Grand Lake- Lake trout bite has been good this week. Most fish are in 25 to 40 feet of water around the structure. Small tubes tipped with sucker meat have been producing fish although when the bite slows down downsizing to pan fish sized jigs, such as 2 inch grubs, has been the answer. Browns and rainbows are still fishing well early in the morning and late in the evening. The inlets are close to reaching their peak runoff and have been prime for rainbows and browns. Small jerk baits and small spinners have been producing a lot of fish in these areas. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Sam Hochevar
Willams Fork Reservoir - For those that haven't heard the campgrounds have become a reservation only fee area. The east boat ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM daily. The water level is 97%, just under 2 feet low. Inflow is 859cfs (the highest I've ever seen), outflow is 804cfs. Surface temp is 56.1 warming to 59 on sunny days. Visibility has improved to about 6 feet. The Lake Trout bite has slowed down a bit from last week. I'm only seeing single digit catches on an average day, low double digit on a good day. The fish are eager to look and swim circles around your bait, but only a few bite no matter the presentation. Statistically compared to the last two years the bite is down over 50% right now. Look for Lakers in 40 to 60 feet of water along the ledges and humps. The best bite is early AM on small tubes, small grubs, or twister tails with the tails removed, tipped with sucker meat jigged very gently on or near the bottom. Northern Pike is slow due to low population level. CPW stocked a bunch of small Brown Trout last week which has brought some Northern's into the east boat ramp area. Please practice catch and release on all Northern's caught. Brown Trout, especially the recently stocks Browns are biting early AM along the rocky shore line near the east boat ramp. Rainbow Trout haven't been stocked since 2019 so fishing for them is slow. There shouldn't be any Kokanee Salmon left in the lake. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H.
Lake Granby - Boat ramp hours are 6am-8pm. Water level is at 96.5%, approximately 2.5ft low. Keep your eye out for floating debris on the water! Water temperature remains in the low 50’s in the mornings and warming by the afternoon. Brown trout bite has been excellent. Pitching Dynamic Twitch tubes and 3” jerk baits along wind blown and rocky shorelines has been producing lots of action. Rainbow trout bite has been good, look for them in the shallow inlet areas with moving water, sliver and pink spoons or a tungsten head Woolley Bugger in green or black have been go to baits. Lake trout action is fair to good, fish are scattered right now, staying mobile and using electronics to locate them has been key. Target 30-70ft of water, 3/8 oz jig head with a light colored 2” twitch tail minnow, P&D Lure Co. craw colored tube or grub has been producing fish when tipped with a small piece of fresh sucker. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon
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