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Lake Guntersville May 20th 2018

May 20, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville is Hott and so is the weather. Things have not changed too much we are still catching fish and good ones, its just amazing place to be.

Grass is starting to grow really nice now and that is a great thing. Raining almost daily its keeping the water temps in check and pleasure boaters too…

Fish are being caught from 10 feet out to 20 and they are hungry and mean..

Eric and I fished the Guntersville Open on Saturday and we wasn’t too sure on what we would catch, for some reason my morning bites was hit or miss all week but one thing was for sure you could set your watch to 9 am the bite turned on, sometimes you got nice 3 pound fish or you got really nice 4-5 pound fish, also they change up what they was hungry for, some might think its frustrating to keep changing lures but man its so freaking fun to just catch em so thats what our game plan is.. So we flipped a coin on what spot to start on and it was not a bad move heck it didn’t matter where we started the bass was just eating and we caught some and lost some (3) to be exact and we won’t say the size but we will say they was nice ones….. we ended with 21.56 lbs and took 6th

Fished a little week nighter Eric got off early and we gave it a shot and it was so much fun its crazy how you miss fishing with some old faces thanks for letting me fish I really enjoyed it.. we took 3rd with 12lbs it was a 3 fish limit…

We had a slow morning trip but things got so freaking hot at the end of the trip it was every cast and they got bigger…

GUNTERSVILLE BASS GUIDES — CRAPPIE SAMWHICH

We are getting into the hot days and I don’t mind staying out all day if you don’t … but if you are about keeping cooler while fishing we are starting the morning and afternoon fishing trips check dates HERE ..

Have a good week.

WATER TEMP 77 ISH

WATER CLARITY ( clear)

FLOATING GRASS IS STILL A PAIN

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Lake Guntersville May 13th Post Spawn Fishing

May 13, 2018 by Capt. Jim

We went from 50 Degrees to 90 Degrees in 2.5 Days.. Lake temp is hitting 80 at the end of the day and starting out at 75 degrees. No current or wind and that would normally make fishing hard… One would think that. Its been a messed up spring here on Lake Guntersville but the fishing stayed strong really strong and still is..

Eric and Myself fished the Sylvania fund raiser tournament Saturday out of Goosepond and took 2nd place with 19.62 lbs we just are not getting the big bite , we are managing quality just like during my trips, customers are getting the big bites.

The bass should be done spawning but don’t hold me to it, lot of other species are moving up to do their thing .

Top water bite should happen any day now and so should the massive push to the deeps, or will they stay in the grass with the shad?? either way its going to be fun….

Want to learn your electronics? Is your transducer in the right place ? What are you seeing on your Structure Scan? Book your sonar training trip CLICK HERE

Do you like the heat?

Not many do so we offer 4 hour morning and afternoon trips to beat the heat.
If the heat doesn’t bother you then your gonna want to be out there mid day with us.. the hotter it gets the bigger they get

Check out last weeks pics.

I want to brag about Duckett Fishing for a min..

With them being local I get the opportunity to stop in and see whats coming on the horizon for the fishermen, and the amount of work and effort goes into making the product perform to the highest standards of Bassmaster Elite Anglers. The new Black Ice rods are by far on a level of superior. In my opinion and every customer that has tried one of the ones I have all say they cant believe how light and sensitive they are.. Once these hit your local tackle stores go and put your hands on them and see what my customers are talking about.. Boyd Haynes and Johnny Welch I know you guys will be the 1st ones buying one for sure..

We have days open just click HERE to check to see when we can take you fishing.

Capt Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Big Thank You To MOE

he fixed my oil leak late Saturday evening so I could do my guide trip on Sunday.. If you don’t know Moe then you need to stop in at Freedom and get to know him.. Top Notch

MOE KNOWS

Lake Guntersville Update May 4th

May 4, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville is slowly shaping herself up. The Bass are coming off their beds and starting to feed up.

The Bite :

It has been slowing up after 11 a.m. then picking back up around 5 p.m. and that full moon wasn’t helping matters but thats all behind us now, And after Saturday Neely Henry will be behind me as well, been on the coosa all of this week except Monday and Thursday…

So Monday went well in the morning but the mid day was brutal not many bites and little wind, and Thursday well it was freaking awesome. My clients are here for a tournament and its looking promising I can tell you this much I showed them a lot of spots and fished about half of them and caught fish… We had some grown girls..

And now that the weather seems to be leveling out I suspect the fishing will just keep getting better..

