Grand Lake - Surface temperature 58 degrees. Lake trout bite is fair, the bite has slowed down a bit this week, however lakers are still being caught in 35 to 50 feet of water. Small jigs worked along the bottom have been producing fish. Tipping jigs with sucker meat or using scent has been critical to getting fish to bite. Water has been pumping from lake Granby into Grand Lake all week which has led to a bunch of suspended fish on the west end of the lake. The rainbow and brown bite has been good this week with the best bite happening early in the morning and late in the evening. Small paddle tails and spinners have been producing well for the browns and rainbows. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Sam Hochevar.
Williams Fork - The east boat ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM daily. The water level is 100%. Inflow is 264cfs, outflow is 288cfs. Surface temp early AM is running 63 warming to 65/66 on a clear low wind days. Visibility is still about 10 feet. Lake Trout fishing is fair to good depending on the day. I'm seeing an average of 7 to 10 fish per rod. Laker's are starting to migrate to deeper cooler water, but for another week or so mixed age groups can be caught between 50 to 60 feet. Small plastics tipped with sucker meat jigged very slowly and gently (less than 6" lift) is producing bites. The bite drops off mid-morning. To keep them biting start adding your favorite scent. When you run out of biters it's time to move. Brown Trout are active early AM along the rocky shoreline north of the east boat ramp and the inlet. Fishing for Northern Pike is slow due to low population. Many of the remaining Pike are adapting to low food supply and have moved out of their traditional shallow water locations. Please practice catch and release on all Northern's. The lake hasn't been stocked with Rainbow's or Kokes since 2019 in an effort to control gill lice, so there isn't much action fishing for them. Randy H - Guide Fishing with Bernie
Lake Granby - Boat ramp hours are 6am-8pm. Water level is 99% or approximately 1 ft below full. Surface temperatures are starting out at 61 degrees in the morning and warming to 67 by end of day. Fishing for rainbow trout and brown trout has been fair. Target the inlet areas with Little Cleo or Kastmaster spinners or a small piece of worm under a float in the current seams of the moving water. On windy days the wind blown rocky shorelines can be very productive. Lake trout action has been very good. Look for fish in 50-85 ft along drop offs or points. Twisty tail grubs with a contrasting color jig head tipped, assortment of colors depending on the day with a fresh piece of sucker meat has been our go to lately. Don’t be afraid to explore, we are finding the most active fish away from the most popular spots, particularly after the busy holiday weekend and summer up to this point. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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