Big Bass Hungry For Rat-L-Traps Just In Time For Guntersville Rat-L-Trap Open
There is good news and then there is more good news for the Rat-L-Trap Open on Lake Guntersville this Sunday.
The first good news is that the bigger fish have started to bite in Guntersville, and the top lure for the big bass is – you guessed it! – the Rat-L-Trap.
The second good news is that anglers can launch wherever they want to on the lake and they can trailer their fish to the weigh-in.
The third good news is that the weather is expected to be outstanding for the tournament.
“The last couple of weeks the bigger fish have started to bite,” said tournament director Jamie Shay at The Bait, Tackle and Grill at Goose Pond where the weigh-in will be held. “Nobody is really wearing them out yet as far as catching big numbers, but 7- and 8-pound bass are starting to show up regularly the last few weeks.”
Those bigger fish are being caught on Rat-L-Traps, Shay said.
“The Trap bite has been producing the bigger fish. The guys fishing the last couple of weeks, including myself, we are using the Rat-L-Trap to get those fish. We are not catching 20 to 30 fish, but you get 5 to 10 fish and they are in that 3- to 8- or 9-pound range. When you get bit it is a good fish and the Trap is producing that bite.”
Shay said bitter winter weather for the Guntersville Rat-L-Trap Open the last few years has brought a change in rules this year to allow anglers to launch anywhere they want to and trailer their boat and fish to the weigh-in.
“Last year it was 15 degrees when we started. Boats were frozen to their trailers. Trying to get everybody in the water in the same area made it a two-hour blast-off. This year we won’t have all that,” he said.
But anglers won’t even have to contend with that winter weather for the Open on Guntersville this year, he noted.
“It’s supposed to be around 35 to 40 degrees for a low and it will be pushing 50 degrees both days this weekend, beautiful for what we have had to deal with normally this time of year,” he said.
“I just want to wish good luck to everyone. It should be a fun weekend and we can enjoy a 50-degree day in February.
Entry fee for the 4th annual Rat-L-Trap Open on Guntersville is $100 per boat with an optional $20 Big Bass pot. Payback is one in five. All current Bill Lewis Outdoors lures are eligible.
There will be a mandatory meeting at 6 p.m. Saturday at Guntersville Middle School Gym. On-site registration will be held 4-6 p.m. Saturday at the Gym or starting at 5 a.m. Sunday at Civitan Park.
Rat-L-Trap Open
Sun, Feb 8, 2015
Lake Guntersville
Civitan Park Ramp
