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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

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

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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!

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

Guntersville Is Looking Strong

July 19, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Since my last report Lake Guntersville has not missed a lick. I would’ve thought with this intense heat that the bass would go full blown summer time mode on us.. WRONG its been the complete opposite getting plenty of bites and some are Hawgs but all in all its been a blast.

NetBait C-Mac is still holding strong.

4X4 Swim Jig with a Lil Spanky has been a great bait to cover water and find some active bass

The BullShad has had a few days where it just blistered them.

Been fishing all 3 major types of grass Hydrilla , Milfoil . & Eel Grass each one has its own pattern and its been depending on what the lake is doing that given day.. TVA that is ..

Think with all the grass we have this year the Frog Bite will be one to remember. Keep checking back for the frog update and I’ll give my predictions on when you need to book your frog trip this year. My Die Hard Froggers have already booked their dates … They know what can go down on any given day out here..

Congratulations to Thomas McCain.. He won his 1st tournament ever and he did it solo. Think the shirt was the lucky charm..

For Booking you can call me at 256-698-6593 or email me by clicking HERE

Capt. Jim Leary

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

Lake Guntersville June 28th

June 28, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Just when we thought it was going to get hot n sticky …. Guntersville received a cool down and a lot of rain from Cindy the Tropical Storm… Water temps dropped to 78 degrees the water stained up and the bass shifted around on the ledges. So what does all this mean… Well from what I can tell is that the shad have gone a little shallower some bass have left the deep stuff the bass in the grass have moved to a different hang out.

Up till the heavy rain and current things was shaping up nicely and just like mother nature would have she threw a wrench in to the fishing… all this means is the Florida Strain Bass get finicky when things change and they tend not to act like we would like them to but they still can be caught.

Catching great numbers and good size in a 4-6 hour trip was more fun then I’m use to .. then the rain and current happen.. changed things up… and now that things are getting back to normal I am starting to find my spots are getting back to how they was before the rain.. Majority of our bass have been caught on a NetBait C-Mac worm with a Picasso 1/4 oz Tungsten Weight in 4-6 feet of water fishing grass to lay downs with a dock or two, some days we would swim the worm or drag it just had to let the bass tell you how they wanted it, we did have a small window of flipping where it was getting. the kicker bites every day we used a Tharp Jig by 4×4 BassJigs with a Paca Craw as trailer in 1/2 oz.

Then we would bounce out to some ledges and use a 4×4 LedgeHammer with T-Mac and pick up some quality bass . Some of the schools had a lot of fish in them and some just had 5 maybe 10 in them.

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Fished the ABA and Thomas filled in for Steve finished 24th with 15.57 lbs.. Thought it was going to be on since the 1st bass was close to 5lbs then it was just smaller ones after that..

Guntersville Bass Fishing Guides — These New Jersey Guys was stranded at the dock on Fathers Day so I took them fishing after my morning trip.

Had a day where both trips just wanted to catch fish and thats what we did.. we caught a bunch of fish mainly hybrids then we would move and try for a largemouth and picked a couple up doing that throughout the day.. it was fun.. The gu
ys from Las Vegas was very entertaining and Rodney n Heath talked trash and that was a good time…

Went out with a buddy and set up his graphs and showed him what different types of fish look like on his graphs and we did a little fishing too. As you can see he dropped the hammer on them..

Looking forward to July I have days open to fish with you.

Don’t forget to ask when you call about our Beat the heat in July Special.

Capt. Jim Leary

256-698-6593

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Lake Guntersville June 12th 2017

June 12, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Has the dog days of summer started? By 11 o’clock it was almost unbearable with no wind and mid 80’s we called it a day. We did manage 8 fish and lost a few more, the lack of current really made them lazy. We had to fish pretty slow but when you get it near one they popped it pretty good. ( 4×4 Bass Jigs Ledge Hammer with NetBait T-Mac)

Thomas and I fished the Sylvania Football Ram Classic out of Goosepond , we caught what we weighed in pretty early which wasn’t a whole lot of weight but it got us 3rd place. 15.30lbs

Last week was a good week with some great customers and one day was a tournament prep day which means no pics… We fished mainly deep last week and will continue to till they leave or just get to stubborn to catch. And will be checking the grass more as the heat sets in, now last year they left the grass and stayed on the ledges so who knows what they’ll do..

We did find a new school today that has not been out at all this year so maybe more are on the way.

Have days open in June 18,19,20,26,28,29,30

In July I will be offering discounted 4 hour morning and afternoon trips call me for pricing 256-698-6593

Capt. Jim

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

May 24th 2017 Ledge Fishing

May 24, 2017 by Capt. Jim

The Big Bass On The Big G Have Made The Move To The Ledges.

It took them a little to leave the grass this year , it might of been the one of the longest shad spawns I’ve ever seen or it just never got hot enough to move them out or it could of been the high current that TVA was moving through the Tennessee River. But hey its happening now.

They are not everywhere and some you can’t even see but they are there and a little harder to find , and when you do its worth all the effort in finding them.

We’ve been catching them on 4×4 Bass Jigs Ledge Hammers with NetBait Super T-Mac… 4×4 Football Jigs with NetBait Paca Slims . and a little topwater has been happening over grass on ledges.

