Grand Lake - Fishing has improved from last week. Rainbow and Brown Trout action has been good, fish are very active in the inlets. Spoons, spinners and crank baits are producing fish with bright and flashy colors are working best. Lake trout bite is fair to good and much better than last weeks conditions. Lake trout are being caught in 25-70 ft of water. A 2-3” tube jig or grub tipped with sucker worked on the bottom is producing bites, the fish are still scattered so be prepared to move often to stay on the fish but when you find them, they have been eager to bite. Dan Shannon, Guide - Fishing with Bernie
Williams Fork - Ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM. The lake is full. Surface temp is 58 early in the morning warming to 63 on calm sunny days. Visibility is 12 to 15 feet. The Lake Trout bite has been good up to 10 to 10:30AM then slows dramatically. The spring midge hatch has pretty much ended so juvenile Lakers are biting good again on small grubs tipped with sucker meat fished tight to the bottom. Look for them in 60 to 90 feet of water. Large Lake Trout are moving to deeper water but can still be seen breaking the surface early AM. Large tubes worked gently on the bottom is producing an occasional bite. Extreme patience and a tight line is key to hooking a big Lake Trout. I still haven't fished for Northerns as I'm focusing on Lake Trout while the water is still cool. Reports are coming in that a few Pike are being caught in the inlet and back bays. If you catch a Northern, please practice catch and release on all age groups. Fishing for Rainbows and Kokanee is very slow as the lake hasn't been stocked since 2019 in an effort to rid the lake of gill lice. Randy H, Guide - Fishing with Bernie.
Lake Granby - Boat Ramp hours are 6am-8pm. Lake continued to fill, water temps have been high 50’s in the morning and low 60’s by the afternoon. Fishing for Rainbow trout has been fair. Shore anglers are reporting some success on worms and spinners mornings and evenings, while boat angers are having success trolling spoons along the shorelines in 10-12ft of water. Brown trout action has been good, but very dependent on time of day or weather, target the windy or low light parts of the day. Work the transition areas between rock and mud, pitching tubes or throwing crankbaits with an erratic retrieve for best success. Lake trout are being caught in 35 to 80ft of water. Keep an eye on those electronics and when you are on fish but they aren’t biting may have to move or switch up baits to find the active fish, somedays have been tougher than others, very dependent on the wind. Tubes, radical glow grubs and spoons tipped with sucker meat have been most consistent. Beware of floating debris on the water, seeing lots of trees and floating logs around as the lake has filled above where it did last year. Dan Shannon, Guide - Fishing with Bernie.
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