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Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gusatveson
Photo caption: Brian Myers found bass fishing good for his angling group in Good Hope Bay. Here is a light colored largemouth bass which looks much like a smallmouth bass. These fish species are currently hard to tell apart when they come from murky water. Bass fishing is good now while stripers are being more selective. This is a picture also of the “graph” to illustrate striper feeding. Lake Powell Fishing Report October 17, 2014 Lake Elevation: 3606 Water Temperature 70-74 F By: Wayne Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report September 10, 2014 Wayne Gustaveson
Photo Caption: Lake Powell stripers are in prime condition. These fat stripers were caught in surface boils this week that are occurring daily from dawn until 7:30 AM and them again during the last hour of daylight.Lake Powell Fishing Report September 10, 2014 Lake Elevation: 3605 Water Temperature 75-79 F Striper fishing has settled into a predictable pattern over the length of Lake Powell. Each morning striper schools come to the surface chasing shad schools. The trigger is first light which makes shad form into Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 8-27-14
Photo Caption: Carl Lind, Wittmann AZ, caught this 3-pound striped bass in Last Chance Bay trolling a shad rap. Striper fishing is much better this week as stripers are chasing shad to the surface each morning and evening. Stripers are FAT after gorging on a bumper crop of shad. They are very strong fighters and are willing to hit surface lures. August 27, 2014 Lake Elevation: 3606 Water Temperature 77-80 F Reports of stripers feeding on the surface really had me invigorated this morning. We Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 8-20-14
For some unknown reason on certain days one lure will work better than another. On this trip the Bomber Flat A in shad color worked the best. This lure is pictured here so you can see the colors,,,,and the fish. Lake Powell Fishing Report August 20, 2014 Lake Elevation: 3607 Water Temperature 78-83 F By: Wayne Gustaveson Lake Powell fish are getting fatter. That is a good thing coming off a difficult year with low water and very little brushy habitat. Our studies show that Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson
Lake Powell Fishing Report July 23, 2014 Lake Elevation: 3608 Water Temperature 77-85 F Photo: Jaxson Jones, Phoenix AZ, helped his dad manhandle this big striper caught trolling in Padre Bay. Stripers are boiling in the northern lake but trolling 20-25 feet deep works better on the south end. Big news began pouring in on July 25th. Stripers were boiling in the northern Lake from Good Hope Bay to White Canyon. As the week progressed more reports followed. Stripers were seen feeding on Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Capt. Bill McBurney & Wayne Gustaveson (Wayne’s Words)
The fishing window if on the right spot is 5 a.m. till 8:30 a.m. with this heat we are having. It can be longer if a cloudy monsoon morning day. September and October are shaping up for some big fish 2-3 lbs on the “fly rod” as well as conventional (use storm deep divers on the troll). Trolling is the best producer right now early for juvenile stripers. Capt. Bill Jeannie from Austin, TX a great 3days with these customers July 16, 2014 Lake Elevation: Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 5-22-14
Photo: Briann Reeves, caught a 9-pound striped bass fishing with bait in the main channel near Buoy 3. Bait fishing is still working lake wide for striped bass while walleye and bass fishing success is steadily improving each day. Lake Elevation: 3583 Water Temperature 62-65 F Lake Powell is rising. The lake looks refreshed as water is now covering vegetation that has grown along the shoreline. The rejuvenation is needed as low water over the past two years has changed how fish do Read More +
Lake Powell Fishing Report by Wayne Gustaveson 5-13-14
Photo: Sharon Hunt, Spring Valley AZ, spend a week fishing Lake Powell and caught a mixed bag of walleye, stripers, bass and crappie. May is the best time to catch a variety of fish.Cool spring temperatures have delayed the best fishing which will now occur the last two weeks of May. Lake Elevation: 3580 Water Temperature 57-65 F The good news is that lake elevation is now high enough to wet the Castle Rock Cut. Water is not yet deep enough to allow boats to 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 4-30-14
Photo: Vikki Berrera, Phoenix AZ, displays a nice walleye caught near Moki Canyon in April. Walleye fishing will get even better in May Tip the plastic jig with a live worm to target walleye Lake Elevation: 3577 Water Temperature 56-60 F Great News! The cold wind that has been blowing non-stop is going to soon be gone. Lake temperature has dropped back down to 56 degrees in the mornings but it rises to 60 by evening. That has slowed bass and crappie spawning. Looks like Read More +
