Lake Guntersville Fishing Report October 28, 2025: Early Bite, Crankbaits, and Solunar Predictions

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Guntersville fishing report for Tuesday, October 28th, 2025. Folks, crack-of-dawn anglers were greeted with a cool, foggy 52 degrees and near 91 percent humidity around Guntersville this morning, with a calm ENE breeze barely topping 2 mph. Sunrise hit at 6:48 AM and sunset’s coming early at 6:14 PM, so plan your trips for the prime light. The moon’s waning gibbous, sitting high in the sky and setting up some killer early-bite windows, especially as that solunar prediction pegs the best fishing between 7:54–8:54 AM and again midafternoon from 1:53–3:53 PM according to the latest forecasts from solunarforecast.com. Water temps are steady, and the bite is still holding strong as we wrap up October. According to yesterday’s Lake Guntersville Daily Fishing Report podcast, largemouths are munching hard on shad and crawfish patterns. Topwaters got hot at sunrise over shallow grass, but once that fog started burning off, anglers switched over to bladed jigs and crankbaits fished along the creek channel bends and deeper grass lines—Chatterbaits and rattletraps in chrome or gold are getting reaction strikes, with some quality keepers pushing past the 4-pound mark reported around Town Creek and the causeway bridges. Reports are still strong for both white and black crappie—tightline folks have been loading up with minnows and small jigs around the bridge pilings and standing timber north of the Highway 431 bridge. Catfish chasers are finding blues and channels hugging the channel ledges from South Sauty to Roseberry, and cut shad or chicken liver on Carolina rigs is still the ticket, especially near dusk. The pros at Major League Fishing spotlighted a few winning patterns from last weekend’s REDCREST event: offshore brush piles and main river grass bars in 6 to 10 feet were key for limit-sized bass. Anglers using WOO! Tungsten Ned heads with green pumpkin Z-Man TRDs, plus 7- to 10-inch straight-tail worms dragged slow, did serious work. For numbers and quality, try a black and blue jig with a craw trailer around Guntersville State Park’s boat ramp riprap—hard bites reported there late in the day. For hot spots, the Goose Pond area is on fire for both keeper bass and crappie—boats working the outside lily pad edges midmorning are cashing in. North Sauty Creek’s stump fields have also kicked out a couple of real solid bags this week. Don’t sleep on the Highway 69 causeway either; morning shad spawns have fish stacked up, smashing spinnerbaits and jerkbaits in natural shad colors. Wind is negligible, so finesse rigs and slower presentations will work if the bite gets tough. Some locals are finding action on smaller swimbaits and downsized spinnerbaits—keep a white or chartreuse 1/4-ounce spinnerbait ready for when bass start chasing bait balls. No big tidal impact here on Guntersville, but the stable barometric pressure is keeping the bass comfortable and predictable—look for them to stay close to grass and ledges. Fa This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.