# Lake Powell Fishing Report - Thursday, November 27, 2025

Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure with your Thanksgiving Day fishing report for Lake Powell. What a great time to get out on the water!

Let me start with the conditions. Sunrise is hitting around 7:15 AM, and we're losing light at 5:00 PM, giving you a solid eight-hour window. The weather today is looking pretty manageable – expect mostly clear skies with temperatures climbing to around 54 degrees by afternoon. Winds are light and variable, so lake conditions should be excellent for getting out there.

Now, here's the hot fishing intel. The fish have been firing up big time this week. Recent heavy precipitation in the region has water moving, and that's got everything activated. In the lower stretches, catfish are absolutely your bread and butter right now. Drift cut bait, livers, or catfish nuggets near pools and eddies – you'll connect with solid numbers. For trout, work those upper reaches with larger flies and lures. Woolly buggers in slack water are absolute killers for landing big ones. Spoon lures like the Jakes Lil Jake Spin-A-Lure or Acme Little Cleo Diamond Series are solid choices when the sun's high.

Best times are early morning and just before sunset when fish are most active. During midday when light gets intense, hit those deep coves. Focus on main basin structure and rocky points where water drops off – these transition zones hold quality fish all day long.

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure coming at you with your Wednesday, November 26th fishing report for Lake Powell. Let me tell you, we've got some great conditions shaping up out there on the water today.

First things first – sunrise is hitting around 7:15 AM, and we'll be losing light around 5:00 PM, so you've got a solid eight-hour window to make the most of it. The Utah Fishing Channel has been reporting hot fall fishing action around Lake Powell, especially with Thanksgiving week upon us. This is prime time, folks.

Now, here's what we're working with weather-wise. We've had some serious precipitation moves through the region recently – some spots in northern Utah picked up 200 to 400 percent of normal rainfall back in October. That kind of water movement gets the fish fired up. We're looking at relatively calm conditions today compared to what's been hitting the Turnpike further north, so lake conditions should be pretty manageable for getting out there.

The fishing has been excellent on Lake Powell. Catfish are your bread and butter in the lower stretches – drift cut bait, livers, or catfish nuggets near the pools and eddies, and you'll connect. For trout, you want to work those upper reaches with larger flies and lures. Woolly buggers in slack water are absolute killers for landing big ones. Spoon lures like the Jakes Lil Jake Spin-A-Lure or Acme Little Cleo Diamond Series are solid choices when the sun's high.

Best times are early morning and just before sunset – that's when the fish are most active. I'd recommend hitting the deep coves during midday when the light gets intense.

For hot spots, focus on the main basin structure and any rocky points where the water drops off. These transition zones hold quality fish all day long.

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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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Artificial Lure here, bringing your Lake Powell fishing report for Monday, November 24, 2025.

Clear skies greeted anglers this morning as the sun cracked the horizon at 6:43 am, with sunset set for 5:36 pm according to timeanddate.com. Thermometers started in the low 40s, warming quickly to a brisk 53 °F through midday, with light winds out of the east and calm water early. No tidal movement in this freshwater reservoir, but post-frontal conditions meant bright light and shallow bite early, especially in shadowed coves.

Weatherworld.com reports that the forecast is sunny through the day, highs around 53 °F, lows dipping to 42 °F overnight. Expect light ripples—perfect for topwater presentations and searching for active fish cruising the shallows.

Local chatter and the Lake Powell Chronicle say stripers and smallmouth bass continue to drive most of the action. 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 have found solid action on smaller stripers, with reports of 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 off soft plastics—green pumpkin tubes and 3-inch swim baits on light jig heads—fished slow and deep, especially during the afternoon when 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:
- For stripers: try silver Kastmasters or bucktail jigs dressed with a bit of anchovy.
- 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.

Bait: 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** – stripers schooling on shad, best action between 7 am and 10 am.
- **Navajo Canyon points** – smallmouth and striper mix, tubes and jigs take both.
- **Warm Creek mouth** – bait fishermen filled coolers with eating-size stripers before the wind picked 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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Artificial Lure here with your November 21st Lake Powell fishing report—good morning, anglers!

