Utah Fishing Report
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| Date | 01-Jun-24 | |
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: LAKE POWELL: Fishing forecast (June through July): Boat launching and access remains good until water reaches 3,525 feet. Runoff has resulted in 10 feet of lake rise so far and is expected to continue until early July. Largemouth bass: Bass seek out and reside in cover. This can take the form of brush, tumbleweed piles and trees. Bass do not like to leave cover. They share cover and space with sunfish. As temperatures warm up, bass will begin chasing sunfish. So, if largemouth bass is your quarry, be on the lookout for cover and sunfish. By doing so you will be positioned well to catch lots of bass. Chatter baits with a shad-colored trailer, spinner baits and soft plastics, such as Yamamoto Senkos, all work well for largemouth bass. Crappie: Similar to largemouth, crappie really like to live near flooded vegetation and cover. When brush is absent, crappie tend to seek a certain water depth, hover over a ledge or drop-off or find colored water where they can eat small fish. There is no shortage of flooded vegetation in the back of canyons, simply look for vegetation growing along sandy shorelines with moderate slopes and follow that line of vegetation down to the water line where you can see the submerged vegetation in the clear water. You can also use sonar to detect underwater cover. We recommend a slip bobber rig. Adjusting the bobber stop allows anglers to suspend the jig right over the brush maximizing the jigs time in the strike zone and avoiding snagging up in the cover. We also recommend using red wiggler worms to entice crappie. Smallmouth bass: Smallmouth bass are still spawning at Lake Powell, and they can be caught in shallow water with crayfish jigs, ned rigs and curly-tail grubs. Smallmouth prefer rock structure for cover, so it is easier to locate them with plastic grubs fished on rocky shelves, in boulder fields or at the edge of drop-offs and other shallow areas (from 30 feet deep to the shallow shoreline). Smallmouth bass fishing will stay good through June. As summer progresses, fish will move deeper and be more of a challenge to target. During summer months, bass will feed more at first and last light. Use poppers and walking lures at dawn and dusk. The summer top water fishing can be fantastic. Some proven top water lures to try are Rebel Pop-R, Heddon Super Spook Jr., Strike King Sexy Dawg, Whopper Plopper or Berkley Choppo. Striped bass (stripers): Early in 2024, anglers had great success on the north end, from Red Canyon up to the Horn, with spoons, jigs and trolling. During April and May, stripers have been more difficult to find. However, anglers have reported catching stripers in deeper water (60-80 feet) at the mouths of Halls Crossing and Moqui and Knowles canyons. Trolling diving crank baits has also been effective for some. Finding striped bass is similar to finding shad. If you wish to target striped bass on the south end, try fishing Navajo or Warm Creek. If you can manage it, keep going up-lake and fish Last Chance or Rock Creek. The condition of stripers is excellent right now. Striper will begin to chase shad up to the surface in June and July, so be on the lookout for ripples on the surface (slurps and boils) and have some rods ready with surface lures. Reported by: Utah D.W.R |
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