How Weather Affects Bass Fishing on Lake Guntersville in March

How the Weather Affects March Bass Fishing on Lake Guntersville

There an old saying in North Alabama in March and that is “if you don’t like the weather in March don’t despair as it will change tomorrow,” March is probably the most dynamic month of the year on Lake Guntersville for the way it affects bass fishing as the weather can change daily; these changes affect everything from water temperature to bait location and bass positioning and understanding these changes gives the seasoned angler a massive advantage.

Warming trends: when the temperature is rising the bass move into the shallows and grass flats on Guntersville, the shad also respond and move themselves to near bye creeks and creek beds and the bass as they prepare for the spawn by moving toward the spawning grounds.

On the contrary, cold fronts on Lake Guntersville in March pull the bass out deeper as it drops the water temperatures and their bodies respond by finding deeper warmer water. Water temperatures can drop several degrees very quickly in March making the bass lethargic and unwilling to respond to or react to their normal feeding keys like erratic movement and feeding activity can slow quickly.

Your strategy during these warm and cold fronts must adjust; during the warming trends you can use faster moving baits looking for reaction bites where the cold front causes you to slow down by fishing, slower presentations and targeting stages areas instead of three ft. water near the spawning grounds. Baits like chatter baits or swim baits in the warm fronts are ideal but you must slow down when the cold front appears or forcing you to use slower presentations like jigs or Texas rigged worms and fish slightly deeper. Bass rarely vacate the areas they are in as they approach the spawn, but they do reposition themselves to the slightly deeper water like secondary points or channel swings.

Wind in March can be your friend as wind blown banks push the bait to the edges and the bass follow them as they move because of the elements. Targeting windblown areas can be a key strategy in the wind as it creates oxygen and shades the sun enough to cause the bass to feed on windy days. If you are a believer in strategy these tips will bring you to the better days of March on Lake Guntersville.