Grand Lake - The lake trout bite has been fair. Most lakers are being caught in 35 to 55 feet of water on small soft plastic jigs tipped with sucker meat. Smaller tubes and grubs in the 1 to 2 inch range have been productive. Most fish are being caught early in the morning as it has really been slowing down after 10am. The rainbow and brown bite has also slowed down a bit this week with the hot weather and bright blue bird sky days. Most fish are being caught early in the morning and late in the evening when the lake does not have direct sunlight on it. The west side of the lake has been a little more productive for browns and rainbows as pumping operations have continued this week. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Sam Hochevar.
Wiliams Fork - The east boat ramp hours are 6AM to 8PM. The water level is 100%, but the lake has gone down about 6". Inflow is 172cfs, outflow is 188cfs. Visibility is 10 to 12 feet. Early AM surface temp has warmed to 65.7 warming to 68. County Road 3 and 341 was recently chip sealed resulting in chips in your fancy fishing boat. Lake Trout fishing has improved now that the lake has finally settled down. This week the catch rate was 10 to 12 fish per rod. Lake Trout are working towards deeper water, but we're still catching all classes of fish in 50 to 60 feet. By the third week of July look for them in 60 to 80 feet. Small tubes, twister tail grubs or paddle tailed plastics tipped with sucker meat fished gently on or near the bottom is producing the most bites. When the bite slows start adding scent. The bite is best early AM tapering off around 9 to 9:30AM. It's pretty quiet by 10AM and totally dead by noon. Fishing for Northern Pike is slow. Some can be found near the mouth of the bays. Other than crawdads and a few suckers there isn't much food in their traditional shallow water habitats, so look for them near deeper water where the food is. Please practice catch and release on all Northern Pike. Brown Trout are working the rocks north of the east boat ramp, and in the inlet before the sun hits the water. 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. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H.
Lake Granby - Boat ramp hours are 6am-8pm. Water temperatures are low 60’s in the morning warming to 66 degrees by the afternoon. Water level is 98%, approximately 1.5ft low. Rainbow trout and Brown trout fishing has been fair. Mornings and evenings are the best periods of the day, silver and chartreuse spinners as well as green bead head wooley buggers have been producing fish. Lake trout fishing has remained good. We are finding fish in 50 to 90 ft of water, various plastics on a jig head tipped with sucker will produce bites, color seems to change by the day so have a good variety on hand. Look for structure in your target depth with steep drop offs close by and stay mobile to find the groups of fish that are actively biting. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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