Grand Lake - Water temps are warming, but the bite has remained good. Lots of active fish in the inlets, silver Kastmasters, small panfish tubes or worms in the inlets have been the hot lures for rainbows and browns. Lake trout are still found in 25-50 ft of water and are biting a variety of plastics and spoons tipped with sucker, the key seems to be to move until you find the active biting fish.
Williams Fork - Williams Fork is at 93% capacity. Inflow is 389 cfs. Surface temp is 46 degrees in the main body warming to 52+ on a sunny day. Visibility in the water column has increased to about 12 feet. There is a lot of debris on the lake, some of it is big enough to damage your boat so keep an eye out for that. The Lake Trout bite is good until about 11AM then the bite slows till late afternoon. Young fish are eager to eat small rubber jigs tipped with sucker meat fished tight to the bottom in 48 to 60 feet of water. Large Lakers are still working the same depth as the juvenile fish. Tubes and larger plastics have been effective on the bigger fish, but patience is the key. Surface temp is still cool enough that Lake Trout are in the range of fishermen casting from shore. The best place to cast is along the rocky shoreline near the boat ramp. Rainbows and Kokane Salmon are very slow due to low population. I haven't fished for Northern's but they will be moving into the shallows to sun late morning. Staying your maximum casting distance away from the fish will help improve your odds of getting a hit. Fishing with Bernie Guide - Randy H
Lake Granby - Sunset Point and Stillwater boat ramps are open from 6am-8pm. Water temp has warmed to 55 in the afternoons. Rainbow bite is starting to slow as the incoming water flows decrease. Look for rainbows in the shallows with spoons and wooly boogers worked slow and steady during the low light hours. Browns are active and biting early, late and when the wind picks up. Look for rocks and use an very erratic retrieve with a small tube, crankbait or spoon. Lake trout are being caught from 25-80’. Stay mobile and use those electronics to find fish. Once you find the fish they seem to be eager to eat tubes and spoons worked from the bottom to mid water column, color is very dependent on the day so change often if not getting bites and keep that tipped sucker meat fresh! - Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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