Changes in the lake and lack of early grass have folks wondering how they catch a fish on a frog. Where are all those blow-ups we used to have and how come I can’t hear the bream sucking bugs off the top of the water around the matted areas of the lake? All great questions, that deserves to be explored and discussed with the up-coming Lake Guntersville SPRO frog only tournament right around the corner.

I am sure have heard the saying; “if you keep doing the same Old’ thing, and getting the same results,” then maybe it is time to try something different! This year it certainly applies; the lake is different and you must adjust your habits to the changing conditions. You just can’t go to the same places you have always gone to and find fish that will hit a frog on top; but I do have some ideas on where!

There are a few things that I believe will change your luck; the first thing is open water with bait be ambushed by schools of bass! There is just tons of bait moving on and off the grass areas and the best way to get them to hit a SPRO frog is to either use a popping frog or the Bronze-Eye shad frog and walk the dog with it! Cadence is everything; try different cadence movements until you get them to bite. You may not have a mat under you but the bass are chasing and there are some big fish feeding on the bait.

The next this is shoreline grass I know we have all assumed for many years that the best frog grass is out on the river channel next to the deeper water, this year is different the bass are under the shore line structure because the bait is there. Wood piles, beaver huts, boat houses, points of grass, lay-downs around the edges are holding the fish; the reason is very simple the schools of bait fish are there. Part of the reason we have not seen or heard much sucking from the bream is we have not had the heat until just lately, the bugs get caught up in the icky grass and without the heat the grass is not turning brown, becoming scummy and holding the bugs.

Take some time, visually scan the edges and shoreline, motor the edges and when you see bait activity fish it slowly and you will find the bass! 

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