Arizona Fishing

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Largemouth bass began nest construction this week as air temperature hit 80 degrees. Spawning is imminent with largemouth going first, followed by smallmouth a few days later. Warming is long overdue but may work to the advantage of anglers who enjoy fishing [...]

Popularity: 13%

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation: 3,590. Water temp: 52-62 F.
Stripers show up at dam.Those anglers that have been diligently paying their dues fishing in the main channel for striped bass were rewarded in a big way this week. While catches have been steady recently the numbers [...]

Popularity: 7%

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Finally, the lake is starting to warm and consequently fishing has improved. Do not expect super fast fishing that happens when bass spawn or stripers stage. The expectation now is that the fishing excursions will be rewarded with a few fish instead of [...]

Popularity: 11%

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Finally, the lake is starting to warm and consequently fishing has improved. Do not expect super fast fishing that happens when bass spawn or stripers stage. The expectation now is that the fishing excursions will be rewarded with a few fish instead of [...]

Popularity: 10%

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation has been stable for a month. Walleye are just beginning to spawn. The males are ripe and off feed but the females are still eating and gearing up for spawning. Target clean rock structure to find spawning walleye aggregations. There are [...]

Popularity: 10%

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation has been stable for a month. Walleye are just beginning to spawn. The males are ripe and off feed but the females are still eating and gearing up for spawning. Target clean rock structure to find spawning walleye aggregations. There are [...]

Popularity: 10%

Colorado River Northwest

Put on some new fishing line and buy your annual supply of sunscreen – this is the leading edge of the great fishing. It’s time to go catch some fun in the sun at our desert lakes. By the way, we are expecting the best fishing in 25 years. [...]

Popularity: 12%

Colorado River Northwest

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Fish are waiting for the days to lengthen and the water to warm just a bit. For now the best fishing is under the marinas with night fishing being better than in daylight.
Powell Outlook: in trying to predict future fishing results, I [...]

Popularity: 17%

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Fish are waiting for the days to lengthen and the water to warm just a bit. For now the best fishing is under the marinas with night fishing being better than in daylight.
Powell Outlook: in trying to predict future fishing results, I have looked in the past for [...]

Popularity: 11%

LAKE POWELL — By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake Elevation: 3,599. Water Temp: 59-61. Fish respond to cold temperatures by exhibiting springtime behavior. Best fishing happens when water is warmest - usually in the afternoon. Feeding periods are farther apart meaning there are times when fish just will not bite. These dormant periods [...]

Popularity: 14%