Lipless crankbait time at Lake Guntersville
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Lake Guntersville is famed for the late winter/early spring vibrating crankbait bite, so much so that several national tournaments dedicated to use of those lures are held on the lake annually the annual Rat-L-Trap Classic was held there this past weekend. But prior to that event, which drew over 160 anglers, the MLF Toyota Series visited the lake, and the winning angler in this event also relied on a vibrating crankbait though not a Rat-L-Trap.
Jimmy Washam of Covington, Tennessee, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces last Friday to win the three-day Toyota Series Tournament. Washam led the event wire-to-wire. His three-day total of 15 bass weighing 58-5 earned him the win by a 5-pound, 10-ounce margin over second-place angler Sloan Pennington of Childersburg, Alabama . Washam earned the top payout of $55,650 in the first tournament of the Central Division.