Guntersville Fishing Report: Early December Patterns, Hot Spots, and More

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in from Lake Guntersville with your morning fishing rundown. We’ve got a classic early‑December setup on the Big G: cool, damp air, mid‑40s at daylight, working into the 50s with a light north breeze. A weak front slid through, so skies are mixed clouds and sun with high pressure building, which usually gets these Tennessee River bass roaming grass edges and ledges by late morning. Sunrise is right around 6:40 local, sunset near 4:35, giving you a short but productive daylight window. The TVA isn’t pushing big current all day, but when they do bump generation mid‑morning and again late afternoon, that’s when the better fish have been chewing. No real tide here, but solunar tables from sites like FishingReminder and SolunarForecast are calling the late‑morning and just‑before‑dark periods the better feeding windows, lining up well with the light current pulses. Recent tournament results on BassinBigG.com and Major League Fishing coverage of Guntersville show solid bags still coming in: plenty of 3‑ to 5‑pound largemouth with the occasional kicker 7‑plus. Folks are averaging 10–20 keeper bites a day if they commit to either main‑river grass or deeper shell and rock. Pattern‑wise, it’s a two‑lane highway: First lane is moving baits on grass edges. A **red or shad‑pattern lipless crankbait**, 1/2 to 3/4 ounce, yo‑yoed through scattered hydrilla in 4–8 feet, is still the bread and butter. A vibrating jig in gold/black or green pumpkin with a small swimbait trailer is another top producer, echoing the way college teams have historically hammered Guntersville fish with bladed jigs in cooler water. Work it slow and steady, ticking the tops of the grass and snapping it free. Second lane is the ledge and shell game. Alabama rigs, 3.8‑inch shad swimbaits on 1/4‑ounce heads, and medium‑running crankbaits in craw and natural shad colors are getting the better class bites on river channel swings and hard spots in 12–18 feet. A football jig in green pumpkin with a chunk trailer is mopping up after the reaction bite. Live bait isn’t common for bass here, but if you’re chasing cats or stripes around the causeways, fresh cut shad and live shad are still king. A couple of hot spots for you locals: • The **BB Comer Bridge area** – both up and downstream humps, with grass lines and shell, has been steady. Crank the outside edges during current, then drag a jig once they quit chasing. • The **Seibold Creek to South Sauty stretch** – inside grass lines in 4–6 feet early with a trap or chatterbait, then slide out to the first break in 8–12 and slow roll an A‑rig when the sun gets up. Crappie guys are doing well on brush in 10–14 feet with minnows and small jigs, and there are still some good stripers pushing bait against the main‑lake riprap when the wind gets right. That’s your Lake Guntersville report from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next one. This has been a qu This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.