Shad Lips -- Have used Curado's successfully for many years for big bass in ugly structure (the heaviest wood/weed you can imagine). Not to mention big pike and muskie's. Everyone keeps saying they'll fail with swimbaits and big bass, but I've had no problem throwing 1/2 to 3 oz. muskie baits and catching big bass, walleye's, pike and skie's. Just my experience.
As for line: Braid rocks, but good braids are few and far between. 30/50/80# TufLine are very reliable (50-80 KILLER for jigs/frogs). PowerPro has been great too. Feel's a little different pitching (may be an oval braid?--worth getting used to. Much better color than the black/white Tuf , and I've used 10-50# PP and all are incredibly strong and most importantly abrasion resistant!!! Try the 20# green PP. It's amazing!) That said, do look into flouro -- always good to have a couple reels spooled w/ it for certain situations, and it's killer for c-rigs.
Totally know what you're saying about Guntersville--awesome lake, KILLER grass/cover. The foil up here (Minnetonka, et.al.) is thick and fishy, so try Curado's and 20#PP til it fails you!! Good rippin' -- d