06-25-2020, 02:44 PM
It's a little tricky to figure out, and I haven't done much of this myself, but I know some guys that have figured out how to drive in to the upper portions of Lake Powell. Access usually happens at the few marinas, but fishing in some of those tiny back canyons can be amazing.
Stripers are the big draw, of course, but there are all kinds of species in there, and the bass/bluegill/catfish/walleye/crappie fishing can be off the hook, all good eating fish.
From what I hear, what is "on" any given year varies, but my one friend (years ago, mind you) told me about fishing from a canoe in June, in the backs of tiny, shaded bays. He would hit deeper, rocky spots for smallmouth, then move up. Way up in, wherever tamarisks and willows grew, big mats of logs and tumbleweeds would collect, and they would kill it on small bass, crappies, and huge bluegills.
Stripers are the big draw, of course, but there are all kinds of species in there, and the bass/bluegill/catfish/walleye/crappie fishing can be off the hook, all good eating fish.
From what I hear, what is "on" any given year varies, but my one friend (years ago, mind you) told me about fishing from a canoe in June, in the backs of tiny, shaded bays. He would hit deeper, rocky spots for smallmouth, then move up. Way up in, wherever tamarisks and willows grew, big mats of logs and tumbleweeds would collect, and they would kill it on small bass, crappies, and huge bluegills.