Every year as we move to the late winter early pre-spawn bass will move up and down; one day you will find them in 4 feet of water or less the next they will be gone. I know this is frustrating, because I feel it myself, you think you have got the pattern mastered then you can’t ...

As the bass start to move shallow toward spring a presentation that catches big fish that many forget about is swimming a jig while everyone else is pulling fast moving baits like rattle baits and spinner baits. I contend if you want to win a tournament there is no better big ...

Every year I try to keep up with patterns and baits that worked in the past by keeping a log on a excel spread sheet where I have it set up so I can sort by day, month, or bait and even areas of the lake. I can tell if I was fishing humps or boat houses or even ditches and road ...

While Guntersville is so well known for its large-mouth bass fishing, the striper fishing might be a big secret for most people that fish the lake. Over the last few years as I have turned to the deeper bite on Guntersville with the on-set of the Alabama-rig; I have discovered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...