Lake Guntersville Fishing Report

This is a report for the first two days of the year for us on the water. Rodney and I both have been going crazy to fish and the weather to break just a little. I fished on the 3rd in the mid lake section finding most of the better bites in open water on humps. The lake was stained after the rains with most areas near the main river channel being more stained. The lower end of the lake is a little clearer but also a few degrees cooler. Water temps between 38-42 depending on time of day and where you are fishing. I found my better bites on the humps with small strains of green grass on top of them and near points. Fish seemed to be in the 10-12 foot range and moving very sluggish. Most would just load up on the bait and not alot of fight to them at all. Jackall Squad Minnows were the ticket for me all day on the 3rd in a shad color.



On the 4th Rodney and I made the choice to split the river in half a little and he fished up and I fished the lower end. I hit areas with hard bottoms/rock with deeper water very close by. As stated before the water was a little cleaner on the lower end which made the temps a couple of degrees higher when the sun hit it all day. By the afternoon I was looking at areas with 43 degrees. I fished mainly Jackall Squad Minnows(Tenn Shad), Bling 55 Crankbait(Chrome Shad) and Flick Shake(Green Pumpkin) rigged on a Wacky Jig Head(3/32) Had a good solid day boating 16 fish for the day and best 5 going 18 and change on the Cull-M-Rite scale.



Rodney fished with a buddy on the mid to upper end of the lake fishing jerkbaits and crankbaits all day. He is saying the jerkbait was the better bite and boated more solid fish but the crankbait was good for numbers. Most of his fish came off main lake breaks near the ledges where current was moving. The boated some solid numbers and had a best 5 of around 18 pounds and change. The weather should get more stable in the next few weeks and things are starting to get fired up. I would say the next 4 weeks will play a huge part in how the fish will move for the pre-spawn and stage up. Hope everyone is having a good start to the 2011 season and looking forward to a great year. Stay safe and take care of our lakes. See you on the water