Grand Lake - Boat Ramp Hours are 6am-6pm. Fishing for all species has been good. Rainbow trout action has been excellent in the inlet areas, along the rocks by the town docks as well as the mouth of the channel leading to Shadow Mountain Res. Pink and chartreuse spinners, Dynamic HD trout jerk baits, or for the fly angler leech and egg patterns have been working well. Lake trout action is excellent with the fish on their spawning locations. Spoons, blade baits or dark colored jig head with glow grub have all been producing fish when tipped with a small piece of fresh sucker. Look for fish in 30 to 50 ft of water, if the fish stop biting sometimes it takes just small moves (5 to 10ft) to find the active fish again. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon
Williams Fork Reservoir - The east boat ramp hours are 7AM to 7PM. The water level is dropping quiclky. Current capacity is 90%, or 6 feet low. Surface temp is 60 warming to 62 on calm sunny days. With the cold nights and cooler water temp the Lake Trout bite has been very good till about noon, then the bite slows. This last week we've been seeing 10 to 20 fish per rod as the fish are grouping up for spawn. Look for mixed age groups of Laker's in 80 to 90 feet of water. Most any plastic tipped with sucker meat sucker meat fished on or near the bottom is producing bites. When the bite slows add your favorite scent and down size your jig body. Brown Trout are colored up and getting ready to spawn. They have been active in the inlet and rocky areas north of the east boat ramp early AM. Small spinners, suspending or diving jerk baits are a good choice. Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout and Kokanee Salmon are slow due to low populations. Please practice catch and release on all Northern Pike to help preserve the diminishing resource. Randy H - Guide Fishing with Bernie
Lake Granby - Boat Ramp hours are 6am to 6pm. Lake is at 91% full or approximately 7 ft below full. Fall fishing is picking up every day as the water temperatures continue to cool, temperatures are hovering around 60 degrees currently depending on time of day. Rainbow trout action has been good in Arapahoe Bay in the campground area. Silver spinners and spoons in 1/8oz to 1/4oz sizes have been working well as well as size F5 or F7 original floating Rapalas in silver/black or rainbow pattern. The lake trout action is improving daily as the fish are moving up on their spawning areas. Look for them in 30 to 55ft of water, Clam XL Flutter Spoons or Dark colored jig head with glow body tipped with fresh sucker have been top producing lures. This lake trout spawn bite should only improve as the water cools, don’t miss out! Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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