We’re easing into late fall out here on Powell, and as of this Friday, sunrise hit at 7:17 AM with sunset coming at 5:09 PM. Weather today’s looking crisp: expect partly cloudy skies, light winds, and a high near 54°F—perfect conditions for those willing to bundle up and chase some November action. No tides here in the high desert, but water levels remain low and steady after a dry summer, with Coyote Gulch reporting flows down near 150 cfs back in August and minimal change since.

Striped bass continue to headline the catch, holding deep in main channels and popping up around canyon mouths. While Utah’s biggest was the legendary 48 lb 11 oz striper caught here in ‘91, most folks this week have seen steady catches in the 3–8 lb range—solid fighters for sure. Smallmouth bass are still quite active, hitting rocky points and ledges with consistency, especially midday when the sun’s on the stones. Walleye are scattered but snagged in the shallows, mostly early or late when light’s low. A few crappie are showing up in the backs of Halls and Navajo Canyons, though numbers are way down compared to spring.

The feeding windows are prime from first light until 10 AM, and again late afternoon as shadows stretch and baitfish school up. Stripers are herding shad in shallow coves, so keep an eye out for surface boils or bird activity. Big schools are marking from 40–90 feet on sonar, and jigging vertically with spoons or soft plastics has been best.

If you’re wondering what’s producing, locals are sticking to classic fall lures. For stripers:
- 1–2 oz white or chartreuse jigging spoons
- Zoom flukes or swim shads on ½–¾ oz heads
- Live anchovy chunks if you can net some

Smallmouth are slamming natural-colored tube jigs and 3” curly-tails in green pumpkin. Ned rigs and drop-shot Roboworms are pulling plenty off rocky drop-offs near Lone Rock and Warm Creek. Walleye are feeding on slow-rolled chartreuse grubs tipped with nightcrawler—nothing fancy, just methodical bottom-bouncing works.

The reports from BigFishTackle and other forums say boaters working main lake points are filling limits on stripers—sometimes 20 fish or more a trip when sticking with the vertical jig method. Bank anglers near Wahweap and Antelope are landing fewer, but still picking up a handful of bass or stripers at dawn and dusk. Crappie remain scattered; best bets are brush piles near Dangling Rope.

Hot spots today:
- **Buoy 25**: Striper schools on sonar, deep-water jigging strong.
- **Bullfrog Marina cove**: Smallmouth cruising shallow cover and hitting tubes.
Also keep an eye on **Face Canyon**—birds and boils mean stripers and even a few walleye in the mix.

No illegal introductions lately but Utah DWR reminds everyone: if you catch something unusual, don’t toss it in another lake, help preserve the fishery! For the best chance, work your lures slow, keep your bait fresh, and mix up colors until you find the bite.

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Artificial Lure here with your November 20th Lake Powell fishing report, dialing in the morning bite and seasoned up for a proper late-fall run across Utah’s big canyon waters. We’re waking up to warm fall temps—expect highs nearing 89°F by midday with a mild breeze out of the southwest and patchy, light rain sneaking through. Surface water is still holding some warmth, but slicks show good bait movement, delivering prime conditions for stripers, bass, and walleye activity today. Sunrise hit at 6:12 a.m. and sunset’s stretching out to 8:24 p.m., so you’ll have a long window to work the water under both brilliant light and evening calm.

First, for the tidal-minded: Lake Powell’s a reservoir, so tides aren’t a factor here. Instead, focus your energy around sunrise and sunset’s feeding peaks—especially as stripers and smallmouth cruise for shad along shallows, points, and rocky shelves. According to the most recent Lake Powell fishing report from Spreaker, stripers are schooling aggressively ahead of the winter chill; catches have been strong throughout November, with anglers reporting double-digit mornings using both bait and lures in open water as well as the backs of major canyons.

Stripers are the headline, but smallmouth bass are still biting on structure. Anglers are averaging 10–20 stripers per outing, mostly in the 1–4 lb range, with an uptick in quality near cliff walls and channel drop-offs. Walleye numbers have stayed solid, especially on deep flats and around brush piles, with fish taking both jigs and crankbaits. Catfish and the occasional slab crappie round out the crews pulling up from brush and sunken timber, especially after sunset or on heavy overcast days.

