Fishing Lake Guntersville

Here you will find tips for Bass fishing Lake Guntersville. I have gone into great detail to help you the best I can.

Updated 2/19/2021 Still true >> Bass are on Swimbaits and lipless pretty good,				Effectiveness Rating >>>>>>>>	P o o r	G o o d	E x c e l l e n t
Lures To Try	Most Recent Colors and Sizes	Tricks	Depth	Notes	P o o r	G o o d	E x c e l l e n t	Over all Best place to try!
Crankbaits	Shad Colors Mostly, Blue orange and chartreuse backs	Light line. Fish as slow as you can once bait reaches bottom or cover. 10 - 12lbs. line	8-14	Fishing small to medium crankbaits over hydrilla beds. If you just fish it slow and stop retrieving when you feel the hydrilla you can avoid hanging the grass.	-	-	-	Points where bait fish are present.
Spinnerbaits	Big thumpers in mostly gold and Chartreuse/white and all white during low light conditions.	Slow Retrieve. Tip that grass now!	4-16	Fish over grass off into open water. Find isolated hydrilla clumps and fish around them as if the were stumps	-	-		Deeper grass on points and ledges. Look for shad following your bait.
Carolina Rig	Black, June Bug and Pumpkin.	On hot days this simply works.	10-17 Super shallow now too.	Best way in the world to catch bass of all sizes here, year round.	-	-		Primary points and drops leading into pockets, coves and creeks. Irregular features along old river channel.
Lipless	Gold, Chrome and Chartreuse Oh and did I mention white. 1/4 - 3/4 oz.	Good Hooks, tender sweeping hook sets.	6-8	Ok, if you are reading this you are looking for ways to catch fish. This may be the best way to do it in winter and spring.	-	-	-	Anywhere water is 12 foot or less. Over grass edges.
Jerkbaits / SwimBaits	White or Shad Colors	Light line and good hooks. Long pauses.	2-12	Make sure lure is running within 3 feet of the bottom or the grass.	-	-		Anywhere water is 10 foot or less. Or over clear deep water.
Jigs	Black/Black or Brown and maybe some red mixed in. 3/8 or 1/2 oz. Need Pumpkin and green pumpkin now too.	Flipping dock and grass lines.	6-18	Get out the map and look for places where wood cove will likely be found, anywhere from 7 - 25 feet deep.	-	-	-	Main lake points and any cover you find. My advise with a jig is to keep one tied on and try it every where you fish.
Texas Rigs	Tie up a worm or lizard on lighter line and weight. Say 1/8-5/16 oz.	Set hook twice with short bursts.	10-14	Work over grass pausing often. Big fish like it slow. You must use these baits before eliminating any area.	-	-		Whole darn lake.
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BuzzBaits	Great during lower light, use chartreuse for sunny attempts. And Black any time they seem to miss other colors	-	17-25	Anywhere grass is seen but yet you can get the bait through.	-	-	-	-
Poppers	Greatest top water bait there is try it here much and you will see.	Feel the fish then set the hook.	12-17	Really will be good till frost.	-	-	-	-
Spooks ? Stickbaits	Not as good, as often, but will bring bigger and more determined fish.	-	-	-	-	-		-

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