Guntersville Fishing Report - Sept 26, 2025: Bass, Crappie, and Cats Biting Across the Tennessee River Powerhouse

Artificial Lure here with your boots-on-the-dock fishing report for Lake Guntersville and surrounds—Friday, September 26, 2025. First light this morning hit at 6:34 AM and you’ll have daylight till about 6:38 PM. Folks motoring out early found conditions pretty sticky—mostly cloudy skies with heavy humidity and a morning bunk of showers and rumbles of thunder pushed by a southwest breeze around 5 to 10 mph. The mercury is working its way up to an even 80 today, and we’re dealing with about a 70% chance of getting wet till midafternoon. Afternoon wind turns lighter out of the west, so any late risers should get a break in the clouds but may still catch a stray shower according to the latest briefing from Weis Radio. No tides here on the Tennessee, but water levels have stayed fairly steady, with just a touch of current pepping up later in the day—that’s always a trigger for more active fish on structure and along grass lines. Now for the meat and potatoes. The bass bite has definitely improved this week. Hydrilla Gorilla Guide Service posted up that fish are stacking around thicker grass beds and the edges of the deeper mats—look for a punch bite in compressed mats, especially if that sun pops out this afternoon or just after a rain band pushes through. Most anglers are reporting a solid frog topwater bite right at daybreak and in the last hour of daylight. White and shad-colored hollow bodies have been hot across the northern end, and folks dragging green pumpkin jigs with creature trailers through the holes in the grass have put some sure-nuff chunks in the boat. Tucker Smith, 2025 Bassmaster Rookie of the Year, recommends working a jighead minnow along riprap and docks for those suspended fish, especially when the clouds move out. Crappie fishermen are sneaking out limits under bridges and around spring creek outflows using small jigs, mainly chartreuse and blue, dropped 8 to 12 feet deep. There’s also a fair bluegill bite on worms and crickets along steeper banks if you want to fill a cooler with fast action for the kids. The last couple days have seen boat limits in the 12–20 bass range per angler, with a few bruisers over 5 pounds being reported both north of the causeway and out towards Goose Pond. Kayak anglers from Jetts Fishing Adventures are boasting on Instagram about their morning catches—shaky heads and finesse worms are the ticket in those quieter pockets. If you’re after a mess of catfish, cut shad and chicken livers on the river drop-offs after dusk have produced fish up to 15 pounds, with a good bit of bank action behind Mud Creek and near Waterfront. For today, best lures are popping frogs, black and blue or green pumpkin flipping jigs, 3/8-ounce spinnerbaits with gold willow blades, and shaky head worms in June bug or watermelon seed. Live bait for multi-species fishing: you can’t beat a lively minnow or nightcrawler drifted along edges. Hot spots: - North Sauty Creek grass lines—excellent early topwater action and fli This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.