Fishing Lake Guntersville

	On this map sample, I am showing places where productive boathouses are found. Boathouses are very good starting points for fishing Texas worms and lizards. I do not just look for deep water houses, as some fishing tips may suggest. While the deeper houses are great places, they tend to hold numbers of the smaller fish. I do not believe bigger fish find the ambushing hideouts they seek in such a large water column. I target the boathouses found in 2 – 6 feet most of the time and may pay little attention to where the deep water is in reference to the target houses. If they are the right depths, the bass will be there too.
	Laydowns hold bass year round. And again, I do not want the deepest trees during the warmer months. Give me a laydown in 3 – 5 feet and I will show you a Texas rig bass. This map is showing banks where the water is right for trying to find productive trees as well as stumps. Notice how the contour lines suggest there may be less shallow water so there will be less grass, making the other cover more important to the bass. Less grass means the bass must relate to the other types of cover.
	Last but not least, I am going to mention swimming a worm. I like to use big baits such as 6 – 10 inch and do like brighter colors for this technique. Colors like red bug, chartreuse and sand are some of my favorites. I use 14 – 17 pound line and ¼ oz weights most of the time. Most people swim worms with a smaller weight. I like swimming a little faster and with heavier line than most. I do this most of the time over large grass flats. See the map below. I make very long cast and allow the bait to sink as I wind. I want to feel the grass during the entire cast but not hang it. Swimming a worm is really a productive and easy way to fish.

	Fishing Lake Guntersville

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