The famous Royal Shad Super Spot is a favorite among
clients and local anglers on Guntersville Lake. In the spring when the
lipless crankbait bite heats up so does this bait and the tackle stores
can’t keep them on the shelf.
Cotton Cordell fishing lures were originally designed
to help fishing guides satisfy their clients on heavily fished waters.
It was essential to come up with something new, something easy to fish,
something that really worked when all else failed. That’s the legacy
behind these exceptionally successful fishing lures, and that's still
the way we think at Cotton Cordell.
The Bomber Balsa B is the perfect bait to fish shallow grass on Lake
Guntersville. You can reel this bait down until it hits the grass and
then pause it to let it float up out of the grass. Bass can’t stand
it when the bait frees itself of the grass.
Bomber Lures is all about having just the right bait for the job at
hand. As one of the most recognized brands of fishing lures and plugs
of all fishing tackle, Bomber offers a full range of Bomber crankbaits
and minnow lures. From Model As to Long As and the Fat Free Shad family,
you won't find a more productive or versatile line of high-quality hard
plastic fishing lures - including just about every diving depth, running
style and color imaginable.
Sniper is an excellent all around Florocarbon
line. Fluorocarbon 100%, Tournament System Line. Good Sensivity, Low
Strech, and Great Clarity.
Sunline Super FC Sniper FC Fluorocarbon Line was born in Japan, but earned its reputation as an outstanding line by whipping-up on big bass stateside. Formulated with the stealthyness of a sniper, Super FC Sniper Fluorocarbon Line is nearly invisible and offers a high specific gravity which makes it ideal for picking off bass in deep water. Super FC Sniper Fluorocarbon Line offers outstanding durability, high strength to diameter ratio and low water absorption which minimizes line weakening underwater.
Shimano reels have been my choice long
before I ever choose a career in fishing. It’s very simple; Shimano
reels perform day after day and take abuse that fishing in the grass
delivers. At Mildrilla Fishing we use Shimano reels because they perform
and last longer than any other reel on the market. Serious fishermen
choose Shimano!
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12-5-2011 The last few weeks on Guntersville have been extremely good for numbers and size. Clients have been averaging 20-40 per day using Bomber crankbaits, Xcalibur jerkbaits, Yum Money Minnows, and the Alabama rig (A-rig). We have fished water from 5 foot all the way out to 25ft. and have caught fish in all deeps. Knowing how to use your electronics can save you a whole lot of time out there. Water right now is high and muddy on the river but decent in the pockets and creeks. Water temps have fallen to 56 degrees which is ideal for the fish to feed up. You can still find some fish schooling on thread fin shad in a few areas but they are hard to catch with a billion shad to compete with. Even the A-rig doesn’t fool them all the time. 
11-3-2011 The last couple of weeks the quality has improved on Lake Guntersville. Clients have been averaging 15-25 fish per day. Surface temps have gotten down to the low 60’s. The frog fishing is good, if you can find the right grass. Xcalibur Zell pops, Heddon spooks and Yum Houdini shads have been working well for us around scattered grass and now of course the big thing now is the A-rig. I was fortunate to have a few of these back in May and have had good amount of time to experiment with it. The A- rig is producing lots of fish right now, but it’s like any other bait. You got to know where to throw it. It doesn’t produce every time and everywhere but it sure is a lot of fun when you find them. I’m pretty sure the A-rig will soon be like the flipping bite. It used to be awesome many years ago before everybody learned it; one could catchem all over the lake. Sooner or later the new will wear off the A-rig and it will be a good technique like cranking, topwater, shaky head and etc…... Then somebody will have to come out with a better mouse trap to fool those bass again.
Fishing Conditions: Bass
can be found and caught in just about every condition.
There will be bass in pre-spawn, spawn, and post-spawn
which means fish will be in all water depths. Bass
can be caught on many other types of lures fished
in a variety of ways.
