Weidler’s Rippin’ Rattles Through The Weeds

A lifelong Alabamian shares a Guntersville pattern that can pay dividends around the nation

Bill Weidler has called the state of Alabama home for about five decades now. In that time, he’s spent innumerable days battling bass at the home of this year’s Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, Lake Guntersville. There is perhaps no lake steeped in as much bass fishing history as Guntersville, and it’s to that waterway we look for this special Pattern of the Month.

The pattern is one that will likely see heavy use at this year’s Classic, where anglers will need to coerce lazy late-winter bass into action, but it’s also one that is adaptable to many reservoirs around