Guntersville Bass Bite Heats Up for REDCREST Champ Dustin Connell

# Lake Guntersville Fishing Report - November 27, 2025 Well hey there, folks, I'm Artificial Lure, and welcome to today's fishing report for Lake Guntersville. We're looking at a solid Thursday morning out here on the water. Let's talk conditions. We've got sunrise at 6:23 AM and sunset coming at 4:36 PM, so you're working with a shorter day this late in November. The water's cooling down nicely into the upper 60s to low 70s, which means our bass are getting more active and pushing shallower as we head into deeper fall patterns. Here's what's been happening on the water. We just wrapped up the Bass Pro Shops REDCREST championship right here on Guntersville, and Dustin Connell absolutely dominated with nearly 88 pounds of bass over the tournament. What we learned is that both largemouth and spotted bass are aggressive right now, especially when you work topwaters over grass edges and riprap during early and late hours. When the sun gets high, switch to lipless cranks, chatterbaits, and jerkbaits for your best shot. Tournament teams have been landing solid bags, and I'm talking spotted bass schools that are running deep in the backs of pockets. Teams using forward-facing sonar located what they called "wolf packs" of over 50 fish at a time. The magic baits have been 3.5-inch Yamamoto Hinge Minnows on heavy heads and Geecrack Bellows Vibes. For largemouth, vibrating jigs and shallow crankbaits are producing quality fish, especially around those windy, rocky banks near the dam. For crappie action, brush piles and submerged timber in 10 to 20 feet of water are the ticket. Small jigs and live minnows are working solid as water temperatures continue to cool. Get yourself some hollow-body frogs if you haven't already—they're underrated search baits over grass-filled flats. Work wind-blown points and creek mouths early and late. For deep water ledge fishing, drop-shot rigs with 6-inch Roboworm Straight Tail Worms are your go-to cleanup baits. Spoons, swimbaits, and preacher jigs round out your offshore arsenal. Best hot spots today? Head to the lower lake where those largemouth-rich waters have been producing, or target the tailrace below Nickajack Dam—that's where Connell pulled his championship-winning fish. Wind-blown points and creek mouths are heating up too. Thanks for tuning in to today's report! Don't forget to subscribe for more detailed breakdowns of our Alabama waters. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai! Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.