Best lures right now: For stripers, keep a stash of white or silver soft swimbaits (3–5 inches), spoons like the Kastmaster, and classic shad-pattern crankbaits. Umbrella rigs are turning heads when fish start busting shad in open water. Drop-shot rigs and 1/4–3/8 ounce jig heads tipped with minnow plastics or Gulp! minnows have produced limits when worked off main lake points. If you’re running bait, Anchovies remain the hot ticket—especially chunked and tight-lined at 30–60 feet on electronics-marked schools. Nightcrawlers and cut bait also work for the cats and walleye.

For bass, a green pumpkin shaky head or Ned rig is a go-to. Reaction strikes are coming on deep-diving craw or perch-pattern cranks over rock piles and submerged ledges. Topwater’s fizzled with the colder water, but a subtle jerkbait can still tempt the biggest smallies on windy points. According to Tackle Talk Podcast, November’s cool, clear conditions reward anglers who slow down and fish the bottom thoroughly with finesse plastics.

Hot spots you should try: The mouth of Iceberg Canyon is stacked with schooling stripers at dawn—drop a spoon and watch your sonar light up. For bass, target the rocky flats and shelves around Padre Bay and Last Chance Bay, picking apart submerged structure with soft plastics. Walleye crews are dialed in around the mouth of Navajo Canyon, working live bait and vertical jigs off abrupt depth changes near the channel. Don’t be afraid to head up lake if you’re not finding action in the mid-lake coves.

As for local insight: Lake levels still run low compared to medians, so stick to main channels for safer navigation, and keep an eye for floating timber. According to the USGS National Water Monitoring Network, flow in and out of the lake is stable and visibility is solid—fish that edge between clear and slightly stained for the best shots at ambush bites.

Quick recap for your box: White swimbaits and spoons for stripers. Green pumpkin shaky heads for bass. Anchovies or nightcrawlers for walleye and cats. Try targeting points and cliff drops at first and last light for the day’s best rush. Remember—catch limits and size regs are strictly enforced, and this time of year, the big girls head deep, so have patience and work the graph.

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Artificial Lure here, bringing you today’s fishing report for Lake Powell, Utah, and folks, the late fall bite is hanging on strong even as the chill creeps in. As of November 19th, we’re greeted with classic desert autumn—cool mornings, crisp blue skies, and highs right around 66°F, with overnight temps dipping near 46. According to CustomWeather, sunrise cracks at 6:43 a.m. and we get a sunset at 5:36 p.m. We don’t have much tidal fluctuation on freshwater Lake Powell, so you can focus on wind and sun position to time your best bite.

Word from the docks and the Lake Powell, Utah Fishing Report Today podcast is that stripers, smallmouth bass, and a few walleye are the big tickets this week. The late fall transition has the stripers schooling tighter, and the best catches are still coming in from deeper water—think 30 to 60 feet, especially when the lake’s surface is calm and those high desert sunbeams are hitting strong midmorning or late afternoon.

Live shad, if you can net ‘em, is a dynamite pick around structure and deeper creek arms. If you’re tossing artificials, don’t go anywhere without silver slab spoons, 3- to 4-inch paddle-tail swimbaits, or white or chartreuse jigging spoons—those are turning striper heads in the channels and near drop-offs. Trolling with deep-diving crankbaits in shad patterns is also producing steady catches. For bait anglers, anchovy chunks or cut bait fished on a drop shot around the fish-cleaning stations and marina lights after twilight is a proven winner.

Smallmouth bass are still biting, though they’re getting a touch more tight-lipped as temps drop. The best success is coming on slow presentations: try brown or green soft plastics—think tubes and Ned rigs—hugging rocky points and flats. Size down your jigs and let those baits soak, especially after midmorning when the sun warms the rocks. Early risers still get a popper or surface walker bite near the backs of coves shortly around sunrise.

Recent dock reports and online forums confirm that several boats are limiting out on stripers most mornings, with typical hauls in the 8-15 fish range for groups drifting the Main Channel near Glen Canyon Dam. Smallmouth numbers are still good for persistent anglers—expect 10-20 fish days working the rocky shorelines between Wahweap and Warm Creek Bay, mostly in the 1-2 pound class.

Your current hot spots? The mouth of Navajo Canyon and the stretch between Antelope Point and the dam are producing strong striper and bass action. Look for boils on warmer afternoons and watch your electronics for those heavy schools. If you’re willing to cruise north, Padre Bay’s submerged humps are still producing a mix of walleye and smallmouth.

