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any help on this lake would be appreciated,,,,i live in harvest and been about 8 weekends in a row it seems im not only one not catching fish ,,,,is their anywhere that u can get away from folks and still catch a few ?

any help on this lake would be appreciated,,,,i live in harvest and been about 8 weekends in a row it seems im not only one not catching fish ,,,,is their anywhere that u can get away from folks and still catch a few ?

You have a few options right about now on Guntersville.

You can fish the grass mats with frogs or flipping/pitching. The strange weather we've had this year has had the grass growth behind all season but its finally topped out and started scumming over. Your best bets are going to be using something like a Spro over the top of the grass, or getting 1 1/2 + ounch weights and a creature bait and punching through the mats to the fish underneath.

You can fish the slightly deeper grass with a combination of topwater baits and big worms. You should look for grass in 5-10 ft of water. If you are fishing early, start with topwater. If you don't get any hits, try slowly swimming th big worm through the grass. You can even try a swim bait like this.

There is still alot of fish being caught on main channel ledges and humps using deep diving crankbaits or bouncing a big worm or jig down the ledge. The thing to look for are ledges with shell beds around 20-30 ft. The bass really like the shell beds.

In the past week the temps have dropped and some fish have moved back into the coves. I caught a 5lb way back in a shallow cove yesterday. That surprised me a bit.

The fish are still schooling. These are usually smaller fish, but sometimes a 3-5 can be found in the area. What they lack in size, they make up with in numbers. I took my daughter out one day and we caught 94 in 4 hours. They aren't always that worked up, but you can still catch a lot in a short amount of time. You have to keep your eyes open for them schooling up and attacking the shad on the top. They seem to do this the most late in the day, atleast I've seen it a lot more in the late afternoon.

The key to finding fish on Guntersville is grass. If you aren't fishing grass, you aren't catching bass (with the exception of shell beds on ledges). Almost everything about bass fishing on lake guntersville revolves around the grass. Forget your standard shore fishing, that won't work this time of year. Get out on the grass flats that are on the edges of the main channel of the river that cuts through the middle of hte lake.

If you want some specific areas to go, send me a PM. I will tell you that the Mink Creek area has been really hot lately as well as up around Goosepond.

Hello everyone. First post here. Just browsing the net and came across this. Thought I'd chime in although it might not help someone fishing tourneys but I've caught some nice bass around goosepond late evening on into the night. Mainly around docks in the shallows ;)

Around waterfront grocery is usually productive too. Dont know much about the deeper areas cause I dont own a boat  :'(

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