Clear skies and crisp air greeted anglers at Lake Powell this morning, with the sun cracking the horizon at 6:43 am and sunset set for 5:36 pm. The thermometer started in the low 40s, warming to a brisk 53°F through midday, and light winds out of the east kept the water calm early. WeatherWorld.com says we’ll stay sunny through the day, with highs around 53°F and lows dipping to 42°F overnight. No tidal movement here, but post-frontal conditions mean bright light and a shallow bite early, especially in shadowed coves.

Stripers and smallmouth bass are still driving most of the action. Local chatter and the Lake Powell Chronicle say striped bass schools are pushing shad up against the rocks and into the backs of canyons and creek arms, especially near Wahweap and the southern channel approaches. Anglers are filling coolers with smaller stripers, with solid limits coming from the mouth of Warm Creek and off the points near Navajo Canyon. Smallmouth bass remain stacked along chunk rock banks and submerged brush, feeding aggressively before winter. The best catches this week came on soft plastics—green pumpkin tubes and 3-inch swimbaits on light jig heads—fished slow and deep, especially in the afternoon when the water warms up a tick.

For stripers, the hot ticket is working spoons and anchovy-tipped jigs vertically through the schools marked on sonar, with morning hours best before they scatter deeper. Folks using anchovy cut bait squared up good numbers, and some larger fish up to the three-pound mark were reported. Lure recommendations: try silver Kastmasters or bucktail jigs dressed with a bit of anchovy for stripers, and for smallmouth, green pumpkin tube baits, Ned rigs, and small swimbaits like Keitech Easy Shiner have pulled the most bites. If you’re after walleye—which are less common but possible this time of year—slow-rolled crankbaits like Rapala Shad Raps along rocky drop-offs after sunset can tease out a bite. Fresh or salted anchovies are working best for stripers when the artificial bite slows midday. Night anglers snag a few catfish using chicken liver off sandy beaches near Antelope Point.

Hot spots today: Wahweap Marina entrance is seeing stripers schooling on shad, best action between 7 am and 10 am. Navajo Canyon points offer a mix of smallmouth and striper, with tubes and jigs taking both. Warm Creek mouth is a bait fisherman’s dream, with eating-size stripers filling coolers before the wind picks up. With the lake sitting at roughly 67% of normal water levels, many shoreline structures are exposed. That means fish are relating tight to cover, and your best bet is to cast right up against visible rock and wood. Afternoon warms bring cruising bass shallow—prime time for those tossing jerkbaits or working plastics slow. No big tournaments on the books today, so the lake’s yours—just keep an eye on the wind in the afternoon and plan to tuck into a cove if it picks up. Fish activity should remain steady as long as the sun’s shining and water temps hold.

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