Some November Tactics that Catch Fish Before the month ends I thought I would spend a little time describing some of the various successful tactics that catch bass in November and early December. The key to this period is to remember that the bass are feeding in the extreme shallow water. When you combine shallow water techniques with grass you start to limit the type of fishing presentations that will work effectively in the remaining grass. The first presentation to me is to find grass that has reseeded down from the top of the water 6 to 10 inches; this allows you to pull small short arm spinner baits over the grass. The good thing about short arm spinner baits is the pure fact that the blades do not gather the grass up on the blades nearly as much as a long arm spinner bait do. The flash added with slight deflection off of the grass causes strikes and some really good fish can be caught this way! Next is to find the fish in the middle part of the sunny type days we have in November. This time of day generally moves the bass a little deeper away from the sunlight and it is an ideal time to work rattle baits in 6 to 10 feet of water over short grass. You probably can’t fish anything heavier than ½ oz. but that is all you need to hook up with some good fish. As in the spring that yo-yoing motion will get the strikes so drop it and stop it, just a little quicker so you’re not hanging the grass. A good way not to hang the grass is to use a non stretch line as it will pull through the grass and keep moving. Lastly if you’re a jig fisherman, lay downs, boat houses and rip-rap are just loaded with shallow bass feeding before the winter pushes in. Pitch that jig in and around cover, work the corners and pylons around the boat houses very methodically and you can find a big stringer of fish. Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service www.fishlakeguntersvilleguideservice.com Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 256 759 2270 Captain Mike Gerry
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Bass Fishing Will Just keep Getting Better
Written by Captain Mike Gerry   
Saturday, 19 December 2009 11:11
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Tis’ the Season to Be Jolly, Bass Fishing will get Better Every Day There is always some great news about Christmas time of year in the South, and North Alabama is no exception. When we have winter it generally occurs in December maybe into the first 2 weeks of January. Past that the days are getting longer and the bass fishing keeps getting better. The term we hear all the time this time of year, called the Winter Solstice, and it being the shortest day of the year, has some great meaning other than the obvious, a short day! What it tells us is that the next day we start gaining daylight, and the days get longer everyday by about 2 minutes. The bass believe it or not react to the longer days, they feed more, they move up and down the shallow cover areas with just a little sunlight, the warm sunny afternoons become prime time fishing and your chance of hanging that record lunker comes with every cast. I have many customers and friends that want to wait until the chance of cold weather is gone completely before they hit the water again. My comments to them remain the same; you may miss the best time of year. It’s cold sometimes, and some days the bass just don’t bite. So get up later because there is really no need to get on the water at first light, wait a couple of hours the best fishing comes midday. That longer day, everyday for the next several months just increase your chances of a big fish and a record bag and a lot of fun. Yes this time of year is the season to be jolly and Christmas is just one of the reasons. However, if you live in my world these longer days make me happier than any of the present giving holidays. You see the best present I can give is to my customers; that being watching them catch a personal best bass or a 30-pound stringer and every day you are on the water from Christmas until the heat of the summer offers me that gift of giving. Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service www.fishlakeguntersvilleguideservice.com Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 256 759 2270 Captain Mike Gerry
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