Bill’s Corner 1/22/12

• Category: Capt Bill's Fishing Tips

Striper Movement,

In the Spring when the water stars to warm enough for the bait fish to migrate to open water on this lake " Lake Powell" is when the winter flows are producing a current which triggers spawning. Females suspend their eggs usually in the channels due to a slight current running through the entire lake system and especially close to the outflow of spillways dam side. The males will stage off of points and rock cropping and mark the eggs when scented from passing females. Trophy angry males can be caught targeting theses points.

Captain Bill

Bill’s Corner 1-15-12

• Category: Fishing Reports

Striper Boils "In the West" Best Success!

Other than the usual networking of good guides and a reliable "tackle store", you have to be looking at your surroundings as soon as you see water and that is "at the ramp".  Most anglers are just as jazzed at heading up Lake especially if they own a fast fishing machine.  Then they start fishing…."oops".

Here on Lake Powell, Herons, Ravens, Gulls and Coyotes are the main players when hitting striper boils that a lot of time have a lot of bass species with them as well.  If you are the dock and there is a coyote watching a few ravens shoreline, I would wait at least 30 minutes to what could be ready to bust open and feed there without wasting a $$$$ in fuel and running up Lake.  If you do head up Lake, check out your surroundings for better success.

Captain Bill