Water Temp: 68 is temporary its going to keep climbing

Visibility : its still a little stained not really clear

Been Swimming a 4×4 Jig in all white with a NetBait Little Spanky 3/8 oz

Heres Pic’s From March 31st Freedom Marine Tournament. Eric and I took 4th

May is upon us we have dates open. Check Open Dates HERE

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Lake Guntersville Bass Are Like Weather..CRAZY!!!!!

April 24, 2018 by Capt. Jim

This Weather is ridiculous.. Last week was the one of the windiest weeks ever here on Lake Guntersville, Really hindered fishing, We did manage to catch some… And so far this week its been a light breeze and the lake has come up from all the recent rain… water temp is still 61 and the bass are very aggressive when you find them and they are just not where we left them last week but the size is still up there so we go where the bass are its what we do…

We fished in the Arc Of Jackson County Last weekend and got 3rd … had 20 pounds .. been a great year for sure..

Our May Calendar is filling up. I expect the offshore bite to be really good with the grass not being so thick..

Check May Dates Here

Fishing is about to get insane once again this year… Ready to catch the fire out of them in a couple of weeks…

Capt. Jim

256-698-6593

www. guntersvillebassguides.com

April 17th Lake Guntersville Bass

April 17, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville Bass are trying to spawn but mother nature keeps letting old man winter show back up… It just keeps getting cold here … maybe 3 days we get to wear shorts then 4 days bundled up in our cold gear .. The water temp is struggling to get over 64 degrees .. I know we have bass that have spawned out bass spawning and still pre spawn, go back a month ago it didn’t matter if it was cold and blowing 20+mph we caught them and we caught them good… and now its like when it gets cold we catch bass but they just are not doing it like they was…

Captain D’s Cast ‘N’ Catchin Tournament was cut short by 2 hours due to the nasty weather that was bearing down on Lake Guntersville and we had our work cut out for us and a short time to get it done… by 11:30 am Eric and I was starting to wonder if we was going to have to put the ol boat on the trailer and call it a day with only 2 keepers … Eric got a bite and it was a dandy so that gave us some hope and 30mins later he hooks another dandy so we are at 4 keepers and its 12:10 pm 5 mins later I get one and its a dandy as well and just like that we have a limit and not a bad one for how the day has gone.. we weighed in 19-13lbs and it earned us 4th place out of 180 boats.. ( still waiting on pics )

Customers have been dealt some crappy conditions all week long and have made the most of it with some nice bass… When this weather gets stable mark my words this place will go bonkers again like last month.. make sure you have your May trip booked and don’t be left out of all the fun..

These two had a day.. had 3 giant bass and several nice bass for the day.. We stumbled on to a pattern that worked for that day and that day only.. the weather just keeps changing and changing the bass behavior ..

This bass was spawning still full of eggs and had blood all over her tail.. we let her go after this pic so she could get her jeans going so we have more beautiful bass like her…

May Dates Available CLICK HERE to check on dates..

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Lake Guntersville April 9th 2018

April 8, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville fishing has remained good even with all the COLD FRONTS in April ..

Marched ended with a bang. Eric and I Took 4th In the Freedom Marine Tournament.. had 21.09lbs

Just to think last year we was all wearing shorts and catching some bass and this year we are bundled up and wrecking them..

Looking forward to the rest of April the bass are hitting beds and fishing continues to be good.

Water Temps Fell back some after high winds and cold fronts 57 degrees and the water has great visibility..

Its NetBait B-Bug Time …

AND

4×4 Swimjig With NetBait Little Spanky

Going to be a great April….

For Booking INFO CLICK HERE

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Madness Of March Largest Bass To Date

March 25, 2018 by Capt. Jim

This pass week was a short lived one. Nasty weather postponed Mondays trip, Tuesday and Wednesday was some of the best fishing I’ve seen ever and the rest of the week well lets just say I was not on Guntersville.

Fishing is the best I’ve seen on Guntersville! Mike Harvey joined me on Tuesday and Wednesday and we put them in the boat and they was big.

Tuesday we had over 50 bass ranging from 3lbs to 7lbs and its just not one little sweet spot it was game on wherever we stopped to fish..

