Fishing Articles

As the summer moves on to the fall of the year, patterns change, fish locations change, baits change, and you must try something different to catch fish. The thing you can’t escape at least in the south in the fall is the mid-day heat, it can take your breath away, and this ...

As we progress into fall and the summer starts to cool you will find the bass more active, more willing to chase and working a crank bait around the edges of the channel, creek beds and thin grass will have the potential of loading the boat. I know for many this can be frustrating ...

As we move to more offshore summertime fishing one of the oldest most successful baits is the forever fished football jig; make no mistake about it this bait has been around for many years, but it held its own through many years of changes and use on lakes all over the country. ...

As every year summer is full of sunny days lots of heat and the bass need a place to hide. One place the bass move to hide from the sun is under boat houses! The thing about fishing boat house is confidence, most fishermen on Guntersville run by boat houses every day because ...

As a bass fisherman the chances that you can present and be confident with every lure and presentation on the market is slim. I suggest as a resolute fisherman that you take a bait that you have never used or been successful with and make that bait your new favorite bait. There ...

As we progress into October, Guntersville Lake will grow thick with heavy grass and the bass will move deeper and deeper into the grass to hide from the sun and the change in oxygen levels. One of the unique things about any lake with heavy grass cover is that the bass move ...

When it gets tough in the fall one thing you can count on to help you find active fish is change in water temperature; no doubt falling water temps in one area vs. another are good areas to fish. Being astute enough to look around the areas your fishing to find the areas of ...

When the fall bite is on, finding fish is the key to the great activity and success that we are having during the fall time of year; the key is finding the bass as they are generally stacked together in the fall and when you find them the fun has just begun! There are certainly ...

The obvious is on its way, that being some August signs that fall is coming. It is not hard to see some leaf’s dropping from the dry weather, some cool north breezes early in the day and August quickly coming to an end. When this occurs fish shallow as there are many obstacles ...

The heat of the hot summer and effect of 90 plus water temperature is taking most anglers out to the deep water looking for the fish that have gone to the cooler water temperatures. When you get on your deep spot and wonder why those fish were there one day and appeared to be ...

As we move into the heat of summer we are approaching a time of year that one of the most critical things that people do wrong, when they have trouble catching fish, is fishing to quickly when you retrieve your bait while fishing! There are many ways to work a bait and certainly ...

With all the problems we are going through with the Covid virus I thought I would give my readers an update of the fishing industry as it has affected what I consider the relative parts to the fishing industry. Let me first say the most obvious thing is the cancellations of ...

The heat of the summer can be discouraging and tough on most of todays’ fisherman; but have no fear if you can ignite a group of fish you can really have a blast in the summer. The bites can be slow in the summertime and fishing can be tough; not only is it hot but it seems ...

Many fisherman are aware that every spring the shad spawn out bringing tons of small fish for bass to feed on and it generally starts the beginning of the chasing for bass as they feed up after healing from their own spawning time. It is a big milestone in the progression of ...

With the Bass Master Classic now in our rear-view mirror, I thought I would give my view as to where Guntersville Lake is in respect to its fish ability and health. There is no doubt in my mind that Guntersville is still better than most of the bass lakes in the country; however, ...