Lake Guntersville Bass Fishing Reports

[Mike]

Thats a perfect eatin size cat Couch Tator, I bet it put up a good fight. Hopefully the bass will turn back on for you soon

[Eric C]

If the grass ever gets going good, so will the fish...     Until then i guess ill catch cats on 'blades  :D

[Eric C]

  This is a report for 5-21-05...

Put in around 8:30a.m  fished till 12:30 and caught 3 small ones just under measuring...  A junebug Zoom lizard, t-rigged, weighted and weightless brought them to the boat.

Went back around 5:30p.m  and fished till nearly dark.  Ended up with 2 fish and several missed strikes on a Bass Assassian Fluke.  I think the fish are still spawning, some are guarding...  This has been a wierd season so far.  I had fish moving the lures around, but not striking them. 

Water temps were in the lower 70's to mid  70's, stained with about 2 ft clarity.

Tater

[Todd phillips]

 Whats up eric? Just surfing the web and seen your picture holding a big bass. Give me a hollar I am on some good ones at around the county park.  
         Phillips.

[Eric C]

6-4-05

 Today i put in at 5:30 this morning and fished till 2:00p.m.  Went down to Scottsboro and put in down there.  Its about 20 miles or so from where i live, but its worth the drive...

Fished an area that i fished last year, fished for 2 hours in a spot that i had been wanting to fish.  1-3 ft. full o' grass n slop...  All that resided there was carp and gar.  So decided to move to a backwater area.  Found my uncle and he was fishing a grass flat.  I trolled over to were he was and he missed a big fish...  Would have went 9lbs easy, but it got off right at the boat. 

I ended up throwing a chartruse S/B with tandem Colorado blades.  Caught 2 dinks and nuthing else.  So moved around, neighbor has been askin' me to catch a mess of bream for him. The grass is too thick in this area for that!  Went back to the grass flat at about 10:30 or so.  It had been very foggy, but the sun was trying to come out.  I started throwing a Mann's Baby 1 Minus in Grey Ghost...  I like this crank because you can run it over the grass and draw them out.  (For now that it, in a month that will be a thing of the past, RAT TIME THEN!!!).  Ended up catching 2 more dinks on the 1 -, and 2 small Stripe.

Went on around the flat and started throwing the S/B again, the sun was out in full force then.  Casted out and i thought i was hung in the slop, i was hung alright...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/CouchTater/Fishing%20Pictures/12002.jpg

There must have been a tourney going on somewhere around the area, most boats i have ever seen in this area.  I had 6 boats around me when i caught this one... Almost in my pocket even.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/CouchTater/Fishing%20Pictures/12005.jpg

Water Clarity was slightly stained with a lil over a foot of visiblity,  Water Temps ranged from lower to mid 70's.

All this cooler weather we have been having has spoiled me.  I got hot today...  I dread next month.

Tater

[Mike]

Thanks for the great report and the pics

[Eric C]

 Hit the big G yet again this morning around 6:00am  Met up with my dad and we fished together till around 2:00p.m  First fish came off my "rainbow" trout spinnerbait.  A 3 pounder out of the G-Ville Grass was on the end of my Trilene.

 We met up with my uncle some time later and he showed us a fish he caught earlier in the morning.  It would go 5 1/2-6lbs easy.  About 30 mins. after that, my dad caught another hawg. This one was a tad bigger than my uncle's fish.  I ended the day with 4 fish.  Best one was the 3 pounder, Dad out fished me, but I was just happy to have him in the boat with me.   

 The water was a mix of muddy and clear...    Around the grass flats, the water was clear, but closer to the channels it got muddier.  Water temps. Avg. between upper 70's to a little over 80.

 Fishing was tough today.  The bite was there, if you like numbers, but we worked hard for the fish we caught today.  This certain area holds some big fish...

This is the best fish I had today...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/CouchTater/Fishing%20Pictures/6-18-05001.jpg

This is my Dad with his biggest of the day...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/CouchTater/Fishing%20Pictures/6-18-05004.jpg

Here is my uncle and his best of the day...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/CouchTater/Fishing%20Pictures/6-18-05003.jpg


Tater

[Eric C]

 6-25-05

 Had to baby sit today... (good thing :D it was too  to pull an all day trip, so me and a buddy of mine headed out about 5:30 this eve.  Went to the closeset launch so we could get right to fishin'.  By next week, the frog and rat bite should be gettin' close.  The grass is almost there, but not matted yet...

 Fished the edges and holes, had a decent fish get loose right at the boat, not the greatest hook set on my part.    The gar were really active this eve. chasing baitfish allover the place.

 I ended up catching a small 10 in. bass off a pop'r.  Buddy caught one about the same size on a small round jig head with a orange and yellow 2 in grub...

 Went on down to fish around a small island that is usually productive.  I missed 3 fish ( don't know what was wrong with me this eve.    )  on my Bass Assassian fluke.   
 
