Fishing in the winter on Lake Guntersville, can be rewarded with some outstanding size “lunker” bass. Over the years the winter always produces big fish in fact the lake record caught by Charley Bertus was caught in February of 1991. In order to catch those lunkers the winter fishing comes with some very distinct patterns that seem to stay fairly consistent over the years,

The lake in the winter goes through some definite cycles. Guntersville will change weekly as the winter moves on, you will see the grass dying and floating in the early part of the winter, the water will cool and seem to drop in temperature weekly until it hits about 42 degrees and the grass will change at the deeper depths enormously but this occurs only in the late part of the winter.

The early winter is generally the toughest of the winter fishing, this occurs because there is still a lot of grass and the bass have many ways to feed on the bait left over from the late fall fishing and spawn. This time of year I become very consistent in working a Tight-Line jig in 10 to 14 feet of water.

In the early part of the winter you will also see the bass moving from the deep to the top of the shallow grass for some feeding, when this occurs you still have a good opportunity to fish areas of the lake that has 10 plus feet of water nearby with shallow water on the grass edge. I like fishing a finesse worm during this period, its small enough to generate a bite so the bass don’t have to be real active to feed on it. As the winter moves on patience becomes your best friend, and if you can work your baits slowly and patiently you can catch those big Guntersville bass regardless of your choice of baits.

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Captain Mike Gerry