Fishing tip of the week

Fishing Tip of the Week

Monday, 26 August 2024 08:51

Boat Houses in the Fall
By Mike Gerry

Nothing tops boat house fishing in the fall of the year. As every year the fall or late summer is full of sunny days and one place the bass move to hide from the sun is under boat houses!
The thing about fishing boat house is 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 as the movement from the deep to the shallow pre-winter fishing moves fish to main Channel Islands, points and boat houses.
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. The 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 the past few years and will return annually. With today’s forward fishing sonar, you can examine the boat house easily and determine the best way to fish it.

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!.
Captain Mike