Lake Powell
April 22, 2007
Dick, his wife Bobby from Pagosa Springs, CO and their adult daughter, Kim from Portland, OR striper fished a half-day on Lake Powell this morning. The dam was hot once again early with most fish in the 21/2 lb/ 25” range. A few fish to 31/2 pounds were taken. After the action slowed, we moved up lake a few miles and fished along the main channel. We found a tremendous school of mixed age classes. Yearlings and fish up to 4 pounds filled the fishfinder’s screen. Anchovies were not needed. Using a 5” grub on a ¼ oz. jighead and vertical jigging a ¼ oz. Kastmaster worked wonders. If this area consistently holds fish, I might have a new favorite spot. One drawback though, it’s close to the travel lanes and wakes will be very tough as boat traffic picks up when the lake gets busier. We kept 36 and sunk at least 10 more.
Lake Powell
April 20 & 21, 2007
Art and his Son-in law Scott came up from Tucson to fish Lake Powell for 2 days. Despite morning temps in the low 40’s. the striper fishing was very good at some of the spots we fished. The first morning, we were able to get one of the prime spots at the barrier at the dam. Here the fishing was hot and heavy. I lost track of how many double hook-ups Art and Scott had. The fish were taking my reliable combo of a ¼ oz. jig w/ a chartreuse grub tipped with a chunk of anchovy. Most of the fish were holding 20 feet or shallower. On Saturday, we started on the east wall of the dam since the western side was already crowded. We hit a few fish here, but the action wasn't that great. However, the first bend in the main channel was excellent for a couple of hours. Many were healthy 3 pounders along with lots of yearling size. At times, the sonar was thick with fish echoes. After the fish moved off, the action just plain stopped. We fished the intake with 5 other boats and nobody was having any success to speak of, just a few scattered fish. Later we ventured back to the bend, and caught a few more, but the big school wasn’t there. Another tough day at the office.
Lake Powell
April 6, 2007
Jeff and 2 friends from the Prescott area fished with me for a full day trip on Lake Powell. We started at the dam after leaving Wahweap at 8 A.M..The first 5 barriers already had boats tied up and every angler was casting over the barriers towards the dam and getting stripers on most every cast. I opted to fish along the western wall about 50 yards from the barrier line. We thought we were going to be on fish big-time when the first cast with a jig and ‘chovie produced a 3 pounder. Soon after, another fish came to the same rig, but then the action ceased. We gave it about 30 minutes more and with no more fish on our side of the barrier being taken, I decided to take the show on the road. Off we went into the mouth of Antelope canyon. I stopped about 200 yards inside and chummed heavily. In about 10 minutes we had a nice flurry of stripers eating our anchovies. This continued on and off for the next 45 minutes or so. After this action died we fished the mouth of the canyon with no success. After lunch we motored a short distance to the intake. Here, the fish were very happy! For 2 hours of more, we slapped the stripers silly. Lots of doubles, triples and quads. Everyone had a blast and tired arms.
Lake Powell
March 24, 2007
If you're a regular reader of my fishing reports and wondering when I was going to post a report from a guide trip on Lake Powell...here it is finally. The first day guiding on the lake for 2007 was with a returning client from last year. Phil brought his buddy and fellow Delta employee. These guys were a pleasure to fish with. Stripers were the target today. Well, the fish were more than happy to join in the fun. We started at the dam and immediately it was on! Fish after fish ate anchovies either on Carolina rigs or on a jig with a grub and a small piece of 'chovy added.
At 11:00 after filling one and half coolers with stripers, we thought it would be nice to see some new water. So we left to fish the intake and the small cove just past buoy 9. These 2 spots only yielded a few fish each. I decided to try the Warm Creek wall since the other 2 spots didn't produce well. Nobody was home here, at least on the 2 spots we fished along the wall. So, after a while we opted to go back to the Dam. Good plan. The fish were still there and biting as well as they were when we left. The other boats that were fishing along with us were slamming the fish as well. The west wall was the place to be. We tied to the 3rd barrier but other boats were just drifting and casting their anchovies and letting them pendulum back under the boat. That was exactly what we were doing. The fish seemed to be 30 feet or shallower. I didn't see many fish on the finder that were deeper than 40 feet. Overall, the best method was a 1/4oz jig and grub with a piece of 'chovy added. We used both chartreuse and shad color grubs on 10 pound mono.
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Lake Powell
April 28, 2007
Steve and Mark from Ogden harvested 24 stripers and sunk lots more. We found fish quite shallow at times, watching several fish eat the 'chovie just under the boat. We fished the main channel not far from the dam until the wave action got old. Graphed Warm Creek wall and only saw a few. There was another boat fishing the western terminal end of the wall and they had several fish. After Warm creek, we took a ride to Padre Canyon to see if the stripers were in a area that produced hundred of fish last for my clients. The fish were on break or something, because I graphed just a few. While in the back of the canyon, we looked for and found several bedded males all alone. No pairs that I saw. Perhaps tomorrow or the next day. Water temp in the very back was 67. We caught several LM and SM on gravel bottom. Nothing of notable size though.
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Lake Powell Report
July 24, 2007
Steve from Tucson and his grandson James from Mesa fished yesterday on Lees Ferry and today on Powell. We launched at 5:30 with plans of getting some topwater action from small and largemouth bass, but they weren’t interested in the areas we tried. So, we made stripers our focus. After trying a couple other areas first, we ended up at the power plant intake. The action was steady for several hours. Steve and James had several doubles and lots of fun. They harvested 22 fish.
Lake Powell Report
May 3-5, 2007
I motored up Lake Powell 92 miles to Stanton Creek to guide several members of the Atwood family for 3 days. Despite nasty wind, cold and occasional drizzle, we beat up on the stripers big-time. Day one found us just inside the mouth of Moki Canyon anchored on a rock pile using grubs with ‘chovies and Carolina rigs with circle hooks and a chunk of bait. Action was fast and we had several quadruple hook-ups. Day 2 was better weather and we decided to bass fish for a while before striper fishing again. A few bass came on hula grubs, but overall, the action was slow. I pulled up at buoy 90 where the river channel turns away from a vertical wall and the sloping slickrock begins. This spot and many others like it produce a ton of fish in the spring. Buoy 90 was no exception. We caught lots of small but good eating stripers along with a few larger ones here. After the small fish got to be old hat, we motored down to the mouth of Lake Canyon. This spot was loaded with healthy sized stripers. Despite the windy conditions, we took at least 40 fish here. Day 3 was much the same at Lake Canyon. The stripers were plenty happy and one walleye took a ‘chovie on a Carolina rig.
This was an excellent trip and I would like to thank Mel and the rest of the crew for booking me for these 3 days.
Lake Powell
May 1, 2007
3 anglers from Utah enjoyed another great day of striper and bass fishing on Lake Powell. The striper fishing was not as red-hot as in previous weeks, but we still found several spots were the fish took anchovies readily. Bass fishing was good with 5” grubs and 4” tubes in watermelon and pearl/silver.
2007 Client Reports