Grand Lake - Travel conditions vary from hard frozen in the frequently traveled areas to deep snow and slush, be prepared for a little of everything. Fishing has been fair to good for all species. Rainbow and brown trout action is best along the north shoreline in 4-12’ of water with Clam jointed pinhead spoons, bull fly jigs or caviar drop jigs tipped with wax worm or gulp. Don’t sleep in because this is an early bite! Lake trout action has been fair. Look for them in 40-90ft of water. Best action has been on a black grub tipped with sucker. Stay moving until you find an area that fish come in to consistently. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
Williams Fork Reservoir. Travel on the lake is pretty good overall with the sun beating down the deep snow. Fishing has been fair for lake trout and slow for all other species. Look for best lake trout action in 50-70ft of water with crawfish colored tubes and grubs tipped with fresh sucker. Try to find an area where there has been few holes drilled as these areas the fish tend to bite better.
Lake Granby - Travel on the lake varies depending on your location. The areas around the boat ramps are packed down after the traffic from the tournament, as you head east on the lake the snow gets deeper and slush more frequent. Don’t be fooled by what you see in front of the access points, be prepared for just about any and all conditions as we are seeing quite a bit of everything. Fishing for Rainbow and Brown trout was good through the weekend. Best action was in rocky areas with various pink and silver spoons as well as Simcoe bug tipped with wax worm. Lake trout bite has been good to very good. Best action has been in 55-80ft of water with a variety of dark, natural colored plastic lures tipped with sucker meat. As we fish through the week after the fishing contest the name of the game is going to be finding the unpressured areas, as those fish will be more eager to bite! Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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