Tag Archives: Lake Powell

Lake Powell Fishing Report 3-28-15 by Capt. Bill McBurney

Lake Powell Elevation:  3591.04 Water temps will be staying in the 60’s this coming week and by mid April smallmouth and largemouth will be on the nest.  Stripers are wanting to move but the report out of Utah officials has them staying in the backs of Canyons all year at Lake Powell.  I believe some will but the triggering effect to spawn which means out in the Colorado Channel and better bait fishing by May hopefully.  Get your booking in for some great fishing coming Read More +

Lake Powell Fishing Report March 24, 2015 by Wayne Gustaveson

    Photo caption: While fishing for stripers in Warm Creek my lure ticked the bottom momentarily. It was long enough for a small quagga mussel to snap shut on the hook. This is my first shell-hooked catch of a live mussel. If a mussel can bite a rattletrap there is no reason that it could not catch an anchor rope,ski rope or any other object under the water. Make sure to clean, drain and dry your boat when leaving Lake Powell. Lake Powell Fish Read More +

Lake Powell Fishing Forecast Fishing Report – Capt. Bill 2-7-15

Ron Larson’s “Vistas & Visions of the Colorado Plateau” tonight @ the Powell Museum, reception 6p-8p. Don’t miss the grand opening @ 6 N. Lake Powell Blvd Lake Powell Elevation: 3593.31 Stripers on long range full day trips are best bet this early spring. Jig-Troll-Spin-Fly. With warmer winter we should see our fishing bust out strong this spring. This week temps in he 60’s.   Map of projected spawning this Spring: http://fishing.scout.com/story/1494392-when-do-largemouths-spawn-on-your-waters?s=197&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=WHEN+DO+LARGEMOUTHS+SPAWN+ON+YOUR+WATERS%3F&utm_campaign=Fishing+Marketing Glen Canyon Report: This notification confirms that the release volume from Glen Canyon Read More +

Lake Powell Fishing Report Spring Forecast by Capt. Bill

Dear Anglers, Positive feed back from our fishing biologist which is very promising with the abundance of bait fish this Winter.  Whatever style of angling, beginner, semi pro-fly fishermen, bait cast, spin or trolling Spring should provide great angling opportunities.  Our newest boat a 26′ triton that cruises 25knots is rigged for that Spring Lake Powell trip of a lifetime. Current Winter angling is a 50/50 proposition but offers an experience like no other with little or zero boat traffico n the water (weather permitting Read More +

From Bureau of Reclamation 10-29-14

October 29, 2014   The DOI Glen Canyon Leadership Team has directed Reclamation to carry out a High Flow Experiment from Glen Canyon Dam November 10-15, 2014.  This notification describes the operations of Glen Canyon Dam in November for the days prior to, during, and after the High Flow Experiment.   Beginning on November 1, 2014, and through November 9, 2014, the releases from Glen Canyon Dam will total approximately 16,736 acre-feet per day.   Hourly and daily average releases from Glen Canyon Dam for November Read More +

Fishing Report October 8, 2014 with Capt. Bill

    Fly Fishing 10/8/14 with Richard Hargis from Utah The days scenario fishing Powell is a 50/50 possibility for Stripers. If you hit the schools on top then two people can bag 10 to 20 fish in and hour fishing conventional. Fly fisherman can cut that equation in half. The fish are fat and strong with 1 1/2 inch fillets for the table. The rest of the day would be looking for small mouth unless where presented with another boil of course the hopefully Read More +

Lake Powell Fishing Report September 30, 2014 by Wayne Gustaveson

Caption: Raquel Dibble, Perry UT, displays some very healthy stripers caught this week from boils. Cooler temperatures allow stripers to come to the surface to feed on shad that have been hiding in the warm surface waters. Boil fishing should be good through October. Lake Powell Fishing Report September 30, 2014 Lake Elevation: 3605 Water Temperature 73-77 F Just blew the hot water lid off of Lake Powell. The long hot summer kept the surface temperature above 80 degrees until the rainy cold front arrived 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 9-6-14

  Photo caption: Dallin Trotter, Cedar City UT, caught some nice fat stripers in early morning striper boils in the main channel near Navajo Canyon. Striper boils are getting bigger and mor…e numerous as the lake surface temperature cools. Navajo Canyon continues to be the best spot for striper boils in the southern lake. Lacking any other reports we headed back to Navajo to glean additional information for this week’s report. No surface action was seen in Wahweap or Warm Creek but as soon as Read More +