A couple of big tournaments have been won at Guntersville in recent weeks on “bladed jigs”, of which the chatterbait is the archetype, which tells us two things--first, that the wobble jigs are hot right now, second that the fish are likely moving into shallow, weedy cover because that’s where these lures shine.
Basically the bladed jigs work best in water from 1 to 5 feet deep, though some heavy-head models go deeper. With the rapid cooling forecast for this week, a lot of bass will be moving to the shallows where the fast-moving jigs can get at them and that pattern should hold anywhere throughout the TVA lakes as well as in Alabama River waters and Lake Eufaula.
Speaking of tournaments, Crappie USA disqualified an angler at their recent Old Hickory, Tennessee, tournament for allegedly catching his fish at Lake Barkley, known for producing heavy-weight crappies, and trailering them back to the weigh-in at Old Hickory, according to Wired2Fish.
The tournament director, who had tips from some of the other anglers as well as video evidence, gave the angler the option of weighing in and being charged with a felony or going home empty handed, less his entry fee and a lifetime ban from the tournaments, and he took the latter. Just a reminder for any inclined to cheat, the only way these events continue to work is if everybody stays honest and the rules are strictly enforced.
From Lake Guntersville, Captain Mike Gerry reports success on (guess what) a Picasso bladed jig, as well as SPRO rattle baits and squarebill crankbaits. He said some fish also took soft plastics on the weed edges. Gerry says fishing will get nothing but better with the colder weather coming in through the first weeks of November; www.fishlakeguntersvilleguideservice.com.
From Weiss Lake, guide Mark Collins reports good bass action on flats, points and humps as well as around the grass on Rat-L-Traps. Crappie fishing is also steadily getting better and should improve dramatically with the colder weather--most are currently on the channel edges in 12 to 16 feet where they're best caught on live minnow drifted a few feet off bottom; www.markcollinsguideservice.com.
At Pickwick, Captain Brian Barton reports continuing good action on catfish, white bass and some big smallmouth in the tailwaters, with the cats taking drifted skipjack, the white bass and smallmouth caught on jigs and small swimbaits. Downriver largemouths are hitting topwaters around the grass edges with the cooler water; www.brianbartonoutdoors.com.
For those visiting the coast this week, the cooler weather will mean an uptick in redfish action, both on keeper-size around the marshes, creeks and oyster bars and in the passes and off the beaches on giant “bull” reds. The smaller reds readily take live shrimp and killifish minnows, while the lunkers prefer finger mullet, grunts and pinfish. The cooler temperatures will also likely bring some trout into the rivers on the east shore of Mobile Bay, as well as moving some fish above the Interstate into the delta. Topwaters and swimbaits like the Slick are the favorite in the rivers, while jigs or live shrimp catch most of the fish in the delta; www.ateamfishing.com.
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