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I have never wet a hook on Guntersville. I'm taking two days off this week and headed to try the bridges in the morning. It's about 90 minute drive for me so i plan to get there at or after daylight because other than google earth and having driven through there i am not sure where to go. I keep hearing "the bridge on 79". Not sure which one. Unless i get some feedback tonight i will just drive in on 431 pick a lauch and go to the nearest bridge. ive got minnows and jigs.
Most all the bridges have crappie passin thru or holdin to them during this time of year .some may be better than others the bride on 79 that most talk is about is the one out from Goosepond marina very easy to access from their but go early cause u want be their alone unless the fish are slow.you just have to figure out what depth the fish are at when u get their .Quote:
Originally Posted by alexava
Thx. I'll be better off to go 72 to scotsboro then. I was planning on 431. Still might?
the bridge on 79 at north sauty is the bomb. get there around 3-4 am for the best choice of spots. I like the second piling from the bank on the gville end of the bridge. set up 10-20 ft downstream and fish along the wall and all the way back to the boat. large crappie seem to gather in the eddie that the wall creates. don't ignore the backside of the wall. 7-10 ft I a good start for depth.
Riverboss's instructions get my vote! The N Sauty bridge is a great one and easy to get to and safe places to park.
AMEN!
thx for the help. we went to goose pond. the bridge was pretty productive for those around us. i was a first timer and had all 10' plus rods. did catch 6 black crappie and dozens of stripe and skipjack. next time i will be better equipt. the guys on the bank were catching shad in a throw net and killing the crappie one them.
I use lil 5 foot rods under the bridge, long line on the edges, creek channel, just depends on the crowd. No doubt it's hard to compete with live shad.
Yep 5-6' rods are the way to to under the bridge. If you have a short dock shooting rod, that would work as well.
RiverBoss everyone likes that set of pilings. I am sure to have share that spot with you at times.Quote:
Originally Posted by riverboss
I will second or third the getting there early advice. It gets crowded quick
I use to catch just as many on the same piling on the scottsboro side, however for the last several years it has not been productive. Sometimes they will be almost everywhere under that bridge and sometimes one or two spots will be the only ones holding fish. You will catch tons and nobody else will be catching them.
the scottsboro side on the bank was doing the best. i couldnt see the other bank so it might have been hot too.
crappie are everywhere under that bridge, but many folks refuse to change tactics to suit the fish around them. Ive watched a boat set up in my favorite spot and not catch anything for hours and as soon as they moved, I slid into the hole and maxed out. the depth changes sometimes hour to hour, but I cant count the times that Ive heard others say "I never fish more than 6 ft deep", or something to that effect. fish could be anywhere from 2-20 ft and a change in current may make them change depth. There is a guy that fishes there a lot who will tie his boat so that if the current switches direction, he can just untie the rear and pivot his boat to face it. His name is Johnny and watching him will teach you a lot. He gets his limit and puts on a show regardless of which piling he fishes.....
Would that be the guy in the deep sided aluminum Tracker boat?
no that is Gary Jones who usually scores well to. The guy Im talking about has an older white/grey or silver bass boat and launches from the gravel ramp with a Toyota pickup. His routine is to look for an open piling without regard to which one unless there are more than one open. he usually gets there mid morning and immediately starts to catch fish.