These prespawn walleye aggregations will turn their focus from feeding to spawning which occurs at night on submerged rockslides. Reports are starting to come in from the northern lake that walleye have been captured on spoons in 60-80 feet of water. Walleye are more excited about warming water than largemouth bass because warming triggers walleye spawning. You can keep up to 20 smallmouth bass each day. They are available in large numbers and great for a fish dinner. If you want to keep a bass then make sure it is a smallmouth bass. Surprisingly, if you want to harvest a bass then the females are the ones to keep. I recommend that all largemouth bass that are caught be released so they can successfully spawn and increase bass numbers. Clear water is not as “bassy.”ĭue to low water and lack of brush, largemouth bass are not as numerous as smallmouth bass. Expect to find more bass in the backs of canyons where water is green or murky. This is the time to catch big, heavy bass before the spawn when large females are full of eggs. It is wise to use a weedless lure and a slow presentation when fishing for largemouth. If you see a submerged tumbleweed pile, a bush with thick branches or some other cover that may hold a bass, cast to the cover. At the current low lake levels, flooded brush is hard to find. Afternoon fishing in warming water will be better than morning fishing in cool water. I am an early morning fishermen and often reap the rewards of getting out early, but that does not really matter when pursuing largemouth bass this week. Expect the afternoon water temperature to climb to the 60s by the weekend. With warming, largemouth will get more active, look for an easy meal of crayfish, sunfish or shad, and be much more interested in bass jigs. Largemouth bass are the first to respond. Smallmouth bass don’t really get in gear until the early morning water temperature is 57 degrees or above. Warm-water fish will take immediate notice of the warming water. Water temperature will rise from the high 40s to the mid 50s by the weekend. Air temperature at Lake Powell will climb into the 70s today and stay there all week.

Springtime for Lake Powell fish effectively arrives today.

Updated: 6 years ago / Posted Warm weather leads to fishing success

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