Grand Lake- Boat ramp hours are 6am-8pm with extended hours on 4th of July for fireworks. Surface temp 55 degrees and the inlets have slowed down. Lake Trout fishing has been good in 35 to 55 feet of water. Small jigs tipped with sucker meat worked along the bottom have been producing well this week. The best bite has been early in the morning until 9 or 10, after that the bite has been slowing down. The bite for rainbows and browns has been good early in the morning or on cloudy days. Fishing along dropoffs has been productive for rainbows and browns. Small jerkbaits and spoons have been very productive this week. 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 484cfs, outflow is 403cfs. Surface temp is running around 60 degrees early am warming to 64\65 on a sunny day. With runoff tapering down visibility has improved to 10 feet. The Lake Trout bite is still slow compared to last season, but it is starting to pick up. I'm seeing daily catches from the mid-teens to mid-twenties. For another week or two look for mixed age groups of Lakers in 50 to 60 feet of water. Ball head jigs loaded with a small tube or twister type grub tipped with sucker meat fished very gently on the bottom is producing some hits. The best bite is early AM. The bite tapers off around 9AM when they've filled with crawdads, then it's time to start adding scent or extra flavor. Northern Pike is slow. I've talked with guys at the ramp and nobody seems to be catching any. If you do happen to catch one, please practice catch and release to help preserve the diminishing resource. 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. Look for Brown Trout along the rocky shoreline north of the east boat ramp and in the inlet early AM before the sun comes over the hill. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H
Lake Granby - Stillwater and Sunset boat ramp hours are 6am - 8pm. Lake is at full water capacity. Water temperatures are 61 degrees in mornings and warming to mid 60’s by afternoon. Rainbow trout and brown trout fishing remains very good. Look for them in less than 15ft of water in the inlet areas with moving water, silver spoons, Dynamic Twitch tubes and jerk baits are good lure choices. Alternatively a piece of worm drifted under a float or tungsten head olive wooley bugger are also producing well. Lake Trout bite remains excellent, we are finding 60-85ft of water are the most productive depths. A 3/8oz jig head with a tube or grub in purple, chartreuse tipped with fresh sucker has been very productive. When the fish go a little neutral its time to move and find fresh fish or change up lures. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.
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