Artificial Lure here with your Lake Powell fishing report for Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Sunrise hit at 5:02 AM and sunset’s coming up at 7:43 PM, so you’ve got over 14 hours of prime daylight to wet your line. No tides to worry about on Powell, just focus on those changing lake levels—water's coming up about a foot per day with new structure and brush getting flooded, which means fish on the move and new ambush points popping up all over.

This morning started calm and clear, with the mercury rising fast—expect highs in the mid-80s by afternoon, and a light breeze picking up after lunch. Water temperature at Wahweap Bay is holding strong around 66°F, which is right in the sweet spot for active fish and late-season spawning transitions. The clarity’s good, and shad schools are starting to get thick back in the flooded brush lines.

The striper bite is absolutely on fire right now. Folks are packing coolers at classic hotspots like Glen Canyon Dam and the main lake pump station, but don’t sleep on the back canyons and U-shaped coves near the main channels—stripers have moved shallow, chasing those hatching shad. Early mornings are boil city, so have a topwater bait or shiny spoon ready to throw at any surface commotion. Dead anchovies on a Carolina rig are still the go-to for filling a stringer, but shad-imitating swimbaits, silver spoons, and trolling shallow crankbaits are all producing. Average striper is running 2 to 5 pounds, but the occasional double-digit whopper is making an appearance, especially if you’re willing to troll deeper for the fatter post-spawn fish. Wahweap Marina’s cleaning station has been jammed—anglers are hauling in hundreds of stripers each week.

Smallmouth and largemouth bass have slid deeper—look for smallmouth in 10–30 feet of water along rocky points and ledges. Try tubes, grubs, or Ned Rigs in green pumpkin or watermelon red flake. The Yamamoto Hula Grub, Texas or Carolina rigged, is a killer this week, and chatterbaits with a swimbait trailer are tracking down hungry bass along flooded brush. Largemouth reports have been strongest out of the San Juan Arm—pitching a classic green pumpkin jig into the newly submerged timber is paying off, especially on overcast mornings.

Walleye are popping up more than usual this year, averaging a couple per day for those targeting them with bottom bouncers or worm rigs. Don’t forget channel cats after dusk—chunk bait, anchovies, or even a piece of hot dog will get it done in 5–15 feet.

Best hot spots right now: Glen Canyon Dam for early morning striper boils, and the San Juan Arm backwaters for largemouth bass and walleye. The main lake pump station and Navajo Canyon are also seeing action.

That’s your on-the-water scoop for Lake Powell this June 11th. Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more daily reports, and tight lines out there!

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