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Lake Powell Fishing Report: Stripers, Smallies, and Sunsets
Artificial Lure here, coming to you from the shimmering red-rock canyons of Lake Powell, Utah, with your fishing report for August 6, 2025.
No tides to worry about on Powell—this is freshwater angling all the way. Weather’s been classic desert: highs flirting with 104°F under clear, sunny skies, lows cruising into the low 70s once the sun dips. Expect patchy smoke drifting in from the southwest and a stiff breeze at times, especially in the late afternoon, so keep your hats strapped down. Sunrise came early at 5:34 am and sunset’s not until 7:29 pm, giving you nearly fourteen hours of golden opportunity on the water.
The lake has been busy but not packed. The best bite windows are still the first two hours after sunrise and the last hour before dark—both stripers and largemouth getting feisty when the sun is low. Surface temps remain warm, so most fish have dropped a bit deeper mid-day. The water clarity is decent near the main channel but murkier where the wind’s kicked up sediment in the coves.
Let’s talk fish: recent reports have seen solid striper action, with anglers boating numbers anywhere from five to 25 per outing on the troll between Antelope Point and the mouth of Navajo Canyon. Live anchovies are still king for stripers—best fished deep (40-70 feet), on a weighted line, right around the channel breaks. For those tossing artificials, Rat-L-Trap style lipless crankbaits and shad-patterned swimbaits like the Custom Baby Bull Shad in Blue Back Herring have landed some real slabbers, especially where schools are busting shad at the surface (Fulks Custom Cranks swears by it).
Smallmouth bass are showing up on rocky points and shelves, particularly in the shade of steep banks. Numbers aren’t as high as early summer but decent size—lots of two-pounders being coaxed out. Best picks are finesse baits: 3- to 4-inch soft plastic grubs or ned rigs in green pumpkin or motor oil, worked slowly along the bottom in fifteen to twenty feet of water.
Largemouth bass are a tougher ticket but still worth hunting in the shallow coves and flooded brush between Warm Creek and Padre Bay, especially early. Topwater frogs and walking baits got a few big blows just after dawn, but the go-to as the days heat up is a soft plastic Texas rig pitched tight to cover.
Catfish have stayed consistent after dark—classic chicken liver or stink bait doing work for channel cats near the camps around Lone Rock Beach.
As always, crappie are tough to pin down in August, but if you find submerged brush in 20-30 feet of water, drop a small jig or minnow and you could end up with a mixed bag.
Hot spots this week:
- The mouth of Navajo Canyon: lots of striper schools following shad—troll or drop bait here in the morning.
- Lone Rock Beach area: good access, especially for night catfish or kids targeting sunfish and bluegill.
Pro tips: With the warmer temps, fish deeper midday; target shaded banks; use natural bait if you’ve got it, shad imitators if you don’t.
Big thanks for tuning in to your Lake Powell report with Artificial Lure—be sure to subscribe for your regular fix of local tips and on-the-water updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
No tides to worry about on Powell—this is freshwater angling all the way. Weather’s been classic desert: highs flirting with 104°F under clear, sunny skies, lows cruising into the low 70s once the sun dips. Expect patchy smoke drifting in from the southwest and a stiff breeze at times, especially in the late afternoon, so keep your hats strapped down. Sunrise came early at 5:34 am and sunset’s not until 7:29 pm, giving you nearly fourteen hours of golden opportunity on the water.
The lake has been busy but not packed. The best bite windows are still the first two hours after sunrise and the last hour before dark—both stripers and largemouth getting feisty when the sun is low. Surface temps remain warm, so most fish have dropped a bit deeper mid-day. The water clarity is decent near the main channel but murkier where the wind’s kicked up sediment in the coves.
Let’s talk fish: recent reports have seen solid striper action, with anglers boating numbers anywhere from five to 25 per outing on the troll between Antelope Point and the mouth of Navajo Canyon. Live anchovies are still king for stripers—best fished deep (40-70 feet), on a weighted line, right around the channel breaks. For those tossing artificials, Rat-L-Trap style lipless crankbaits and shad-patterned swimbaits like the Custom Baby Bull Shad in Blue Back Herring have landed some real slabbers, especially where schools are busting shad at the surface (Fulks Custom Cranks swears by it).
Smallmouth bass are showing up on rocky points and shelves, particularly in the shade of steep banks. Numbers aren’t as high as early summer but decent size—lots of two-pounders being coaxed out. Best picks are finesse baits: 3- to 4-inch soft plastic grubs or ned rigs in green pumpkin or motor oil, worked slowly along the bottom in fifteen to twenty feet of water.
Largemouth bass are a tougher ticket but still worth hunting in the shallow coves and flooded brush between Warm Creek and Padre Bay, especially early. Topwater frogs and walking baits got a few big blows just after dawn, but the go-to as the days heat up is a soft plastic Texas rig pitched tight to cover.
Catfish have stayed consistent after dark—classic chicken liver or stink bait doing work for channel cats near the camps around Lone Rock Beach.
As always, crappie are tough to pin down in August, but if you find submerged brush in 20-30 feet of water, drop a small jig or minnow and you could end up with a mixed bag.
Hot spots this week:
- The mouth of Navajo Canyon: lots of striper schools following shad—troll or drop bait here in the morning.
- Lone Rock Beach area: good access, especially for night catfish or kids targeting sunfish and bluegill.
Pro tips: With the warmer temps, fish deeper midday; target shaded banks; use natural bait if you’ve got it, shad imitators if you don’t.
