Bass Fishing in Lake Powell
With the water temps getting lower as nights are getting cooler and the days shorter the bass are feeding heavily before winter.
You can expect bass, stripers, walleye, and sunfish to be hitting.
Bass are feeding on shad, sunfish and crayfish. Large mouth bass are very shallow as they live in the grass with the sunfish. They can be caught next to the shore or on very shallow flats which won’t be deep enough for boats. Look for weeds and you will find bass.
Use surface lures.
Smallmouth bass will be on the rocks in their preferred habitat. They will primarily be looking for crayfish at the bottom. Try bottom bouncing grubs/tubes in open water.
The best technique is to use crayfish looking lures and slowly bounce them along the rocks at the bottom.
Striped bass are hungry and active. They will respond to shad (spoon) dropped in a school. Stipers are very aggressive and competitive. Catch one and keep the others coming to the surface with anchovy chum. Spread it at 10 minute intervals and the school will pace under the boat and feed.
A good place to start is Warm Creek near the floating restroom. Also try Rock Creek, Oak Canyon, Piute and Neskahi Canyon.
