I am headed down to Guntersville for Friday and Saturday to fish Guntersville for the first time.  I have never been on the water and neither has my friend that is going with me.  We plan on staying in the area of Mink Creek because I have a small 30hp Jon Boat.

What are some things that would help us have some fun?

What pattern are the fish in at this time in this part of the lake?

Thanks for all the advice.  I can't even sleep cause I am so anxious.

Sorry I don't know much about the Mink Creek area. I just recently returned from a 5 day fishing trip from Lake Guntersville last week. I'll give what info I learned. I fished primarily around Lake Guntersville State Park, Goose Pond, and South Sauty. We fished approximately 5-8ft of water with hydrilla. Basically you will see it floating and get a strong reading from the fish finder (5' in the morning and fished a little deeper as the sun peaked then moved back to shallower water in the evenings). We caught the majority of our fish off of a Yum Dinger 6" in watermelon or watermelon with red flake. Carolina rigged with about a 15" leader, cast it out and let it sit for a few seconds. Raise the rod tip, reel it a couple times and let it drop to the bottom and wait a few seconds. I had the best results with that retrieve. I also was catching fish off of a Spook Jr. I'd walk it a few feet and let it sit for a couple seconds. I'm not sure if the fishing has changed since last week but I hope this helps. The talk was the spinnerbait bite was starting to pick up before we left. Also, a guy that runs the campground said people were doing GREAT off of live minnows. I didn't get a chance to try minnows because he told us as we were leaving. He said guys have been catching a lot of big ones off live minnows. Best of luck to you. Hope this helped. By the way, don't forget to try the Spook Jr.

Thanks for the info.  I always have a spook jr tied on to try.  I will let you how I do.

Thanks

How did it go buddy?

I did not get to go.  My fishing partner had a heart attack Friday morning. 

Thanks for the help though.  We are going to go down there in July or so.