September fishing

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Alright, with the very real possibility that May fishing may be lost this year , how do you feel about September fishing? We've done it a couple of times and its been great! Walleye slows down, but the last time we did September it turned out to be our Lake Powell mentors last trip. He was an avid Largemouth fisherman and at the time it had been a while since Largemouth had really been in the lake in any real numbers. On this trip however my buddy and I saw a boil pop up in front of us by Blue Notch and thinking it was Stripers we headed over. We cast into it and started hauling out Largemouth on every cast. By the time it ended we had caught every kind of fish in the lake except a Striper. It's the last time that happened and I like to think it was the lakes way of saying goodbye to my friend.
 
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Yup, Ive found fall fishing to be very cyclical. The best boil we've ever been in was in September, lasted an hour and half straight, didnt move from the one cove (forgot our memory card for filming that one...). And some of the best segments of half day fishing have been in the fall. The fish are always in amazing shape by then too. The patterns and consistency just isnt as good as it is in say mid April-through May. You can bank on spring patterns, but fall is boom or bust sometimes depending on the hour.
 
We generally have more consistent fishing in the fall than we do spring. It may be because our spring is usually mid to late May, so on the tail end of spring fishing. We target LMB and SMB.
 
The last two weeks of September and the first couple weeks of October, and sometimes later, are my favorite times to pursue smallmouths on Lake Powell. I've had my best smallmouth trips ever during these periods when you consider both numbers and size. The only downside in the fall, if you want to call it a downside, is during the same day you can catch fish as deep as 30 feet and as shallow as three feet or less, all on the same piece of structure! The key to fall fishing is to fish the entire water column.

In most years the smallies move to the backs of the canyons in the fall chasing the shad, but that has not been a consistent pattern the past couple seasons. I've actually had better luck on the main lake structures. Or I might find a lot of them in the back of a canyon one day and then find very few, if any, there the next. The one thing about fall fishing is often times when I do locate them I am often able to catch a bunch of fish from a small area. The other thing I love about September fishing is the weather - some of the best of the year most of the time. While I always say anytime is a good time to visit Lake Powell, I particularly like the fall.

Ed Gerdemann
 
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The last two weeks of September and the first couple weeks of October, and sometimes later, are my favorite times to pursue smallmouths on Lake Powell. I've had my best smallmouth trips ever during these periods when you consider both numbers and size. The only downside in the fall, if you want to call it a downside, is during the same day you can catch fish as deep as 30 feet and as shallow as three feet or less, all on the same piece of structure! The key to fall fishing is to fish the entire water column.

In most years the smallies move to the backs of the canyons in the fall chasing the shad, but that has not been a consistent pattern the past couple seasons. I've actually had better luck on the main lake structures. Or I might find a lot of them in the back of a canyon one day and then find very few, if any, there the next. The one thing about fall fishing is often times when I do locate them I am often able to catch a bunch of fish from a small area. The other thing I love about September fishing is the weather - some of the best of the year most of the time. While I always say anytime is a good time to visit Lake Powell, I particularly like the fall.

Ed Gerdemann
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I need to learn more from Ed as it sounds like the bite in the fall is better and more consistent than I thought. That same time frame of the year is our favorite time for big Cutthroat at Strawberry too.
 
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