Some Fall Fishing Tips for Lake Guntersville

With the fall weather approaching I thought I would try to get you ready for another great fall on the lake. The early fall is one of the best times on the lake you just need to figure out a pattern that will produce that bite that sometimes seems tough to find with the hot weather still a hand.

The key to finding tournament bass is baitfish, and I must tell you, the lake is full of baitfish; probably as good as any baitfish spawn I've seen in many years. This will and already is making the fish active; with the baitfish lurking all over the lake it will be time to get away from those slow moving baits and bring out some of your faster moving baits.

I d start with Punishers Flame Spinner Bait in watermelon color; their tandem gold and red willow leaf blade is already paying off. You can purchase these locally at Waterfront Tackle or Keller s Tackle; fishing it off the edges of the grass and using a stop and drop method is producing good solid tournament winning fish. Something I always do in the fall when there is this great numbers of baitfish is to start back throwing my trap or a # 5 type crank bait, you ll be surprised that this bait worked over the grass and or off the edges will pay dividends.

Certainly as every fall if you like the rat bite it should be in full swing shortly in the fall and will be a great producer of good keepers. Make sure you re rigged correctly, braided line, heavy 7 ft. 6 in. rod, elbow braces so you don t get your arm broke and have at it.

This is going to be a great fall, we may be in for the best bass fishing we ve seen this year. Use the ledges and points as starting places and you should be able to catch big numbers of bass and good solid fish.