Fall Bass Fishing on Lake Guntersville

Fall Bass fishing on Lake Guntersville

In most typical years, the fall bass fishing on Guntersville can be a tough time; this year has been the exception, but the common fall threads still exist, and you must understand it to have success in the fall of the year. The first and most obvious challenge is overcoming the abundance of bait fish that we see every fall. Nothing is more important than creating a bite when there is an over abundance of natural food. To create a bite, it takes imagination and understanding of how a bait works and what you can do to make it attract a bass. Chucking and winding is not the answer, making your bait become noticed and attracting bass is the answer. You must do creative retrieves with your bait and leave nothing to your imagination in ways to retrieve the bait. Make every cast count, do something different with that bait until you get a bite, then repeat it again and again to see if it will get the next bite. This is the key to retrieving in the fall, nothing in the way of retrieving is off limits.

Next the fall is all about patterns and you must go to Guntersville with a good understanding of what the fall patterns are on your lake. The bass move in phases and not all bass move at the same time but one thing you can count on is the moves will come when the bait start making their transition; follow the bait and you will move with the fall patterns as the bass do! Guntersville is full if bait in the fall and finding them and transitioning with them to the fall patterns is obvious with just being aware of the natural elements like birds diving or top water action or just obvious groups of bait in big bait balls moving throughout the area.

Lastly be versatile as many times in the fall your favorite bait is not the answer so you must try different baits to see which attract the bass; do not be myopic and lock in on your favorite bait. Become a versatile angler, try new baits, do something different; that old saying by letting bad results and doing the same thing get you bad results and not trying something new!