Guntersville Fishing Last Week of July

This has been one of the best years I have seen on Lake Guntersville in a long time and even the slower days have been very productive. The "schooling" fish are up on top and feeding like it's the fall. I have had a mixed bag of clients in the last few trips with some wanting size and some looking for numbers and both have left the docks happy. The numbers bite has been doing well on several baits like the Jackall MC60SR, Mikey Jr., Mask Frog and Lake Fork Live Magic Shad. I did notice the better fish in the schools have come off the Jackall Dagored and Bowstick but fewer bites. Most of the bigger schools have been found on main grass lines all over the lake but the biggest areas of fish and most consistant bites from areas in the mid-lake area.

The deep bite has been hit and miss but when it's on it's been ON! One thing I noticed that made a huge impact on the deeper bite was the sun. We fished one area in more than 25 feet of water with no bites in an hour the returned when the sun had been up for two hours and hit one big fish after another fishing the same baits as we did before the sun hit it. The main reason I did this was to show the client first hand that, just because they don't bite at one time doesn't mean they have moved but that deeper fish tend to need a certian weather patterns to trigger bites and feeding at certian times of the year. To be honest it's not hard to find out these things or the things it takes to make an area productive. Just simply pay notice the conditions when you get on a good area and fish there when conditions change. This does take alot of time on the water but once you can find the conditions that tend to "fire" fish up in an area then move to another area like it and check those well. You will find that there are special times you can load the boat and when the weather is not on your side for that area don't bother going to it. Spend time on an area you have found the bite to be strong for that weather. This is why it is VERY important to keep logs of every fishing trip(good and bad).

I will be doing a blog later this week talking about what I have found to be important in keeping logs and why those things have helped me in being able to just hit areas that the most productive for that pattern and save alot of time on running and spend more time fishing. Be sure before you head out you can check the weather on any lake in the state at www.waaytobetterfishing.com or also look on that site for on-water updates from my Twitter account (Fins_N_Grins)while my clients and I are out looking for that trophy Guntersville "toad". Be safe and see you on the water!

God Bless
Phil.4:13