Been wanting to make it down to guntersville for a while but just haven't made it. Anyways we have our first trip planned for the first weekend in April. We will be staying at creekstone cabins, close to the mud creek area. We live in Northeast TN, and are used to fishing deep clear water lakes, so guntersville will be quiet a change for us. From what I have read the lake is pretty shallow, especially the mud creek are. Is the lake dangerous to navigate? Are there buoys to mark the channels, etc? I have been studying my recently purchased guntersville map but I'm really not sure what to expect. I want to be as prepared as possible and really don't want to end up tearing off a lower unit or anything. Any tips, help, or advice I could get would be extremely helpfull. Also could anyone tell me the stage that we can expect the grass to be at?? I'm assuming it will still be under the surface. Thanks in advance for the help.

I suggest you read the Road Trip thread. We are all headed to G'ville the third week of April. There is a lot of good information there about the lake. One comment I would make is to say that the boat lanes are well marked and if on plane you need to stay in the lanes. You can go from thirty feet of water to six inches in a heartbeat. Been there. Done that. Scared the crap out of me.

Stay in the running lanes! i was there last week and it took me 4 hours to bend a prop and prop shaft running a "safe" area. there is stuff every where in the lake now from the storms.

ok, Thanks for the help, will definately stay in the running lanes and take it easy