I will be at lake guntersville apr 1-8 and will of course be bass fishing but i also really enjoy catfishing. anyone have any tips or spots for catfish? also are trout lines and jugs legal? thanks
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I will be at lake guntersville apr 1-8 and will of course be bass fishing but i also really enjoy catfishing. anyone have any tips or spots for catfish? also are trout lines and jugs legal? thanks
Going 1st as well where you coming from?
central illinois. group of 10, we go somewhere every year but this is our 1st time going to big g. how bout you?
The first 5 or 6 miles below Guntersville Dam on Wheeler Lake has some great catfishing. The former world record blue catfish came from Wheeler and I suspect the new record is swimming in there now. Jugs are very effective there and perfectly legal. I caught several hundred pounds of catfish there last year using jugs in a couple of weeks. Every day I fished for them I completely filled my livewell with catfish in under 4 hours.
>The first 5 or 6 miles
>below Guntersville Dam on Wheeler
>Lake has some great catfishing.
>The former world record blue
>catfish came from Wheeler and
>I suspect the new record
>is swimming in there now.
>Jugs are very effective there
>and perfectly legal. I caught
>several hundred pounds of catfish
>there last year using jugs
>in a couple of weeks.
>Every day I fished for
>them I completely filled my
>livewell with catfish in under
>4 hours.
>>The first 5 or 6 miles
>>below Guntersville Dam on Wheeler
>>Lake has some great catfishing.
>>The former world record blue
>>catfish came from Wheeler and
>>I suspect the new record
>>is swimming in there now.
>>Jugs are very effective there
>>and perfectly legal. I caught
>>several hundred pounds of catfish
>>there last year using jugs
>>in a couple of weeks.
>>Every day I fished for
>>them I completely filled my
>>livewell with catfish in under
>>4 hours.
oops dont know what happened there. thanks shad lips thats what i needed to know. do i have to trailer my boat to go from big g to wheeler or can i drive my boat from one to the other? thanks again.
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-27-06 AT 07:23PM (EST)[/font][p]It might be quicker to trailer the boat to the boat ramp just below the dam, but you can lock through if you'd like. Just remember that commercial traffic has the right of way, so you might have to wait a while to lock through. A cast net will get you plenty of shad in the tailraces below the dam. Cut bait always works best for me when catfishing.