Fishing Forum

Hit Powell on Thursday evening, came back on Monday. Launched out of Hite and headed down to Good Hope. Water was absolutely muddy all the way down to the bay, and good portions of Good Hope were very muddy as well. In fact, there was mud all the way down to the floating restroom at the entrance. The rest of the bay was relatively stained, even in the back of most of the coves.

The water came up a good foot while I was there, and it's really cranking down the river now.

Fishing wasn't red hot, but it was good for Smallies. They seemed to favor dark colors in the plastics & jigs, and were pretty thick on brushy points and coves facing the breeze. Also caught a load of catfish and bluegill from camp. They were everywhere, and all very nice and fat.

Couldn't find a striper to save myself. I was all over that bay & associated canyons & coves, and just couldn't find them. Trolled, jigged, used bait, chummed, etc. Talked to a few other fisherman and they reported the same type of success...none. They did report catching some nice shad while trolling though, much to their surprise. Did catch a few LMB up around Scorup Canyon.

Virtually every cove is filled with flooded brush...never seen anything like that at Powell before. Great habitat.

The Hite ramp was in great shape, no issues launching at all. Depth finder read about 8 feet at the end of the floating dock. Didn't find any sand bars on the way out of there, and the debris wasn't too bad for the most part, you just have to pay attention.

In case anyone is interested, from what I can tell Blue Notch road is in great shape, judging by the types of vehicles I saw parked on the shore. Even saw a few family cars and mini vans.

I'm heading back at the end of the month and can't wait.
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Thanks for the report. We are headed down this Thursday-Sunday, but to the south end. May be like a completely different lake down there with all the mud up your way. I have heard from many that striper fishing is pretty challenging right now, what a difference a few years and plenty of food makes.
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You'll probably do great, from all the reports I've been reading. Apparently I should have gone South instead of North, but...I wanted to try it, and there seems to be a lot less people up on that end, so...that works. You are right though about what a difference a couple of years makes. I was last there in 2007 and couldn't keep the stripers off my line. It was just terrible. [cool]
The Smallies definitely seem to have appreciated the extra forage and cover though. They were all fat and feisty and pretty much everywhere I looked. Can't complain about that. Good luck on your trip.
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We were there in 2007 as well and the year before that. Pretty well we would fish for bass all day and then just before leaving we would go ahead and fill the cooler with stripers--like was just part of the procedure
1. Launch boat
2. Go fishing.
3. Lunch
4. Go fishing
5. Decide to get off the water
6. Fill cooler with stripers
7. Put boat on trailer and drain water
It was that easy to catch stripers. Was hoping to get some for the freezer this year, but looks like that might not happen. Wayne Gustaveson did post a new report today saying that some stripers are being caught on anchovies in the usual spots in the South lake. We'll see what happens.
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You going out of Wahweap or Bullfrog?
Your schedule sounds similar to mine. It really doesn't get much better than that.
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Going out of Wahweap. Pretty happy that the Castle Rock Cut is open for business--saw pictures today of green water in the channel. Will cut an hour out of the trip up lake to Gunsight and beyond.
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