Wednesday was a special day …. the wind was blowing insanely and the night before we talked and I felt that the big one was going to eat, and I felt it was going to be an early thing.. Well on the way to the ramp I was starting to regret my choice to go early, it was 30 degrees and 20+ mph wind. We left the dock and was getting wet from the wind blowing the splash off the side of the boat ( Mike had no idea how close I was to turning around and going to get breakfast and coming back later ) We went up in to a creek to where I knew it would be somewhat protected and that some big bass have been. Well in the 1st 30 mins Mike catches a 4 and a 6 and half we move down some with some luck nothing big so I fired the big motor up and motored us back up to where he caught the two bigger ones and with in mins he catches a 2lb bass then on the next cast on the same spot he hooks one that is doing whatever she wants and he is just along for the ride, few moments later that felt like hours she had him in the power poles (Power Pole Thank Your For Existing Without Them We Wouldn’t Of Been Able To Catch Fish Like We Have Especially This Month) and we still have not seen her, he worked her free from the poles then we get a boil and we now knew it was a bass and not a big trash fish, couple of seconds later we land her. I looked the fish then Mike and told him I believe sir you just got your double digit…..We weighed her and sure enough she was a double digit…. Ok now what I’m about to share with you next is the impressive part.. This bass measured 24 1/2 inches long and 19 inches in girth. this fish was almost as big around as she was long.. crazy… She weighed 11-0 lbs this is the largest bass I have ever guided anyone to or even caught myself… And what really made it all that more special / rewarding… is that when Mike 1st hired me he told me ” I don’t really care about catching a lot of fish I want to catch big ones and I’d love to catch me a double digit” it took some time to get it done , now he has had his chance each year and they’ve somehow seemed to give him the slip, one in particular was two falls ago , she was big and like to waller on top, the first time she came up you couldn’t see the bait then by the 4th time she came up you could see just one hook in her and then she was gone..

water temp 55

Clarity 3-4 feet

Moving Baits and Bottom Draggin is our go to !

Heres some pics and the release video of the big girl..

Capt. Shane Took some pics of a couple of good ones from one of his trips last week..

APRIL

There is not many days left open among myself and my guides. Not a sales pitch for one I do not like turning customers away at all, so if you know your coming then lets get it booked.

BOOKING INFO

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Oh and I was on Wheeler Lake at the end of the week and It really made me Miss Gville..

Guntersville vs Mother Nature Round 2

March 8, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville had another round of rain, high water, low water, and multiple cold fronts and surprisingly the bass still bit.. It might not of been as easy as fishing in a barrel but once we learned what they preferred we went back to catching them. Oh and we seen yet another 10 pound Bass!

Id say the Big G won…

Water Temp is holding around 55 degrees

Visibility : Clearing up pretty much from one end to the other.. At Least A Foot We Can See.

Still managing 20+ bass a day so we have dropped back on numbers a little.

They are still moving so we could see one of the best springs ever.. Ive already experienced some of the best bass fishing ever in my life in the last 4 weeks.

Check out some of the pics.

These boys came down from Michigan and caught them.. 40+ bass ..

Went from catching the fire out of them to a extremely slow down and had to adjust with the fishing pressure still managed to catch them just not as many as we became a custom too.

Capt. Shane delivered a new personal best to Chris Meyers.. 10lb wow Congrats to Both the Capt. and Client..

Yup… he caught a little of everything.. and he let his dad hold a couple for the photo app..

Beacon Supply Group treated some of their customers to a fishing trip on Guntersville.

Thank you to both Capt. Shane’s that helped..

The Nash’s always bring the cold fronts with them but still manage to put the bass in the boat.. It sure was not easy with the high gusts and chilly wind chills.. They’ll be back.. since one of them lost one that they couldn’t handle… she started swimming towards the deep water and never checked up and he couldn’t turn or slow her down… not pointing any fingers at him for getting his butt kicked…. the one on the left

She gets so excited over bass.. its like a kid on Christmas morning everyday for her.. You’ll never have to make her go … she usually is at the truck waiting on me every morning.. she wakes up ready to go…

Sat down with Lake City Alabama not to long ago to answer some questions . CLICK HERE to read it (page 12).. the magazine should be available any day now.

For Booking CLICK HERE

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

The Big Bass Are Biting On Lake Guntersville

February 27, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville is really living up to her reputation, of being One Of The Number One Bass Fisheries In The World.

The numbers of bass we are catching daily is really amazing for the spring time ( February ) on a avg day 8 hours 50-70 bass and a 4 hour is 20-30 bass and then if the wind gets blowing hard your going to have a hard time fishing and we did experience that early last week. Tony will be back after his granddaughter is born here in a few days and he will get to enjoy the Madness Of March as I like to call it.

