Boat Houses and the Fall
Sunny bright days define fall fishing, as we generally have very little rain but lots of bright sunny skies, all this adds up to looking for shady areas to fish; and one place the bass move to hide from the sun is under boat houses! The thing about fishing boat house is pitching skills and confidence, most fishermen on Guntersville run by boat houses every day because it is not where their confidence lies. The key to boat house fishing is twofold; first find the boat houses with the correct depth for late summer or fall fishing and next be able to pick a boat house apart. You can find fish around and under boat houses in the fall they hide from the sun, the bait is always under the boat houses and it’s a great place for bass to ambush food.
Boat houses are natural stops as the bass migrate to the shallow water to feed up prior to winter, and if the boat house has a depth range of 3 to 7 feet the bass will move to them as they move shallow. One key is the age of the wood on the boat house the older the better, as the older wood holds food and produces more natural habitat. Bass are also creatures of habit and if a boat house has been in place for a long time there is a good chance the bass have migrated there in past years and will return annually to the very same area for shade they did the year before.
Picking the boat house apart is not as easy as you might think, you really have to be able to place your bait at every angle possible, and that requires precise placement of your bait at every angle created by the boat house in the water. Work from the sea wall out to the end of the dock as bass can be sitting in shade next to the sea wall or just under a dock pylon a couple feet out from the shore line. Fish the boat house slow and make sure your bait gets to the bottom and you will be successful. Boat houses always have fish under them in the fall and you can benefit by fishing them!
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
www.fishlakeguntersvilleguideservice.com
Email: bassguide@comcast.net
Call: 256 759 2270
Captain Mike Gerry
