2012 Articles

There is probably no condition on the lake that causes more heart burn when it comes to catching bass than the presence of winds from 15 mph and up especially if it is out of the south west on Guntersville. It just devastates and tears down most fishermen’s confidence. The key ...

The mouth of Hickman Creek in Jessamine County is one of central Kentucky's most historic places. The waters of the creek pushed rock into the Kentucky River here for millennia. This created a natural shallow fording spot passable by foot or wagon for much of the year before ...

After so many years in a row of tough fall fishing, I have to ask what is going on that has slowed the bite so drastically over this period on Lake Guntersville. My conclusion comes down to a series of disturbing events that make me wonder how we can affect the change that has ...

Asian Carp have invaded many of our rivers, but they can be found at the dinner table too. Spices II, a well known Szechuan Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown area, serves Asian (Silver) Carp in many of their dishes.

I assumed Fried Fish With Explosive ...

If I could give an angler a tip in the fall of the year it would be the grass points and the backside of the channel. These two areas seem to hold fish as we progress into the fall of the year. Combine the two of them; find a point of grass on the backside of the channel and ...

As we get further into the fall and the bass move more into their traditional patterns, I thought I would give you some clues for establishing a September pattern that can catch fish. One of the most important things to look for in September is finding the shad; nothing produces ...

As I look back over my data that I have kept of the last almost 22 years of fishing now the back side of the lake off the channel has always offered the best all around fishing in the fall. My feeling is that the bass as they migrate to the creeks and coves first stop in the ...

Before the construction of modern highway bridges, people relied on ferries to cross the Kentucky River. Ferries drove robust businesses and anchored communities near the river. Now, those communities and the ferries that were their lifeblood lay discarded in the dustbin of ...

n the 1870s, fishery scientists began to consider stocking exotic fish species into U.S. waters to compensate for the loss of native species.

The brown trout (Salmo trutta), a native of Europe, is arguably the biggest success story, having been first introduced into the Baldwin River in Michigan in 1884.Today, brown trout are thriving throughout North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
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Over the years that I have been fishing Guntersville I have found that frog fishing combined with the right set of circumstances can catch fish 12 months a year. I used to believe that we had a window of opportunity all set up around the grass growth, but have since realized ...

One of the great things about fishing in the fall is the variety of patterns you can use to catch fish. There are so many different techniques that work in the fall that you can choose your pattern and most times have some very successful days. The key is making some basic observations ...

One of the conditions we see on a regular basis in the fall is clear water, the reason being is generally we do not see a lot of rain and the thickness of the hydrilla causes the water to clear as it acts as a filter and clears the water. The hydrilla cleans the water very quickly ...

This time of year, with acres of grass showing throughout the lake there are several ways to find big fish; one of them is flipping or pitching Tight-line Jigs in the heavy grass along the grass beds. The key is finding productive grass, and with the lake covered in milfoil ...

As we get into the summer and the bite continues to get tougher and tougher and old time bait comes to mind that I have had great success on when it’s tough! That being what we called for many years a ring-worm, it is a 4 to 5 inch worm with rings around it and a little tail ...

Every year as we move into the month of August on Guntersville the frog bite moves front and center and people from all over the country come to experience what we take for granite. The explosion of a big largemouth bass blowing through the matted grass is like no other fishing ...