Grand Lake - The lake trout bite has been good in 30 to 50 feet of water. Early morning has been the most productive time of the day as the bite has been slowing down by mid morning going into the afternoon. Small jigs such as 2 inch grubs tipped with sucker meat worked along the bottom have been producing most of the fish. Rainbow and brown fishing has been fair to good around the inlets and along the edges of shallow flats. Casting or trolling small spinners and rapalas is a great way to target the browns and rainbows. This bite has been best early in the morning and late in the afternoon as mid day can get super tough, especially on bright blue sky days. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Sam Hochevar.
Williams Fork - The east boat ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM daily. The water level is 98% or one foot low. Inflow is starting to slow down dropping to 651cfs, outflow is 595cfs. The lake is just under 1 foot low. Surface temp was 58 last time I was on the lake, warming to 60 on calm days. The water is still cloudy from runoff with visibility being about 6 feet. The Lake Trout bite is still on the slow side compared to last year, possibly because of an abundant supply of very small crawdads and a second midge hatch? Laker's are relatively easy to locate but coming up with a consistent bite is challenging. Look for them in 50 to 60 feet of water. Lake Trout roaming the bottom are feeding on small Crawdads and seem to fill up by 8:30AM, at which time you'll see the bite drop off. Small plastics tipped with sucker meat fished on the bottom at near dead stick levels is producing some hits. Fish moving in the water column are much more active and are usually willing to bite. If one swims into view, reel up to them and jig aggressively. Northern Pike are slow but I did hear a report of someone catching a small one near the inlet. I've also seen them near the east boat ramp that are coming in to feed on the fingerling browns that were stocked a couple of weeks ago. Please practice catch and release on all Northern Pike caught. Rainbows are slow, if there's any left in the lake (I never see any early morning late evening rings anymore). On paper there shouldn't be any Kokanee left since they haven't been stocked since 2019. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H.
Lake Granby - Boat ramp hours are 6am-8pm. Water level is at 99.2% approximately 6 inches below full. Rainbow and Brown Trout fishing remains very good early/late in the day and when it is windy. Silver and blue spoons, white jerk baits and Dynamic Twitch tubes have been our go to baits. Look for rocky shorelines that drop off steeply or inlet areas with moving water. Lake trout action has been good early in the day up until about noon then the bite slows. This also coincides with boat traffic increasing on the lake, so pay attention to that over the upcoming busy weekends, and don’t sleep in! Look for best action in 65-80ft of water with light colored or chartreuse tubes and grubs tipped with sucker meat. We have been finding when the bite slows, slow down your presentation and go to smaller baits such as stick baits or grubs with tail ripped off and keep that sucker meat fresh. We are in an afternoon thunderstorm pattern so pay attention to the weather and pay attention to the skyline. Stay safe out there! Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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