Deep cranking time
As the fishing pressure mounts on Guntersville with more and more anglers on the lake, the bass will try to make some moves to the deep water until the grass thickens on the lake.
Keys to the shad spawn
There is no time of year that is more fun than the season that has become known as the shad spawn; it’s a Spring occurrence that I personally look forward to. The bass are as active as you will find them at any time of the year. They’re healed up from their spawn, and they are chasing and extremely aggressive; however, there are some important keys to being successful during the shad spawn.
The many advantages of a wacky rig
As fishing has progressed over the years, one technique that has pulled ahead of the pack is fishing with a wacky rig. It’s become a presentation that is overcoming the highly-pressured lakes we are seeing today.
Find the bluegill beds
Ideally, bluegill beds make for great summertime bass locations as most people fail to realize that bluegill spawn four or more times per year, and their beds make for great areas, in the heat of the summer, to find active bass.
Try something unorthodox
As Spring moves on to the summertime of the year, some things change, and some don’t. The one big similarity of Spring to Summer is the all-day heat leaving the water temperature to soar and oxygen to deplete in the water. This factor alone makes summer fishing extremely tough, and trying to overcome this and put together a pattern that catches fish can be really tough, but doing something different can sometimes be a key to success.