I spent the last two weeks on Guntersville covering two B.A.S.S. events. Not surprisingly there are similarities with what’s going on here at Wheeler.
Last week the shad spawn accounted for the heaviest catches—20 pound limits—in the high school and B.A.S.S. Nation events. Find the shad spawn, you were in luck.In his blog post Steve Wright noted the same pattern appears to be unfolding here.
The Guntersville bass were in all phases of the spawn, but mostly finished and migrating toward the river channel. The B.A.S.S. Nation winner caught his nearly 60 pounds of largemouth staging on a creek channel bend covered in eelgrass. He reasoned the bass were coming and going while staging on the grassy flat near the channel. A swim jig ripped through the grass accounted for his winning catches. He noted the lure choice matched the shad actively spawning. The high schoolers caught their 22-pound winning weight from a point where bass were feeding on the spawning shad.
So here we are with the same scenarios. Let’s see how today plays out as the anglers reveal more about the stages of the bass activity.