Lake Powell
A vast red-rock reservoir famous for striped bass boils and multi-species fishing among canyon arms.
Depth & Structure
Vast red-rock canyon reservoir; spring stripers group in 30-80 feet near river inlets and dam, spawn staging in less than 40 feet around rock piles and points, summer stripers hold 60-90 feet and below thermocline at 25-30 feet with bait fished 25-40 feet
Best Lures
Heavy spoons and bucktail jigs for deep stripers, trolling crankbaits and spoons in main channel up to 5 mph with downriggers/leaded line, casting plastic grubs/tubes and topwater during surface boils/slurps, jigging spoons through sonar-marked schools
Best Baits
Cut anchovy and sardine bait is the classic Powell striper bait, fished on bottom or at depth, with chumming with anchovies allowed to hold schools
Gear to Bring
Medium to medium-heavy spinning/baitcasting for stripers and bass, downriggers or leaded line for deep trolling, sonar/graph essential to find rocky trenches dropping 30-50 feet, boat-based fishery
Local Tips
['Adult stripers live below the thermocline in summer; put bait/lure at about 25 feet where they look up to warm surface food', 'After morning boils cease, fish anchovy bait at 40-60 feet in the general area where boils occurred; move if no hits after 15…
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Fish photos: striped bass — Wikimedia Commons · largemouth bass — Wikimedia Commons · walleye — Wikimedia Commons · crappie — Wikimedia Commons
Fishing regulations, seasons and limits change — always check the current rules for this water before you fish. Spot pins are approximate area markers, not launch or access coordinates.