 Fished the backside of the island and my buddy kept casting that small jig when I told him he was hung on a tree limb...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/CouchTater/Fishing%20Pictures/P1010002.jpg

Yup, about a 5, 5-1/2 lb limb...    He was excited, it was his biggest fish caught out of the river to date.  He is a good fisherman, but he gets discouraged easy.  Now he can't wait to go back. 

 On the way home, He really let me have it.  He kept saying, you usually catch fish this size and I catch the small ones.  I told him that he had the lure that fish wanted, not me and that I was proud he caught it.

Tater

Water temps were in the lower 80's
water had a slight stain and all fish were caught in 3-4ft of water...

[Lipripper]

[Lipripper]

Nice looking fish there in your picture Tater and your right the fish like his lure better that day  Hope you don't mind but eye just had to finish it for ya so eye could see what it looked like 

[bocraw]

Couchtater, I was posting a report for Lay Lake and noticed your reports.  Nice job.  I am glad to see ultimatebass.com has a regular contributer to the Alabama reports section. 

I am planning to fish Guntersville in the spring.  I was going to go in March, but with the UBCS being held then, we will probably be there in February or April.  I'm sure I'll be touching base with you as that time of year gets closer. 

Again, nice job on the reports.  It looks like you regularly catch trophy sized fish.  Not many people can say that.

[Eric C]

Thank you for posting your reports, keep 'em coming!!!  Just let me know when you are going to be in the area, hopefully we can wet a line. 

Tater

[Coonhound]

How's the fishin', Tater?

My parents are headed down on Wednesday morning, and me and the woman are coming down Thursday evening or Friday morning.

I hope they're fat and in the grass!

[Eric C]

Coonhound, I wouldn't know...  I haven't been on the G in so long I can't remember when I went. 

Well, from what I have heard, the grass is starting to break up and the fishing is still good.

Good luck and let me know when yall get in town, we will have to wet a line!

Tater

[Lipripper]

Tater you need to go  and eye see that you had a good game to watch  to bad the receiver broke his leg 

[Eric C]

 Yea it was a terrible injury, but on the flip-side...  I MIGHT get to go fishing this afternoon on the big G!!!!  But I have to go get some Arrows made first...

Lasted thing I have heard about the G is that the hot spots are still hot, but the grass mat is either dying off or clumping up and breaking apart.

The temps are wild for the first week of October.  Im going to bring my boat to work tomorrow and definately go after work Tue.   This Logistic company that I am dealing with, the supplier is being a  .   I need to go fishing!!!

Tater

[Coonhound]

Let us know how you do!

I'd give you my cell number, but my cell reception sucks down there. I can only get a signal on the water.

We've got an older model Procraft in silver and blue, and my parents have a newer Triton in silver and blue. Look for us around where South Sauty hits the main lake. We'll be fishing those islands all weekend!

[Coonhound]

Man what a tough trip!  While we were at Guntersville the 7th through the 10th, the temp dropped 15 degrees, the water temp dropped four or five degrees, the water level rose about a foot, and the wind blew out of the north and was COLD!

I think we did pretty well all things considered. Some of the locals and my parents, who make their fall trip at this time every year, consider this some of the best fishing of the year. The manager of the store and restaurant next to where we stay, Dwight, fished a tournament on Saturday and won it with about ten pounds, but he said even some of the locals weren't doing well. I think we would have faired well with what we caught.

The best producers for us were 10" Green Pumpkin Powerworms and Sammy jerkbait from Lucky Craft. We also did well on Buzzfrogs, buzzbaits, Pop'n Images, and i even caught my first two fish on my controversial 3.5" Charlie swimbait.

See the pics in my album HERE.

In additional news, i proposed to my long-time girlfriend Sarah while we were fishing.

On Saturday morning she caught about a three pound fish and i landed it for her. I turned around to take the worm out of it's mouth and slipped the ring box in. I handed her the fish and she saw the box and asked "What the heck is that!?"  She opened it and freaked out, crying and whatnot. I got down on a knee and asked, and the rest is, as they say, history.  I'm being deployed at the end of the month, so we're looking at a date in 2007, when i get home.

I caught her totally off guard and made the trip for her. She didn't care if she caught another fish.  She thought it was perfect since fishing is so important to us and such a huge part of everything we do together. 

[Eric C]

Thanks for the report!!!  Congrats on the engagement...

 I failed in my ability to hit the water this weekend...    Oh well, looks like you had a few bites anyway. 

Few questions...

Did you stay in the south sauty area?

That first pic, I believe I know where that is...

looks like you had a blast, come back next spring, I'll show you some "hunny" holes and I guarantee a great time and possibly a big fish.

Tater

[Coonhound]

Thanks. 

It looks like, due to military obligations, that i probably won't be back down there for a year or so.

We stayed in South Sauty the whole time, with the exception of going out to the islands on the river bank just to the south of South Sauty. Up in South Sauty, we fished both Sauty Creek and Yellow Creek and did well in both areas. That first pic is looking south from Sauty Creek towards Yellow Creek.

We also did well on the docks on the north bank outside the Causeway that crosses South Sauty.