Big thanks for tuning in to your Lake Powell report with Artificial Lure—be sure to subscribe for your regular fix of local tips and on-the-water updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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By Quiet. PleaseArtificial Lure here, coming to you from the shimmering red-rock canyons of Lake Powell, Utah, with your fishing report for August 6, 2025.
No tides to worry about on Powell—this is freshwater angling all the way. Weather’s been classic desert: highs flirting with 104°F under clear, sunny skies, lows cruising into the low 70s once the sun dips. Expect patchy smoke drifting in from the southwest and a stiff breeze at times, especially in the late afternoon, so keep your hats strapped down. Sunrise came early at 5:34 am and sunset’s not until 7:29 pm, giving you nearly fourteen hours of golden opportunity on the water.
The lake has been busy but not packed. The best bite windows are still the first two hours after sunrise and the last hour before dark—both stripers and largemouth getting feisty when the sun is low. Surface temps remain warm, so most fish have dropped a bit deeper mid-day. The water clarity is decent near the main channel but murkier where the wind’s kicked up sediment in the coves.
Let’s talk fish: recent reports have seen solid striper action, with anglers boating numbers anywhere from five to 25 per outing on the troll between Antelope Point and the mouth of Navajo Canyon. Live anchovies are still king for stripers—best fished deep (40-70 feet), on a weighted line, right around the channel breaks. For those tossing artificials, Rat-L-Trap style lipless crankbaits and shad-patterned swimbaits like the Custom Baby Bull Shad in Blue Back Herring have landed some real slabbers, especially where schools are busting shad at the surface (Fulks Custom Cranks swears by it).
Smallmouth bass are showing up on rocky points and shelves, particularly in the shade of steep banks. Numbers aren’t as high as early summer but decent size—lots of two-pounders being coaxed out. Best picks are finesse baits: 3- to 4-inch soft plastic grubs or ned rigs in green pumpkin or motor oil, worked slowly along the bottom in fifteen to twenty feet of water.
Largemouth bass are a tougher ticket but still worth hunting in the shallow coves and flooded brush between Warm Creek and Padre Bay, especially early. Topwater frogs and walking baits got a few big blows just after dawn, but the go-to as the days heat up is a soft plastic Texas rig pitched tight to cover.
Catfish have stayed consistent after dark—classic chicken liver or stink bait doing work for channel cats near the camps around Lone Rock Beach.
As always, crappie are tough to pin down in August, but if you find submerged brush in 20-30 feet of water, drop a small jig or minnow and you could end up with a mixed bag.
Hot spots this week:
- The mouth of Navajo Canyon: lots of striper schools following shad—troll or drop bait here in the morning.
- Lone Rock Beach area: good access, especially for night catfish or kids targeting sunfish and bluegill.
Pro tips: With the warmer temps, fish deeper midday; target shaded banks; use natural bait if you’ve got it, shad imitators if you don’t.
Big thanks for tuning in to your Lake Powell report with Artificial Lure—be sure to subscribe for your regular fix of local tips and on-the-water updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
No tides to worry about on Powell—this is freshwater angling all the way. Weather’s been classic desert: highs flirting with 104°F under clear, sunny skies, lows cruising into the low 70s once the sun dips. Expect patchy smoke drifting in from the southwest and a stiff breeze at times, especially in the late afternoon, so keep your hats strapped down. Sunrise came early at 5:34 am and sunset’s not until 7:29 pm, giving you nearly fourteen hours of golden opportunity on the water.
The lake has been busy but not packed. The best bite windows are still the first two hours after sunrise and the last hour before dark—both stripers and largemouth getting feisty when the sun is low. Surface temps remain warm, so most fish have dropped a bit deeper mid-day. The water clarity is decent near the main channel but murkier where the wind’s kicked up sediment in the coves.
Let’s talk fish: recent reports have seen solid striper action, with anglers boating numbers anywhere from five to 25 per outing on the troll between Antelope Point and the mouth of Navajo Canyon. Live anchovies are still king for stripers—best fished deep (40-70 feet), on a weighted line, right around the channel breaks. For those tossing artificials, Rat-L-Trap style lipless crankbaits and shad-patterned swimbaits like the Custom Baby Bull Shad in Blue Back Herring have landed some real slabbers, especially where schools are busting shad at the surface (Fulks Custom Cranks swears by it).
Smallmouth bass are showing up on rocky points and shelves, particularly in the shade of steep banks. Numbers aren’t as high as early summer but decent size—lots of two-pounders being coaxed out. Best picks are finesse baits: 3- to 4-inch soft plastic grubs or ned rigs in green pumpkin or motor oil, worked slowly along the bottom in fifteen to twenty feet of water.
Largemouth bass are a tougher ticket but still worth hunting in the shallow coves and flooded brush between Warm Creek and Padre Bay, especially early. Topwater frogs and walking baits got a few big blows just after dawn, but the go-to as the days heat up is a soft plastic Texas rig pitched tight to cover.
Catfish have stayed consistent after dark—classic chicken liver or stink bait doing work for channel cats near the camps around Lone Rock Beach.
As always, crappie are tough to pin down in August, but if you find submerged brush in 20-30 feet of water, drop a small jig or minnow and you could end up with a mixed bag.
Hot spots this week:
- The mouth of Navajo Canyon: lots of striper schools following shad—troll or drop bait here in the morning.
- Lone Rock Beach area: good access, especially for night catfish or kids targeting sunfish and bluegill.
Pro tips: With the warmer temps, fish deeper midday; target shaded banks; use natural bait if you’ve got it, shad imitators if you don’t.
Big thanks for tuning in to your Lake Powell report with Artificial Lure—be sure to subscribe for your regular fix of local tips and on-the-water updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn