have not been seeing any more then what we have, are they getting wiser to the fishing pressure ( like big bucks ) do they go nocturnal? Or are they the ones that stayed out by the river and just hunkered down in a current breaks waiting for the river water to warm up to make their move?

We fished about every day the last two-weeks and just when you get a good feel on whats going on and you take it to a different area of the lake you get smacked in the face with a nice try buddy. Things are still changing on the day and area of the lake.

The typical Guntersville spring soft plastic dragon bite has been decent some days you’d get a little topwater a little spinnerbait a little swim jig but its just not hot like where you should be able to catching them doing pretty much what you like. For having such a warm winter the fishing seems to be a little behind, I am guessing next week things could shape up as long as the nights do not dip to low and cool the lake temp down.

Water temps 65-72 Clarity 2 feet in most areas

Heres some pics

GUNTERSVILLE BASS GUIDES SPRING TIME FISHING

We do have openings due to this crazy stuff thats going on. Might as well come out to the outdoors and enjoy some bass fishing. You can book by calling 256-698-6593 or click here

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

Guntersville Bass Spawning

March 31, 2020 by Capt. Jim

We have had a nice warming trend and the bass have taken note to it, we are beginning to see some nice bass this past week.

Each day has started out just a little bit different from the last but the one thing that has stayed the same is the wind, it has been blowing and that has made it a little harder to present the bait properly but when you do get it right you get a bite.. Big females are showing themselves more and more. It really makes one feel good when they can see a good number of big bass cruising the shallows. its a reassurance that the lake still has em, they may be a little wiser to the lures due to all the pressure but they are still here and making babies for the future of this amazing fishery..

We are still open and we are still catching them. So come enjoy Mother Nature and catch some bass with us.. its better then sitting around the house watching tv..

Water Temps 63 to 68 Clarity from 6 inches to 2 feet

Heres some fish pics

To Book Call 256-698-6593 or Click HERE

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

Its That Time

March 21, 2020 by Capt. Jim

What In The World Is Going On. Madness Of March Hasn’t Happen Yet… Even with a mild winter the bass seem to be behind, now we are catching a good many of bass but its not an all day thing you have to keep changing up to keep getting bites, and if you keep an open mind then you will catch fish all day it might not be on the same bait as the last one, I only see this going on for a little while longer then it’ll just turn on like a switch and bass thumb, bass palm will be happening.

So Lets Just Put This Out There! The country is freaking out. So be it. We are out on the lake what better place to be. I can not think of anything better to do. I feel that its going to far its hurting a lot of local small businesses not only in our two lake towns (Guntersville & Scottsboro) but across the country.

Water Temps are steady rising but they are not consistent all over the lake you can see 57 or you can see 65 but you can also find all the temps in between 57 and 65 .. clarity is getting right but the pollen is starting to show itself.

Not going to lie yes we have had quite a few trips cancel ( many are corp trips ) so we have dates open and with the fishing still in limbo for the big ones it only seems that its with in days of happening ( just because they have to make the push ) Mother Nature will make them. So why don’t we do a daylight to dark and bring food so you can eat and stay away from all the craziness.. it’ll be the price for a 8 hour trip and fish 12 hours or so. I know I don’t want to go till I have too and when the sun goes down then thats when I will be going. ( I’ll do this until all the stupidness stops..)

Heres some pics

Yea We Blurred It!

Give us a call 256-698-6593 or contact us click here

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Is Guntersville On The Verge Of Busting Wide Open?

March 11, 2020 by Capt. Jim

With the classic over and some warming trends happening the lake should rebound fairly well, we have noticed that the fish have made a hard transition and have become difficult to pattern and in return it has made some days rather hard to understand. We have caught fish from 1 foot to 15 feet just about everyday. Even with the mild winter things seem be a little behind, I think once we see some steady water temps when it hits 60 degree mark the bass should start being a little more predictable..

Water Temps 55-58

Clarity 12-16 inches

Fished a full week on Chickamauga while the classic guys were on Gville and that too was fishing tough but we did manage to figure out how to catch some.

We have some days left this month and April has several open. Give us a call or contact us HERE

Heres some pics.

Capt.Jim

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

10-02 LB Largemouth Bass Lake Guntersville

February 17, 2020 by Capt. Jim

Blessed Is The Word That Comes To Mind. Blessed to be able to fish Lake Guntersville Daily and to have caught my 3rd Double Digit Bass form Guntersville. And to catch this one with long time clients/friends Johnny & Boyd it couldn’t of been any better … well yes it could’ve if we all caught a 10 pounder but we didn’t and there will be a next time! So the big girl wasn’t the only highlight of the day, and in fact today was the best day of fishing I have seen this year! We wrecked them had a lot of 2-3 pounders and we had 4 really nice ones to complement the big girl. We might’ve discovered a new way to catch em today, it didn’t seem to matter where we stopped to fish, we just caught em. Today will be another day that will stick out just a little more than others in the memory bank.

If you remember the last time these two showed up they caught em good if you don’t remember then click here and see how they did. We didn’t hit the 70 fish mark but we was close, 52 today.

History! On This Day 2 Years Ago Adam Bozarth Caught Him A Dandy 9.88lbs thats like a drop or two of water of being a 10 pounder…. Pic Below.

Water Temp Was Between 52 and 55 degrees and about a foot of visibility and 193,900 through the dam ..

Booking Options: Call 256-698-6593 or Click Here

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

February Pre Spawn

February 12, 2020 by Capt. Jim

The rain has begun and so has the big bites. Last few years we have had this kind of rain and the results from it seem to be positive ( other then its wet ) but it seems to keep the bass active most of the day, now if we could work on the cold fronts then we will be wide open. Theres new bass showing up daily to pre spawn areas all over the lake and it will only get better from here on out.

Guntersville is a little higher then normal ( once again the past few years ) some of the ramps are flooded so you have to do some boating to get to some areas. But its worth it when the bass are biting.

Water temps are hanging around 50-54 with the warm rain the water is stained for the most part. with 210,000 through the dam the river is swift so be careful out there.