11 Pound Guntersville Bass

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Jeff Nail’s Lake Lanier Bass Fishing Report

Lake Hartwell Fishing Report from Captain Mack

 

Lake Lanier Fishing Report from Captain Mack

Lake Guntersville Weekly Fishing Report from Captain Mike Gerry

Lake Country Fishing – fishing reports on Lakes Sinclair and Oconee, and more. (subscription required)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Weekly Freshwater Fishing Reports

Texas Parks and Wildlife Weekly Saltwater Reports

Fishing Report 9/14/24

It was another great week on Guntersville. The bass are on the move, we are deep into the
second spawn of the year, and we are catching good size and numbers. This is by far the
biggest second spawn I have seen on Guntersville in many years, I believe the weather is just
perfect for it and we are seeing many bloody tails in most fish we are catching with any size.

Baits are similar to the last few weeks with Tight Line swim jigs, SPRO Pop R’s, Duckett
spinner baits, and Missile Bait D-Bombs are our main baits this past week. The key for me was
some current either from the wind or them pulling water; if we had water movement, we
caught fish and plenty of them.

Current is the Key

Current trumps all and is key to catching fish on the Tennessee River. There is no doubt in my
mind that bass become a by-product of their surroundings and in the case of a river system
like the Tennessee river the bass feed when TVA is pulling current! The key is where do they
go when this happens and what generates their activity during the flow of water.

There are many things that moving water does to create activity and make the bass feed, the
first thing is current helps create oxygen in the water, the bass generally move from
suspending to being more active when there is more oxygen in the water. When it’s hot and
the water temperatures are in the high 80’s current is a big game changer. The next
important thing to remember is that current can be created by wind and waves as it deflects
the sun and allows the bass to stay more active on sunny windy days.

One of the most important aspects of current is it generally gathers up scattered bait fish into
bait balls, as there is safety in numbers for bait fish and as they gather up to hide from the
current it puts them in areas together and the bass follow the bait fish constantly. The aspect
of current that most don’t realize is that current creates water eddies, and this acts as a
whirlpool for bass to stack up around the eddies and ambush bait; this is an ideal location to
find a monster sack of fish!

Current also creates movement to the flats as bait will move to these areas and stack up
behind bottom structure like stumps and rock or drops on the edges of the flats. There
movement will generally travel on old roadbeds or hard bottom areas as they migrate to the
flats during the fall of the year. I also check man-made structures as current will push the fish
to the barge tie-ups, bridges, and rock jetty’s and or boat houses especially along main
channel areas where the current is more noticeable. Study the current, check the times on
the TVA.gov web site, look for the areas that the fish move to, and you will be more
successful when they’re pulling water along your river system.

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