Crappie Fishing at Guntersville

Can anyone suggest and got tips, or spots for crappie fishing at Lake Guntersville from the bank? My boat is down at the moment thanks for any help in advance.

Bridges!!! Town crk. Hiway's 69 & 79

What rebranger said! 79 is by Scottsboro, 69 is in Guntersville and Town crk at the state park

Thanks a lot i am off thursday and friday and plan to come up that way to possible do pretty for my bday.

You need to go real early to get a spot.they tend to fill up fast

thanks everyone i would be going friday might see one of you all there thanks.

Nighttime spots fill up even faster.

I have fished the big "G" several times and have often wandered what makes the bite better during the dark hours?anyone have a theory on that?im just curious.

I'm interested as well

2 things,They dont like bright light(thats why the fishing is better on a cloudy rainy day than a blue bird day) and the bigger reason on the big G is that the shad minnows are more active all night and travel closer to the bank more spread out at least under and around the bridges I fish.I dont know why other than they may feel safer in the dark.Anyway the crappie feed on them most of the night with a flurry at the beginning of day break. By 8 am the shad usually have moved back out over the deep creek channels and reassembled into big bait balls for protection. The crappie may be hanging below them but stuffed from the night feeding so they bite slower.I have no proof of this so its my working theory (grin).And some rare days they must not feed at night much as they bite good in the day . But you are right on the average they do bite in the late fall and winter on the big G better in the dark it seems.

Try the bridge on hwy 227 near the feed mills I have never failed to fill up a five gallon bucket there:biggrin

Slabby I assume you are taking about the first bridge you come to where parking is limited to the feed mill entrance.I have not of all the bridges fished there .Where do you usually fishunder it.Between the train bridge and the big bridge ot under the big bridge?? I see people ignore the dont fish on the train trussel bridge all the time .They are usually fishing minnows.I heard a few years back some one had to jump to the water to keep a train from getting them HA

So would those green fishing lights be good or bad at night? The videos I've seen looks like it makes big bait balls come around it

I have one of the strong ones made by a guy over in Ga. It certainly does work! You would be amazed! Plus, I have the green (on one side) & ultra violet blue LED light (on the other side) on the rub rail of my boat. They attract a world of minnows!! But, getting the fish to bite is another thing!
It takes about 30 mins for the lights to attract. The submersible green LED is kinda heavy & I put it on a stout pole to get it out away from the boat. It'll work ok just hanging from the side, but the bait ball will be right in your way or underneath the boat. I have found that fishing the edge of the bait ball catches more fish.
And, you have to play with jig colors, i.e., keeping swapping up, until you find the color & depth they like. But once you do, GAME ON!

Night fishing has been off for me for several years. I usually have those clear minnows show up to my lights immediately. I hear they are like the ribeye steaks of minnows to the fish, but they're pretty swift. Bait balls of mainly gizzard shad usually show up within 30 minutes and yes, fishing the edges of the lights is best. But for the past few years, I, and nobody around me at bridges do that great this time of year in the dark. I'll usually test without lights first because sometimes they're right there and ready to go without the light aid. Plus, you can get too many minnows and attract a lot of stripe and skipjacks when the bait is really heavy.

My night fishing experience has been 30 minutes after dark to 10 at night or later.I like the rip rap near deep water access fishing 1 to 8ft deep using a double rig crappie set up.Thanksgiving is normally the time I have the best luck on up to spring.The crappie come through in schools so be ready,the bite may last 10 to 20 min then you may have another 20 to 30 min before they move back in.