Ellesar

Most important thing is to find grass. During the summer throwing big worms on the edge of the grass flats out in the main part of the lake is always a good way to catch fish. You can also bounce worms and jigs down the ledges to find fish as well. If you are doing that, look for shell beds on the ledges. If you want to go for size and not numbers, one thing I like to do is fish the heavy matted grass and lily pads with heavy jigs. Flipping 1 to 1 1/2 oz jigs can land you some big fish, but you won't catch a lot. Early in the morning and late in the evening will also be a good time to break out your top water baits. You can't go wrong throwing a Pop r or a spook jr. You can find schools around that time that will let you really catch a lot of fish. I've caught around a 100 in 4-5 hours when you get on those schools. Those fish won't usually be big, but are still fun to catch. Also if you get on a school like that, throw a lipless crankbait some as well, soemtimes you get the bigger fish underneath the school. But the most important thing is grass. A fish's life in Guntersville revolves around the grass. If you aren't fishing over it or have it nearby, you are wasting your time. Wyeth road looks to be just a little south of the state park. I'd head up north from there. There's some good fishing around the state park. Seibold isn't far away and that's a good area. There are some good community holes a bit farther north that can be a lot of fun. Places like Little Mountain Lakes are good places to fish. Again, if you find grass you should have some luck. I always seem to catch more fish out in the main part of the lake during that time of year. You can find some around docks and so forth, but the larger schools and larger fish seem to be out in and around the grass flats in the main lake. Hope that helps!

Serial number plate should tell you what year it is. You can take that to a marine dealer and they'll tell you what kind of prop you need. It will help your speed if you are missing a chunk.

The overall weight of the truck helps as well. Its not just the additional breaking power, a boat can't push a full size truck around as easy as a smaller truck. If you've ever had the "pleasure" of having to stop quick with a boat in a smaller vehicle, you will know what I mean.

It could also be a tire problem. When I bought the last boat I had the tires wore on the insides. I took it in and they checked the alignment, even talked to the factory and took a variety of measurements to make sure everything was ok. Nothing seemed out of place. They replaced the tires and never had a problem again.

Should be a good weekend, the full moon should move more fish onto the beds. A lot of fish are being caught in shallow water since the temps warmed up.

Most higher end boat manufacturers now offer a padded deck. I know triton, ranger, and basscat do.

That I'm sure it's not is it needed? or does insulation helps keep the temperature the same if so lining the truck box with sheets of styrofoam would that help? Keeping the water cool is critical to keep the fish alive. The lack of insulation plus the metal would allow it to get too hot IMO. Styrofoam still won't give you the insulation qualities you'd need.

Grass isn't hard to find, its still on the flats in the main channel. Traps are good this time of year. The water is still cold but it's warming pretty quick now that we have some moderate temps. The shad are starting to move up shallow and the fish can move up with them at any time. I'd look for 5-10 ft of water and throw some traps where there is grass. Red is usually the best color by far.

Bass Resource got blocked at work for over a year and thus I haven't been around in a while. Just checked today and noticed I could get here again! Hope everyone's had some good fishing. I've spent a lot of time on Guntersville over the past year and am ready for it to warm up again!

There is usually one out of honeycomb sat morn at first light. Waterfront has a wildcat if enough people show, but usually theredoesnt seem to be enough interest.

Not a good idea. What happens if you cause an accident/injury on the water and have no insurance? You think you are in bad financial shape right now, that would ruin you. If you can't afford the insurance, don't take it out.

A lot of tournament and clubs will require that you atleast have liability on your boat. But honestly if you can't afford the insurance, you can't afford the boat. It's no different than a car in that respect, IMO. You should be able to get the service history fro. A mechanic and see what warranty work was done and the like. Definately want a leak down test at a min.

Just got done taking a close look at one at a boat show. I was looking forward to seeing one up close and I was disappointed. They look cheap to me, the fit and finish looked haphazard. The quality of materials like carpetting was cheap. I'd been thinking about geting one of these and had a buddy who is Looking for a new boat and had been intrigued by all that we'd seen and heard about the 721. But after seeing it in person I Personally won't bother with it again. He price the had on it at the show pit it in the same category as a bunch ofnither boats that are amlot better IMO.

Keep in mind that the only way to know that gas is ethanol free is to test it yourself. Just because it doesn't say it contains ethanol, doesn't mean its ethanol free.

I put a used round in and practive squeezing the trigger on my rifle to "train" my muscles to squeeze the trigger and reduce the chance of flinching when I'm make a shot that counts. I especially do this with a new gun to get used to the trigger pull.