Guntersville Morning

It's a chilly but beautiful morning at Alabama's Lake Guntersville. Bottom photo is from my balcony at the lodge at Lake Guntersville State Park. The bass may not not mind the sub-freezing temps, but we're going to let a little frost melt before we venture out on the water. And in truth, they probably will bite a bit better after the sun warms the water a bit.

First stop of our travels went great. It was cold in Mississippi, too, but we dodged a huge storm and got in a fabulous day of shooting photos with crappie pros from the B'n'P Poles pro staff and the Magnolia Crappie Club. We were on Lake Washington, an old Mississippi River oxbow that's totally separated from the main river now and is loaded with 2-pound white crappie. Great time of shooting photos and learning about techniques that will provide fine story material. G'ville bass report to follow in a day or two!

Photo by Nathaniel Samsel