The weather cooperated the rest of the week and we dropped the hammer on them. I was joined by longtime GBG customer Adam for two of the days. We started out with him losing a really nice bass it wasn’t totally his fault it did get acrobatic after the hook set.. then the rest was a blur as we dialed in how they wanted it and the 8 hour trip tuned into daylight til dark..

Day two with Adam …

A lot of the same but we was able to really catch them. Found a staging area and it was plum full of fish and big ones, we was able to sit there for 4 hours and steadily catch them while trying other lures.

Little background on Adam..

1st time he came fishing with me he was using spinning tackle and he still was able catch big ones then I told him if he was to come back frogging he would have to learn how to use a bait caster .. well he learned and two years later he has mastered the bait caster and now the lipless bait. oh yea he likes to go fast he drag races as his other hobby…

And Mike Davis… him and his friend Richie was at Lake Okeechobee and it wasn’t the best fishing and after a week of us just cracking them here on Gville I was able to convince him he needed to be here… so they came for the last 4 days of their vacation. I spent a couple of hours with them when they got here to get them dialed in… He even tried to catch us dinner..

Adam came along for the last time before he started the Police Academy as we looked for more fish for the upcoming BFL and Rat L Trap Open tournaments

And this happen … Another Lake Guntersville Giant. This is really the 4th one between Adam and I in less of a month. My 10-08 & 9-02 and Adam’s 9-15 click the weight to see the pic..Its been a very impressive 2018 .. I mean look I’ve been wearing shorts and working on the tan….

Fished the FLW BFL Saturday and took 16th with 18-14lbs not what I was expecting but ill take it..

Then Eric and I fished the Bill Lewis Rat L Trap Open and just about pulled it off… We took a different approach to the day. Never got in a hurry we actually never went over 40 mph all day and when we locked down on the spot where I caught a couple in the BFL we started grinding with a bite every 45 mins to an hour but they was decent fish had one 3 pounder we needed to get rid of and before that we had a 2 pounder that was culled out when Eric caught a 4 plus with 20 mins to go.. We ended up with 24.62lb with a 7.91 big bass that was only good enough for 3rd big bass but hey we will take it.

Below is a screen shot from Adam’s Facebook post after fishing two days with me.

And now the Madness Of March is upon us and the things that happen in this special time here on Guntersville are beyond magical. Nows the time to book we are booking up and this is not a sales pitch.

Water Temps have been as high as 70 and low as 55 and there is still a slight stain to the water with some more color on its way after the rain that we have had and suppose to get more tomorrow night

Lot of new grass growing all over the lake this is a great thing its been a few years since we’ve had clean bottom with short grass sprouting..

Our best bait has been a Lipless and a solid 2nd is a Square Bill

We use what I believe is the best in equipment so be sure to check out

Duckett Fishing
Sunline
Netbait
4×4
Mercury
Power Pole
Lowrance
Picasso

The logos to the right has the link to their websites so check them out.

Capt. Jim

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

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Lake Guntersville Best February To Date 2/18/18

February 18, 2018 by Capt. Jim

WOW is all I can say… Lake Guntersville is awesome.. If you like catching fish then its a great time to be on Gville . We’ve had days with 70 bass and big ones too. Im not going to go into many details for one I’m exhausted and two my hands are tore up no joke. I do want to give big thank you to Mike Gerry.. He told me about a a spot that had some good fish on. We caught a good number of fish off it and had a blast!! Thanks Mike

We are covering water and getting bites in almost every place we stop.. now the fish are still not everywhere we just know where they are holding … its almost like calling your shots.

Now these are not two different days … same day Friday 2/16/18 Johnny and Boyd From Knoxville and it was warmer in the morning then it was in the afternoon..

Details:

Water Temp:

58 in creeks

52 on the river

Water Visibility:

Most Creeks 2-4 feet

River 1-2 feet

Lipless Cranks have worked the best in the color of Red

4×4 Swim Jigs White with NetBait Little Spanky White

Square Bills in Red or Chartreuse ( rip rap ) BD Baits

Looking forward to the rest of this week.

Contact Me CLICK HERE

CAPT. JIM

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

We want to say Congratulations to Adam Bozarth on catching his personal best on Sat. 2/17/18 in the Goosepond Wildcat 9.88lbs.. We think it was from his Hat and Hoodie… what do you y’all think?

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Lake Guntersville Update May 4th

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Lake Guntersville April 9th 2018

Madness Of March Largest Bass To Date

Guntersville vs Mother Nature Round 2

The Big Bass Are Biting On Lake Guntersville

Lake Guntersville Best February To Date 2/18/18

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