Tag Archives: crappie
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 by Wayne Gustaveson May 6, 2015
Shane Spravzoff, Flagstaff AZ, caught all different kinds and sizes of fish in Lake Powell during the first weekend of May. Fishing will continue to be great for the whole month in this magical year for catching healthy, large fish in the most beautiful lake in the world. Lake Powell Fish Report – May 6, 2015 Lake Elevation: 3589.8 Water Temperature 62- 70 F Fish reports from the first weekend in May are rolling in and all agree that last weekend was the very Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 5-06-14
Photo caption: Dan Kennedy, Spanish Fork UT, found good crappie fishing near Bullfrog by searching the floating tumbleweeds in the backs of canyons. Brush is out of the water until the lake comes up more so for now look for floating cover to find both crappie and largemouth bass. Finding fish in Lake Powell is always an incredible adventure. Lake Elevation: 3578 Water Temperature 59-69 F May is here and water temperature is in the 60s which means spring fishing is at its best. Cold Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 4-22-14
Photo Caption: Alex Lafage, Mont de Marsan, France, caught a huge largemouth bass in Wahweap Bay on his first fishing trip to Lake Powell. He caught the bass casting a Sebille Flatt Shad near Wahweap marina. Lake Elevation: 3575 Water Temperature 59-64 F Lake Powell water level continues to increase. Water temperature is climbing as well. As this report is written water temperature is at 60 degrees in the morning and climbs during the day unless a strong wind mixes the shallow surface water Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne’s Words 5-14-13
Lake Powell Fish Report – May 14, 2013 Lake Elevation: 3596 Water Temperature 65-72 F By: Wayne Gustaveson Warmwater fish really respond to changes in water temperature. Lake Powell water temperature is now ranging from 65-72F meaning that spring fishing responses are on the way out and summer personality traits are setting in. The most noticeable sign of warming water is the appearance of phytoplankton which gives lake water a green hue. Formerly crystal clear water now has much less visibility. Normally we Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustavson 5-08-13
Lake Powell Fish Report – May 8, 2013 Lake Elevation: 3596 Water Temperature 59-65 F By: Wayne Gustaveson One week after the spring fishing peak and fishing is still good. A lingering cold front has slowed fishing for bass slightly but stripers continue to eat bait in the southern lake. One disturbing note is that lake level is still going down making it uncertain that the lake will raise much during the normal runoff period. There is still time but the runoff is slow Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing by Wayne Gustavson 5-2-13
Lake Powell Fish Report – April 30, 2013 Lake Elevation: 3596 Water Temperature 58-67 F By: Wayne Gustaveson http://www.wayneswords.com Spring Fishing Peak! Now is the time to catch any of the Big Six sport fish in Lake Powell. In Alphabetical order: Catfish: Hitting bait at night on the sandy beach near camp where the boat is parked. Crappie: These schooling fish are a bit lost without brush. While males are making nests in the dirty water at the backs of canyons and coves, many Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report 5-15-12
Photo: Ryan Mosley and Lowell Marthe, Dutch John UT, caught a mixed bag of species while fishing Lake Powell. Here they hold stripers and walleye but they also caught crappie and smallmouth in abundance. It has been that kind of year at the lake and fishing continues to be excellent for all species. In addition, striper fishing has just improved dramatically this past week. Lake Powell Fish Report – May 15, 2012 Lake Elevation: 3636 Water Temperature 65-72 F By: Wayne Gustaveson Forgive Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing 4-15-12
Jarrod with a nice 7lb. striper Trolling shad rapp in 15′ of water – Warm Creek 4-12-12 John with a nice 2lb. Crappie at Lake Powell plus 7 nice stripers 4-14-12 Justin (Jarrod’s Dad) with a nice striper 4-12-12
Lake Powell Fishing 3-30-12
Lake Powell Elevation: 3635.29 Water temps vary from areas on Lake from 54-60 degrees throughout the day. Largemouth have moved into the shallows to spawn in stained water. Smallmouth have moved to clear water close to the back of canyons. Schoolie stripers are still on the submerged tree lines in the back of canyons. Crappie are beginning to nest in the backs of canyons. Smallmouth, largemouth, stripers and crappie were all caught yesterday on our Charter.
