Fished the big bass splash this weekend (both days).  Yesterday (3/20) was a beautiful day to fish, but we did not do any good; only boating 3 fish, with our biggest a 4.8, which was caught at 11 a.m. and everytime we cut the radio on, it never was in the top eight places (or even 10 places on the odd hours).

Today (3/21) was a different story, the weather was rain and wind, but the fishing was on fire. My friend whose boat we were fishing out of had the best day he ever had on Guntersville.  He was able to weigh in and get his entry fee back, expenses for the boat/truck, and some extra cash (so the tourney only cost me my entry fee). 

Sealy Outdoors cut the checks at 2:45 p.m. and had the drawings for a boat, day on the lake with Gerald Swindle, and a stealth ATV.  It was raining so hard, that my friend after getting his checks turns to me and says "lets go."  He turns to walk to the truck, turns around and says "with the day I had fishing today, I bet we win something"  and sure enough we won a door prize.

So my first time on Guntersville, I get two days of fishing and a good story to go along with a tournament that had 1,101 participants.

1100 participants or 1100 boats?

I bet there wasn't an empty ramp parking lot on the entire lake.

1,101 participants,  I believe there were approximately 500 boats because you could have up to 3 people in one boat.

That is a crazy tourny, 500 boats?

It was pretty packed on Saturday, Sunday was a bit less crowded due to the wind and rain. 

My friend and I are also going to be fishing the Big Bass tournament out of J.P. Coleman State Park (Pickwick Lake) this weekend, I believe the last total I heard was only 55 boats, but more to register on Saturday morning.