Mildog
Well-Known Member
Just got back from a quick trip to the lake. We fished a few hours on Thurs, most of the day Friday and a few hours Saturday before heading home for Easter. Weather was fantastic. I'm not sure if the FULL Moon had an effect.
We found water temps from 59 degrees to as high as 67 in the back of canyons. The average afternoon Surface temps were about 65 degrees. The water becomes stained around the floating restrooms by entrance to Good Hope. The water is very stained at the top end of good hope, back in the canyons the water is clearer. From the horn up it is more stained than I like to fish only an inch or two visibility we did catch a very few fish in the heavy stained water but did much better in slightly stained water. Four mile was very muddy in its entirety. Wat muddier than I like to fish. Not worth the effort. The runoff when it really kicks in will move the mud line rapidly down lake as the lake is smaller/shorter so conditions will change quickly.
Fishing was fair (subjective, fair fishing at Powell is still pretty good) Three of us caught during the two part days and one full day that we fished, a bunch of SMB, a few LMB about 20 crappie, 12 walleye, 15 incidental stripers while not trying for them (mostly in poor shape, they were caught in shallow water when trying for other fish) and a handful of Bluegill.
We used Curl Tails, Small Swimbaits, Tubes, Ned Rigs in Green, Crawdad, Shad and Chartreuse colors with 1/8 to 1/4 oz. jig heads, also Steel-shad lures in 1/4 and 3/8 sizes. The last day the Steel Shad was the best lure overall and we caught SMB LMB Crappie Stripers and even Bluegill on them. Rock slides and points in the main channel and canyons produced but it was spotty, so we hit spots and if no luck kept moving to find agreeable fish. Also did catch just a few fish on Crankbaits. Most fish were caught between a couple feet and 20 feet deep. We did see some LMB on beds, we let them do their business for the future. **One other note: As has been mentioned in other posts, with the lower water the lake feels and is more confined. Canyons are shorter, many bays and arms are now high and dry. Some good fishing spots are tighter than at higher water levels. When did find spots with boats in them that in the past maybe you could have another boat fishing the area, it was too tight so we let them have some fishing space and we moved to other spots and found action. Hope this helps. Good fishing.
Tight lines,
Mildog
PS you may need a 3/4 oz head to cast to the shoreline if your boat operator keeps you too far from the structure LOL Inside Joke!!!!
We found water temps from 59 degrees to as high as 67 in the back of canyons. The average afternoon Surface temps were about 65 degrees. The water becomes stained around the floating restrooms by entrance to Good Hope. The water is very stained at the top end of good hope, back in the canyons the water is clearer. From the horn up it is more stained than I like to fish only an inch or two visibility we did catch a very few fish in the heavy stained water but did much better in slightly stained water. Four mile was very muddy in its entirety. Wat muddier than I like to fish. Not worth the effort. The runoff when it really kicks in will move the mud line rapidly down lake as the lake is smaller/shorter so conditions will change quickly.
Fishing was fair (subjective, fair fishing at Powell is still pretty good) Three of us caught during the two part days and one full day that we fished, a bunch of SMB, a few LMB about 20 crappie, 12 walleye, 15 incidental stripers while not trying for them (mostly in poor shape, they were caught in shallow water when trying for other fish) and a handful of Bluegill.
We used Curl Tails, Small Swimbaits, Tubes, Ned Rigs in Green, Crawdad, Shad and Chartreuse colors with 1/8 to 1/4 oz. jig heads, also Steel-shad lures in 1/4 and 3/8 sizes. The last day the Steel Shad was the best lure overall and we caught SMB LMB Crappie Stripers and even Bluegill on them. Rock slides and points in the main channel and canyons produced but it was spotty, so we hit spots and if no luck kept moving to find agreeable fish. Also did catch just a few fish on Crankbaits. Most fish were caught between a couple feet and 20 feet deep. We did see some LMB on beds, we let them do their business for the future. **One other note: As has been mentioned in other posts, with the lower water the lake feels and is more confined. Canyons are shorter, many bays and arms are now high and dry. Some good fishing spots are tighter than at higher water levels. When did find spots with boats in them that in the past maybe you could have another boat fishing the area, it was too tight so we let them have some fishing space and we moved to other spots and found action. Hope this helps. Good fishing.
Tight lines,
Mildog
PS you may need a 3/4 oz head to cast to the shoreline if your boat operator keeps you too far from the structure LOL Inside Joke!!!!
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