How to position a boat when Bass fishing

How to Properly Position your Boat
One of the most critical things that inexperienced fisherman never learn is how to maximize boat position so you catch more fish. It always amazes me to watch someone fish down a river channel or around a hump and never consider the contours of the area they are fishing. It抯 even worse when someone fishes a point and never utilizes the natural contours to be a productive fisherman.

You cannot be productive in these areas unless you learn the basic rules of boat position. Let me give you some basics.

1. When fishing a point don抰 cross it with your boat while fishing, turn your boat parallel to the point and work it out, not across the point. You can fish it from the topside but you should use the same parallel tactic.

2. When fishing along a channel, keep the boat in a consistent depth so you are turning with the depth changes not crossing them.

3. When fishing a hump, use both the deep side and the top to fish from, many times the change from the inside to outside or vise-a-versa, is the critical difference in catching fish.

4. When paralleling a bank don抰 always throw to the bank, work the boat into the edge and throw parallel to fish a consistent depth.

5. In Lake Guntersville because we have so much grass you should always be checking the depth and turning out where the grass shows or produces a point. This allows you to work the under water contour as well as the visible grass edge.

6. Lastly when you take someone fishing, be aware of the fact that boat position is what allows the people in the back to have an equal chance at catching fish.

The boat is a vital tool that can aid you in catching fish; one should always consider how your boat could be used to improve the chances of catching a fish. As a guide the people in the back must always be in position to equally catch fish with those in front and proper boat position is the only way to accomplish this. I hope this tip helps you become a better fisherman.