Grand Lake - Boat Ramp Hours are 6am-8pm. Water temperature is in the mid 60’s. Daily traffic on the lake has started to slow. Fishing for rainbow trout and brown trout has been fair. Kastmasters, Flutter spoons and small crankbaits have been producing fish. Best action has been early and late in the day along the shallow to deep water breaks or in the inlets where water is cooler. Lake trout action has been fair to good depending on the day. Look for the lake trout in 50-100ft of water, down size your presentation and pay close attention as these fish bite light! A dark colored head 1/4-3/8oz, with a glow grub tipped with a small piece of fresh sucker has been a great producer lately. Look for some suspended fish moving through as well and have a spoon handy as the suspended fish when they are around are eager to bite that more active presentation. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
Williams Fork - The east boat ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM. Water capacity is at 98%. With the recent rains inflow has temporally increased to 203cfs, out flow is 115cfs. Surface temp is 67 warming a degree or two by mid-day. Visibility is excellent at 12 to 15 feet. I don't really know if all the recent storm fronts effected the Lake Trout bite, or if the dog days of summer finally hit, or a combination of both... but the Lake Trout bite has slowed dramatically from my last report. Look for all age groups in 70 to 90 feet of water. This last week brightly colored jigs or tubes tipped with sucker meat and scent fished gently on the bottom produced a bite every 20 to 30 minutes. Small Brown Trout have been active in the inlet and along the rock cliffs north of the boat ramp early AM. Due to low population density Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout and Kokanee Salmon are slow. Please practice catch and release on all Northern Pike. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H.
Lake Granby - Boat Ramp hours are 6am-8pm 7 days a week with both Stillwater and Sunset ramps open. Water level is dropping and is currently at 95% or approximately 4 ft low. Water temperatures are hovering in the high 60’s. Fishing for rainbow and brown trout has been fair. Best action has been in the early evenings until sunset. Best action is on a slip bobber with either a small atomic tube or piece of worm. Drift this presentation in the current around the inlet creeks or cast and retrieve very slowly along the rocky dam faces. Some success is also reported by trollers or casting shorelines with pink spinners or spoons. Lake trout action has remained very good. Starting to see some groups of fish who are lure shy, but with a move to another location and plenty of eager fish to bite. Look for lake trout in 60-90 ft of water. 3/8oz jig head with a contrasting color head and small natural colored plastic tube, grub or crawfish imitation tipped with sucker has been best producing bait. When dealing with finicky fish, don’t forget your spoons or minnow imitation baits, that change of pace can turn on negative fish. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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