Category Archives: Fishing Reports
Lake Powell Fishing Report 11-21-15
Lake Powell Elevation: 3605.98 Water Temp: 60 degrees Dear Anglers, Went out yesterday with my neighbor to hunt for crappie but to no avail. We turned our hunt for smallmouth in Gunsite Canyon and found our fish at 40′ off the points. Are last approach where we hunted for suspended stripers along the channel edge where you graph the contour of the drop off to 40-100′. Stripers hit the Deep Dive shad raps on a 5mps fast troll. We landed 6 fish all between Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report & Specials 10-25-15
Lake Powell Elevation: 3606.46 Dear Anglers, Huge schools of bait fish have migrated to the backs of canyons with stripers and other fish staging at the entrance. Trolling and jigging is the norm on stripers and tubes for the small and large mouth bass in 20 to 30 ft of water. Fish can be finicky one day and then binging the next on your offering due to the enormous bait fish population. Winter fishing will be better this year also so you can beat the Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 9-30-15
A nice catch and great fishing day Sept. 26, 2015 fishing with Capt. Bill and Ambassador Guides & Outfitters, Inc. Fishing Report by Capt. Bill – early starts are best and full day if possible and get out to the cooler waters. Water temps should start to cool down and we should be in for some awesome fishing. Today we fished early and had a great catch – lots of fish and good sizes. Photo caption: Matt Redfield found great striper fishing after Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 9-8-15
Caption: Fall striper fishing is excellent in Lake Powell. Travis Sanders helped daughter Aubrey catch her first big striper and now thinks she is hooked for life. Lake Powell Fish Report – September 8, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3608 Water Temperature 78-81 F By: Wayne Gustaveson Stripers are changing habits again with long absent boils occurring in the southern lake. For the past week early morning and late evening boils are blowing up in the main channel from Antelope Point Marina to Padre Bay. Morning boils Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson April 25, 2015
Ethan from Durango Colorado enjoyed catching big stripers in a “boil” near Rock Creek. Those big fish are still there but were better caught this week on spoons. Find small fish boiling on top and then fish under the boil with spoons to catch larger stripers Lake Powell Fish Report – August 21, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3610 Water Temperature 80-85 F By Wayne Gustaeson Stripers are changing their schedule and location. As soon as we get them figured out they do something else. The Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report June 24, 2015 by Wayne Gustaveson
Dave Sellers, expert fly fishermen from California, found stripers using flies while anglers using conventional tackle struggled. The technique that all can use is tying a fly on a spinning rod and trolling it along the surface to catch plankton eating stripers. Lake Powell Fish Report – June 24, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3611 Water Temperature 78 – 83 F Slurps, Slurps, Slurps! Fishing is very exciting now with striped bass popping to the top over the length of the lake. Catching is sometimes a Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report June 10, 2015 by Wayne Gustaveson
Matt P. from AZ fishing with Ambassador Guides & Outfitters 6-8-15 1 of 14 fish caught Lake Powell Fish Report – June 10, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3602 Water Temperature 71 – 75 F The unusual year of fisheries expectations continues. The big news is that striped bass females caught yesterday still have not spawned. That should not be too surprising since the daytime temperatures and weather resemble late April more than early June. It is raining and cool today as this report is written. Female stripers need Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report June 2, 2015 by Wayne Gustaveson
Bransen Jackson, Kanab UT, was given the enviable task of catching striped bass with his fly rod. Bransen is a college student who works for UDWR this summer and was instrumental in collecting the needed fish for a sample when fly fishing was the best collection option. Thanks Bransen! Lake Powell Fish Report – June 2, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3597.6 Water Temperature 71 – 75 F By: Wayne Gustaveson Slurps! The fishing report trip this week got off to a weird Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson May 27, 2015
Lake Powell Fish Report – May 26, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3595 Water Temperature 63 – 70 F Lake Powell is rising. The weather forecast is for rapid warming. Fish behavior is changing as a result of the changing conditions. Here is how to keep up with the new reality in the fish world at Lake Powell. Runoff is now busting downstream allowing the lake water level to increase each day. All that water makes the upper lake muddy, reduces visibility, and points anglers downstream Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson May 19, 2015
Dave Sellers, expert fly fishermen from California, found stripers using flies while anglers using conventional tackle struggled. The technique that all can use is tying a fly on a spinning rod and trolling it along the surface to catch plankton eating stripers. Lake Powell Fish Report – May 19, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3592 Water Temperature 64 – 70 F By: Wayne Gustaveson LOST STRIPERS ARE FOUND! Striper fishing has been difficult in May since most are accustomed to fishing with bait for big schools of Read More +