We have ledge fishing trips available and flipping will be happening soon so don’t miss out on that bite either. Call to book 256-698-6593

The pics are in order from recent to late .. enjoy them..

No Bass Is Pictured Twice.

Capt. Jim

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Lake Guntersville April 23rd 2017

April 23, 2017 by Capt. Jim

Guntersville Bass are still moving up to spawn. And the ones that have spawned have vanished, but I’m sure they will pop up soon.. But we had a week… Things here was happening fish was on the juice and plenty of them and they was big.. But you had to fish pretty slow to get your bites and as the week went on it got tough.. mainly because Bass Cat Boats held their Owners Tournament here and they had over 270 boats attend this year, and well the pressure really shut these largemouths down. Its nothing that this old lake can’t handle she will be back in full force in no time. So heres whats happening

Water Temp 72 ish

Water Clarity 3-4 feet in most areas

Bass are spawning in 4-5 feet and guarding their fry around docks , stumps and the post spawners are not playing at the moment (post spawn funk)

Ways to catch them:

Dragging a Net Bait Lizard or Mad Paca on 3/8 oz Tungsten Weight in 4-6 feet of water on hard bottom with grass was the best for us.

Some top water action on a couple of mornings did manage some nice fish doing this.

Lipless Crank in the grass has helped get a few decent fish in the boat daily.

Been keeping the boat 10 feet or less and having a great time.

I have some dates open

April 26th

May 2nd,4th,10th,16th 11th,22nd,23rd,26th

Call 256-698-6593 or EMAIL

Pete Romain Caught his Persoanl Best with us on his 1st day of fishing Guntersville! She went 4-11lbs and caught on a NetBait Lizard in Green Pumpkin. Congrats Pete!

So we made him a one of a kind custom shirt to remind him of his Personal Best.

Come fishing on the Big G and catch your persoanl best and we will hook you up with a custom shirt of your catch..

For Booking CLICK HERE or call 256-698-6593

Capt. Jim

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

256-698-6593

Did Not Go Down As Planned On Black Friday

November 29, 2016 by Capt. Jim

I think the Black Friday Tournament has to be the tournament I look forward to every year. And was I getting pumped and on Thanksgiving day I was so excited I had a hard time sleeping. I had not see the fishing this good in awhile, I mean calling your shots type of fishing.. The kind I like and who would not like it.

Leading up to Friday we had many patterns working from flippin docks to top water. Well Friday rolled around and the 1st stop did not pay off then stop number 2 had one trying to eat my spook but he was just as excited as I he kept doing cartwheels over it needless to say he gave up.. Stop 3 gave up a limit nothing big but we had to start somewhere.. stop 4 was full of floating grass then 5, 6, 7, 8 didnt produce crazy!! So at that point we knew they changed over night and heck I wouldnt expect anything less out of these bass, so we went to where we had a giant on Thanksgiving Day and nothing so we moved in a little and Thomas jacked a nice one and backed up with another good one … so we figured we had them pegged.. well 2 hours later I lose 2 really good one ( right dont lose any on guide trips in weeks and I choke on game day) so we change up once again and move and catch one that culls and we head back to stop number 4 and I lose yet another one and it was a dandy we keep at it and I hook another one and I do get this one in the boat but at the same time Thomas is hooked up as we so it was a happy time but mine was the only bass so few mins later He hooks up again and this time its a solid bass and she come unbutton inches from the net.. So if your counting thats 5 solid fish (counting the spook fish) not gonna say what the weight of them because I didnt get to touch them but its fishing so we rolled up with an hour to fish on a spot that just looked like they should be there and no luck. It was time to head in and I was very upset with myself for fishing so sloppy we cant win them all but man when you had the bites to do well and cant get them in the boat it really hurts.. We took 5th with 14.74 lbs we had 2 in that bag that was 1-14lbs dinks but hey learned a lot. And one thing it seems the lake is a month behind on the fishing so its looking like things will be good thru December , we have most days open in December if you want to catch some really nice bass out here..

We have gift certificates for Christmas

Capt. Jim

256-698-6593

www.guntersvillebassguides.com

My morning commute is so amazing each and everyday! Im very blessed to get to do what I love for a living and thank you to all of my customers!

Thanksgiving Bassin

November 20, 2016 by Capt. Jim

Gobble Gobble

Thanksgiving is this week and the big bass are trying to get fatter!

Before we get to the details :

I have 10 Gift Certificates for sale this year

When you purchase a GC you will receive a Guntersville Bass Guides Long Sleeve T Shirt a GBG Decal (for boat , truck or whatever) click this link and scroll down to the GC section http://www.guntersvillebassguides.com/guntersville-trip/

With the supermoon throwing a curveball at us we just had to change up just a little, scaled down to a Big Thump worm on a 3/8oz Picasso Tungsten weight worked on grass lines in 6-8 foot of water and still a walk the dog style bait for top water explosions that we catch you off guard, you’ll want to focused on the same grass lines as well. We are having a great fall with big bass and big smiles if you want to put up with a little chilly weather and catch some bass give me call 256-698-6593

Capt.Jim

256-698-6593

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