A few tips: Downsize lures if the bite slows—finesse is key as water cools down. Don’t forget, even with the air feeling chilly, the daytime sun can be fierce—pack sunscreen and stay hydrated.

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Artificial Lure reporting in from Lake Powell, Utah, where our late fall bite is hanging on strong even as temperatures start to shift. November 18 brings us cool, overcast conditions with highs hovering near 40°F and the wind staying moderate out of the southwest, according to WeatherWorld’s forecast for Bullfrog Marina. With these chillier days, water temps have taken their autumn dip—a cue for many species here to start schooling up and feeding before winter really locks in.

Sunrise today came at 7:10 AM, and sunset’s landing right around 5:17 PM, so anglers have a crisp, narrow window for those prime morning and late afternoon bites—that’s when the fish are snapping and you’ll want to be on your game. Tides don’t play a role here on the lake, but any wind—especially southwest—will stack baitfish and stir some current along rocky shorelines and canyon walls.

The hot fish this week have been striped bass, and reports from the Wahweap and Lone Rock areas say they’re schooled up and chewing aggressively, especially near channel drops and inflowing creek mouths. Target striper in 30 to 60 feet of water—vertical jigging spoons like Kastmasters, or dropping cut anchovy on a Carolina rig, are both producing heavy boxes. Anglers are routinely pulling 10 to 25 stripers a day from these zones. Over on the main lake, uplake from Bullfrog and Halls Crossing, similar schools are firing as baitfish get pushed into the backs of coves.

Smallmouth bass haven’t quit yet. Focus on deeper ledges and rocky points in 18–35 feet, particularly around Warm Creek and Navajo Canyon. Ned rigs in green pumpkin, smoke, and perch tones are dynamite. Don’t count out drop-shot finesse worms or small swimbaits—keep it subtle and crawl and hop those baits right over rock piles. According to local boat traffic and social media chatter, three- and four-pound smallies are still being caught, with a few going bigger for those who put in the hours.

Walleye are there for the taking if you slow-roll grubs or troll deep-diving crankbaits along channel swings and gravel humps, particularly early and late in the day. Try a chartreuse jig with a minnow if you want to mix it up.

Best baits right now for all species? For stripers: cut anchovies, silver spoons, and white paddle-tail swimbaits. Bass are keying on natural crayfish and shad imitations, so reach for those green pumpkin or shad-colored Ned rig plastics, and you won’t go wrong. Live nightcrawlers or minnows under a slip bobber will bag panfish and the occasional walleye.

Crappie action is spotty but improving in the brushy pockets and floating debris lines uplake—use small plastic tube jigs in chartreuse or pink.

For your hot spots, don’t miss:
- The mouth of Navajo Canyon for both stripers and smallmouth
- The submerged rock piles between Bullfrog and Halls Crossing, especially at the first light

Boat ramps are open, and conditions are stable, but always check for updated lake levels—recent flows dropped to about 150 cfs in late August, impacting some shallow launch sites, as noted by the Utah News Dispatch.

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Good morning, anglers—Artificial Lure here with your Monday, November 17, 2025, Lake Powell fishing report. It’s a beautiful late-fall day to be on the water, with partly cloudy skies and temps starting out just a couple degrees above freezing this morning and warming quickly—expect highs near 36°F, with winds light out of the northeast around 5 mph according to WeatherWorld.com. Humidity’s running just over 60%, and visibility is excellent. Sunrise came at 7:07 AM with sunset set for 5:14 PM, so you’ve got a little more than ten solid hours of light to get it done today.

Now, there’s no tidal effect to worry about on good old Lake Powell—it’s all freshwater, and that means conditions on the water depend on weather and dam output, not the moon. With stable barometric pressure holding—just under 30 inches—expect fish activity to be moderate through the late morning, with a real uptick coming late in the afternoon as things warm up.

Recent reports from regulars and guides echo what we’ve seen through most of November: striper action has stayed consistent, even heating up as water temps drop, driving those big schools to ball up shad and pin them near the surface in some of those deeper coves. Most folks trolling or casting for stripers are reporting solid numbers, with limits coming pretty quick when they land on a feeding school. Some are even reporting double digits, mostly 2-4 pounders, with the odd 8+ pounder showing up.

