Fall Fishing Heats Up on Lake Guntersville

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Guntersville fishing report for Sunday, September 28, 2025—coming at you local and early, with all you need for a great day on the water. The fall pattern is taking hold on Guntersville. With last night’s lows dipping into the upper 50s and these mild September days peaking in the high 70s, we’re seeing the **water temp steady in the low 80s**, and the bass feeding windows are picking up right on schedule. Official sunrise today is 6:41 AM, sunset coming at 6:38 PM. There’s just the start of that classic North Alabama color along the banks—DeSoto State Park says the real show’s in a couple weeks but the mornings are foggy and the shad are on the move. The bite? **Bass are pushing baitfish hard this week**. There are big balls of shad popping all over the main lake and in the mouths of major creeks—finding the bait being pushed is key. The topwater bite is improving as the water cools, especially early and late, though the grass mat bite is still a little tricky due to floating eel grass stacking up after all the winds we had last week, according to Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service. Best baits this week: **Missile Bait D-Bombs in green pumpkin and black/blue**, 48 stick baits, and big Texas-rigged worms are all producing when pitched to the gunwale of thick grass edges and isolated mats. When the wind’s blowing, switch it up with a Tight Line swim jig or a SPRO square bill crankbait in shad color. For the shallow grass and schooling fish, a **Duckett small-profile spinnerbait** or, as seen on the TNKATT Tournament recap, a white chatterbait can really set them off—especially if you’re following the bait schools. SPRO Pop-R’s on top have also put good fish in the boat during schooling flurries. Crappie have fired back up on the deeper brush and bridge piers, with black/chartreuse jigs being the top ticket. A few nice stringers were reported by anglers vertical jigging in 10–14 feet on the main river bends. Catfish are taking cut bait and shad heads off rocky points, especially after dusk. Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service says that while nothing has shocked the bass into a crazy feeding frenzy just yet, the numbers are solid—expect to catch **good quantities of bass** in the two- to four-pound range, with the occasional six-plus kicker if you time the schooling bite right, especially late in the afternoon. A couple of hot spots for today: - **Goose Pond area**: Find active bass early pushing shad up around the boat docks and grass flats—focus on the edge of the thick stuff with a swim jig or spinnerbait. - **Spring Creek**: Especially good for crappie right now, plus bass moving up on channel swings midmorning; pitch plastics right to the timber and channel ledges. Wind should be light from the northeast, with partly cloudy skies—so bring a light jacket for the morning run. To wrap it up, bring a good selection of plastics and a couple moving baits, focus on those feeding windows right at daylight This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.