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Lake Guntersville fishing — live bite forecast

A 69,000-acre Tennessee River impoundment where grass is everything: matted milfoil and hydrilla make it the South's benchmark frog-and-flipping bass lake.

Today's bite rating: good (73/100)

Largemouth Bass is the most promising species on Lake Guntersville today. Water temperature is around 27.1°C and barometric pressure is stable.

Best time to fish today

  • 17:0019:00 local time — score 71/100
  • 20:0022:00 local time — score 68/100
  • 05:0007:00 local time — score 74/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSunday 5 JulMonday 6 JulTuesday 7 Jul
Largemouth Bass73good75good74good
Crappie53fair61good56fair
Smallmouth Bass59fair65good64good

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Lake Guntersville rating:

  • solunar period: helping (+1)
  • water temperature: helping (+0.98)
  • wind: helping (+0.9)
  • cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
  • season: helping (+0.85)
  • pressure trend: helping (+0.8)

Forecast computed Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:15:23 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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