Winter Bass Fishing on Lake Guntersville

Winter Bass Fishing on Lake Guntersville

Certainly, the winter can be a challenge for those of us that do not like the cold, but there is some huge advantages to winter fishing on Guntersville. First, the spring and better weather days are certainly great times, but winter offers one important aspect that most folks do not take onto account; that being the crowds on the lake are gone for the most part. The number of extremely huge tournaments are down considerable and the number of boats you will see on the water somedays you can count on your hands. This reduction is traffic just makes it much more fun and helps you overcome the disadvantages to the high traffic during the peak of the seasons.

Next, because the traffic is down, there is more schooling going on than you will see at any time of year allowing you to focus in and pound the schooling fish when you find them. You do not have to worry about the heavy traffic finding your bite and interfering with you when you get on a great bite. Many times, you have your spot to yourself, and it becomes some of the bast days you might ever have on Guntersville. I can recall times when this happened to me, one day in particular comes to mind: on a cold December day many years ago, it was snowing we got into a school of bass putting over 50 fish in the boat in just a few hours, a day to remember. Memories are part of the bass fishing attraction and winter fishing on Guntersville can put memories in your fishing experiences.

It is also true that as we progress into winter and the bass get closer to the spawn the size of the bass can increase tremendously, giving you the chance to put a personal best in the boat. Every bass angler on Guntersville knows that the size of bass this time of year can add to a trophy outing putting more great memories into your memory banks and making winter a day you might never forget. Winter bass fishing on Lake Guntersville can be a challenge, but it can also be December, January, or February to remember, and become your day for what could be the bast bass fishing day you may ever experience!