Big ‘G’ fishing surprisingly small – FLW Outdoors

By Brett Carlson

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – Perhaps no lake in the entire United States receives more fishing pressure than Alabama’s Lake Guntersville. Yet tournament after tournament, year after year, the Big “G” continues to produce stunning sacks of largemouth bass. No matter if it’s a local derby or a national tournament like the FLW Tour – if you’re not over 20 pounds, you’re not even in the discussion.

But as the pressure mounts, the information cat is slowly let out of the bag. While Guntersville is still red-hot, the days of sitting on one spot for four consecutive days are pretty much gone. Essentially, there are no secrets on Guntersville anymore. The new buzzwords in northern Alabama are adaptability and versatility. That’s what it will take to succeed this week at the Tour’s final qualifier.

TVA expert Mark Rose plans to fish offshore on day one of the FLW Tour event on Lake Guntersville. “I’ve got six or seven offshore places that I really like,” said TVA expert Mark Rose. “The problem is that I’ve seen a boat on just about every one of them during practice. But that doesn’t necessarily bother me. I’ll see what’s taken and rotate from there.”

Rose said Guntersville is currently experiencing a typical summertime bite.

“It’s like any other TVA lake – there’s a morning bite, there’s an afternoon bite and if they’re pulling current then there’s a midday bite. The guys that can catch them during the midday when they’re not pulling current are the ones that will separate themselves.”

The consensus among the anglers is that the event will likely be won offshore, but that doesn’t mean other patterns won’t come into play.

“The offshore bite is the bite that has the most pressure,” explained Rose. “I tend to think it will be won offshore but I would not be surprised if it was won in the grass. The grass is just starting to top out in some places and those are the most virgin fish, so to speak.”

As always, catching a five-bass limit shouldn’t be a problem. But a 12-pound limit on Guntersville is roughly the equivalent of catching 4 or 5 pounds on a normal lake. The key is finding the 5-pound fish. But that’s much easier said than done.  Click Link Below for full story!

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