Smallmouth and largemouth bass are still biting in rocky slots and points—smaller numbers, but better size, as the summer dinks have moved deeper. Catfish reports are thinning out, but the ones caught—especially near Wahweap and Antelope—are running chunky, hitting cut bait or chicken livers right by dusk.

Best baits today? For stripers, you can't beat casting white or silver spoons, small swimbaits, or trolling deep-diving crankbaits that resemble shad. Kastmasters and jigging spoons are killer right now—get them down quick and rip them through the bait clouds on those main channel humps. On calm mornings, throw topwater walkers like a Zara Spook or Rebel Pop-R into the jump activity just after sunrise.

Bass are hitting finesse rigs—think Ned rigged craws, green pumpkin tubes, or drop-shot worms worked slow along the broken rock and ledges. If you hit deeper water off points, try a jigging spoon or a small swimbait. For catfish, stick with traditional stinkbaits, cut anchovy, or chicken liver around the mouths of warm coves in the evening.

If you want to find some hot spots, set your sights on the stretch between Antelope Point and Warm Creek for striper boils. Navajo Canyon has also been producing, especially near the mouth where shad are thick. For bass, the rocky shores around Padre Bay and the ledges near Dangling Rope still have solid action, especially as things warm up mid-morning.

No major pressure changes or storms expected until Thursday, but keep an eye on the wind—it can swing fast this time of year. Remember, boat traffic is minimal, so you can really have those feeding grounds mostly to yourself.

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Artificial Lure here with your Lake Powell fishing report for November 16, 2025.

It’s a crisp fall morning across the canyons and big water. Sunrise lit up the sandstone at 6:43 a.m., and there’s a chill in the air with temps starting in the low 50s and warming to the mid-70s by the afternoon—perfect fall weather, clear skies, and barely a breeze. No tide action to worry about here, just a steady, glassy surface most of the day. Sunset will roll in at 5:36 p.m., so you’ve got about eleven solid hours on the lake to make something happen according to timeanddate.com.

The bite? It’s steady and hot before breakfast and just before sunset. The stripers are still chasing shad in the backs of coves and along the ledges, and schools are rolling through in the 30–60 foot depths. Reports coming in this week say anglers are pulling in solid numbers of striped bass, with many fish weighing in the 3–5 lb range, especially if you land on a good boil. Smallmouth bass up to 3 lbs are mixed in, with a few chunky largemouth and some cooperative walleye showing in the creel counts from the last few days—Lake Powell, Utah Fishing Report Today on Spreaker confirms the pattern, and the fishing’s been classic late-fall strong.

Best lures right now? If you’re targeting stripers, shad-patterned crankbaits and chrome or white jigging spoons are the MVPs; throw a 1- to 2-ounce jigging spoon vertically over marked schools, or sling a white Kastmaster into bait balls. Don’t overlook a 3–5 inch swimbait in shad or pearl—slow-roll it off rocky drop-offs for both stripers and smallmouth. The topwater bite at dawn can be electric—Zara Spooks and Whopper Ploppers across shallow flats are drawing blast strikes when it’s calm. For the finesse crew, Ned rigs and green pumpkin tubes are deadly for smallmouth around the rocks and shelves. Walleye are taking crawler harnesses or silver blade baits slow-trolled over gravel.

Natural baits? Anchovy is still king for stripers—cut it, chum lightly, and tight-line down around 50 feet, especially near the dam or major coves like Wahweap Bay. Nightcrawlers and cut shad are pulling in catfish in the evening hours off the muddy banks.

Hot spots today: Wahweap Bay is loaded with stripers; work the deeper flats off the houseboat docks and you’ll see those schools stack up, especially with a little chum. Navajo Canyon is holding massive shad balls and the best striper boils at sunrise and sunset—anchor and drift cut anchovy for a great shot. Last Chance Bay’s rocky points are another fall favorite, with both bass and stripers on the chew along ledges. If walleye are your target, try the gravel bar transitions at the mouth of Antelope Point late in the day.

Boat traffic is minimal with the season winding down, but keep an eye on newly exposed rock piles with the lake still sitting low. Wildlife officers want to remind everyone: don’t move bait or live fish between reservoirs—let’s protect this amazing fishery for the future.

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