Grand Lake - Boat ramps are open 6am-8pm. Fishing has been good for all species. Rainbow trout action has been good in the inlet areas with silver and blue spoons or drifting tungsten jigs with a small piece of night crawler under a float. Brown trout fishing has been best along the rocky shorelines with small crankbaits in white or silver color. Lake trout action is best in 30-50ft of water. 3/8 oz dark colored jig head with a glow tube or grub and small piece of fresh sucker meat has been working well. Keep your presentation subtle and pay close attention for those light bites! Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon
Williams Fork Reservoir - The east boat ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM daily. The water level is 98% or about 1.5 feet low. Inflow is 873cfs down from 1054cfs earlier in the week. Outflow is 801cfs. Surface temp is 58 warming to 61 on sunny calm days. Visibility is still about 6 feet. The Lake Trout bite is hit and miss. Some days are pretty good and others are incredibly tough. We're seeing plenty of fish responding to jigs on the bottom and in the water column, but not many takers. Look for mixed ages groups in 48 to 60 feet of water. A very gentle to dead stick presentation is what's working best right now with small tubes or plastics tipped with sucker meat and loaded with scent. Northern's are slow, as they have been for years, due to low populations. Best bet for catching one is near the east boat ramp. They've been coming in to feed on the recently stocked Brown Trout fingerlings. Please practice catch and release on all Northern Pike. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H.
Lake Granby - Boat Ramp hours are 6am - 8pm. Water level is at 99% less than 1ft below full. Water temperatures are mid 50’s in the morning warming to upper 50’s by the afternoon. Fishing has remained good for all species. Look for rainbow trout in the inlet areas (moving water) early and late in the day. Pink spoons or bead head wooley bugger worked along the current edges has been working well. Brown trout bite has been best along the rocky shorelines with Dynamic Twitch tubes and white jerk baits, this bite really picks up when the wind does, so look for those windy afternoons for the best bite. Lake trout action has been best in 50-75ft of water on the main lake structures. A 3/8oz jig head paired with a light colored tube or grub such as white, gray or chartreuse has been our go to baits. Pair this with some fresh sucker and a subtle jigging motion for best results. Bite seems to die off by about 1pm so don’t sleep in and miss that morning bite! Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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