11 Pound Guntersville Bass

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Fishing Report 8/31/24

There is no doubt the fall bite is on its way, as bait balls and chasing are prevalent all over the
lake. As always in the fall the bait s everywhere and we are seeing some second spawn fish
right now; this is never a big spawn in the fall, but we caught a few fish with bloody tails and
see them on some deeper bedding areas.

We are fishing with many moving baits. SPRO jerk baits, Duckett spinner baits, Missile Bait DBombs and Tight-Line swim jigs most of the time. There are a few exceptions, but these are
the key baits. The grass is dying off either from spraying or weather in many places making it
a little easier to move some faster baits.

Fall A-rig Fishing

A bait that has proven very effective in the fall over the past several years is commonly
known as the Alabama Rig (A-Rig.) As the baitfish schools up and chasing becomes more the
norm in the fall the A-Rig has become a very effective fall bait. Although there is lots of
floating grass and thick grass as the bait moves to the mouths of the creeks the A-rig has
become extremely effective. It’s also a bait that has changed over time as many versions of
the A-Rig are now on the market allowing you to purchase lighter versions so you’re not
sinking directly into the grass, allowing it to be fished over and around grass!

Even though for me the A-rig has not been as common on my boat as other baits, this has
been my own choosing not to fish it as much because of the danger of all the hooks in the
boat with customers. I also think that the different manufacturers of the A-rig are starting to
create different versions of it so the bait can be fished at different depths with more flash and
for a variety of fish species. Many of the manufacturers have taken weight out of the bait
and reduced the size of the wire and added willow leaf blades for flash, to improve
presentation.

The other change is that the A-rig is being fished in more types of cover and at different
depths than the original use presented. Anglers have found that the bass have not moved to
the bridges as they did in past years. I believe this is a by-product of the rig beating up the
fish and changing some of their normal migration paths. Allowing anglers to move to creeks,
shallow water, points and river ledge areas to find the fish that will hit it. The good news is
that as the migration path changed the A-rig manufacturers were ahead of the curve and did
many of the things stated above to allow the bait to take on more water other than the 20 to
30 ft. drops we all fished in past years. The thing that hasn’t changed on the A-rig is it is a
bulky bait and most average and older fisherman are physically challenged to fish with it!

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