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Guntersville 8.6.18 🐸

August 6, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Its starting to look like things are lining up.. Lake Guntersville is getting herself back together after a slow down a couple weeks ago.. Still a lot of moving going on as the bass are trying to figure out what they want.. But one thing is for sure the big ones are still there and mixed in with the elementary size bass.

Grass… Yes the grass is starting to develop in to mats in select areas and has given us some great action… And this heat is bad but it will make fishing the mats even better as it cooks the top layer and gets all cheesy ..

Water Temp : 86

Clarity is 3 feet

Heres a few pics:::

Eric and I went out for a couple of hours to try to figure out the big bite and it seems we got a start on it.. with them being within 10-15 yards from where I’ve been guiding just hunkered down a little more then we have been fishing…

We have had a fun week out here, looking forward to the transition into fall and see what is in store for us…

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FROGGIN TRIPS ARE NOW OPEN.

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

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

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

1st Outing 2018 Lake Guntersville & Shad Kill

January 13, 2018 by Capt. Jim

Lake Guntersville was a fun place to be this week after the ice off, the largemouth was fired up and hungry and you didn’t have to guess if you had a bite or not you just about lost your rod if you didn’t have tight grip on it. Fished two and half days and caught some really nice bass.

One of the 1st things I noticed was that the shad have left the area where I had been seeing them the most and they was really no where to be found, this is good means its cold enough to kill some and group them up in deeper water… and thats just where I found them and I found plenty of hungry bass with them. And just because they are hungry didn’t mean they was feeding like crazy but they would eat in short periods you might catch 3-4 then have nothing for awhile, so after picking up on that I started looking for more pods of these fish so I can rotate them out and keep catching… and it worked like it should.. The next couple days they changed and left some of the areas and moved into grass and scattered and you really had to cover water to get your bites but once again you’d get a few and most of the time if one was a 5 the rest was just like her but if it was a 3 they was around the same size, thats a great sign in my eyes means the big fish are setting up shop and owning an area.

Water Temp : well its cold 1st day 37 2nd day 40 3rd day 45 degrees

Water Clarity : Very clear for most of the lake with some stained areas

Grass : Still Plenty of it, did notice where the ice was that grass is going away.

This Cold Snap : I hope to see more shad die off and grass dissipate to where we just have some clumps here and there.

Just keeping the fishing simple. 1/2 oz jigging spoon for the deep bass then the grass bass Boyd Duckett BDJ Jerkbait 115 In Bloody Tennessee Shad.

And for my guest K he brought his own baits and the fishing world isn’t ready for them just yet.

Its almost about time for the season to get cranked up and dates are filling up daily and my openings are getting slim.

For every angler that fishing with me this year they will receive a Custom Guntersville Bass Guides 2018 Lake Guntersville Shirt. ( Pics Coming Soon )

Capt. Jim

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

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!

Moe with a chunk.

Booking the frog dates already my October is filling up and some September dates are still open and August has some openings.

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Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

July 27th The Heat Is Real & So Is The Fishing

July 27, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Wow it’s hot out there and the fishing is really good as well.

Lake Guntersville is really fishing well the best I’ve seen in awhile.

Discovered a new area and we caught them so fast we decided it would be a good opportunity to get a pic together like old times. And just yesterday took Tim fishing doing something totally different from the last month or so and we had a great day and we fished 9 hours in the heat and it just flew by, we caught fish all day and we was doing something that I just absolutely love doing.

I’ve been able to go from ledge fishing to grass fishing and catch them doing this. Some days the deep bite isn’t jiving and the grass is or vise versa.

When we go grass fishing it’s still a great worm bite, now the C-Mac is till producing but we’ve scaled down a little to a Big Thump and it’s like they haven’t seen one before and it comes through the grass real easy.. Keeping with a 3/8oz Picasso Tungsten. 8 foot seems to be the sweet spot .

Now when we go out deep we use Lowrance Structure Scan to locate them then I can determine if they are in a feeding mood or not. We’ve been starting with a 4×4 Football Jig in Green Pumpkin with a NetBait Baby Paca Craw and if that’s not it then it’s a big C-Mac 15 inch on 1/2 oz Tungsten.

This bass was pictured twice.. its in his right hand in the pic with him and his grandmother. I wanted to share this pic the bass is toad and he caught her when it was tuff but that was the bite that ignited the school we proceeded to catch them for 15 mins straight. ( and yes they all swam away like always)

Chloe wanted to fish Lake Guntersville for her 17th Birthday..

If you can handle the HEAT then your going to catch em.

So Tim and I went and threw us a frog around and we caught em . So it’s never to early to try one. I can’t wait to get out there and throw it some more it’s a blast….. Wanna go froggin? Let’s go , give me a call.

Did you notice the shirt I was wearing? You can get yours by clicking http://www.guntersvillebassguides.com/gbg-store/ and see the other new designs

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Guntersville 8.6.18 🐸

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