Snowden's Tournament Journal - Lake Guntersville

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Event: Elite Series

When: April 23-29

Where: Guntersville Lake, AL

Finish: 30th

Winnings: $10,000.00

Practice started out with sunny and windy conditions with temperatures in the 70 degree range. I fished the mid-section of the lake concentrating on main river humps and points. I was able to catch three nice keepers in the morning working a ¾ oz. single willow leaf spinnerbait along the outside grass line in 4-6 feet of water. I continued to fish other areas like this with a spinnerbait and rattle trap with no success. I decided to switch tactics and started fishing shallow docks with a ¼ oz. Texas rigged Super Hog in watermelon red. This produced several nice fish working the front corners of the docks in 3-4 feet of water. The next day I tried working several of the marinas, that had spawning shad along the foam, using a spinnerbait and white jig. The shad were present, but the bass were nowhere to be found. I decided to try and fish for spawning fish in 2-4 feet of water looking for small holes in the grass. I was pitching a watermelon red Super Hog and Speed Craw with a 3/8 oz. weight with 15 pound Vicious Fluorocarbon Line. This produced 15-20 bites throughout the day.

My plan was then set for the first day of the event. I would begin the day early with the spinnerbait on the main river humps producing three nice keepers. I then proceeded to pitching the docks which produced a four pounder and five pounder. I finished the first day with five fish totaling eighteen pounds, leaving me in 13th place. The second day slowed down considerably as the main river humps only produced one keeper for me. I then went to the shallow, grassy holes where I was able to catch two keepers. Around one o’clock I switched to the docks and caught two more keepers. I finished the day with a limit weighing in at 12.5 pounds. This gave me a total weight of 30.3 pounds and finished the event in 30th place.

 

By Brian Snowden