August 31, 2025 Lake Powell Fishing Report: Striper Frenzy, Bass on the Bite, and Catfish in the Coves

This is Artificial Lure bringing you the August 31, 2025, fishing report for Lake Powell and the surrounding canyon country. The dog days of summer may be nearing their close, but there’s still plenty of heat left on the water—both above and below the surface.

Lake Powell woke up to clear skies and a soft glow just before 6:50 am, with sunrise peeking over the red rocks and another beautifully long day stretched until sunset around 8:07 pm. We’re seeing daytime highs hovering near 95°F, with humidity around 43 percent and just a hint of breeze, keeping the water flat and ideal for sight-casting around cover. Barometric pressure reads steady at 29.97 inches, and visibility is excellent out on the main channel—perfect for chasing active fish, especially early and late in the day, when boat traffic drops off. According to WeatherWorld, conditions are sunny and cooling a bit after a hot stretch, so fish are seeking shade and structure mid-day.

There’s no tidal movement here, but water levels remain lower than average, which means many of the side canyons are shallow and the fish are stacked tighter in deeper pockets and at the edges of submerged brush. As always, watch for snakes on the shoreline; the local Great Basin gopher snakes and even a few rattlers like to sun themselves, especially near rock outcroppings, as reported by World Atlas.

The big news this week is the stripers—Lake Powell’s signature draw. Stripers have been feeding consistently around the Navajo Canyon and at the dam, responding well to cut anchovy baits dropped down 30 to 50 feet, especially during the early morning rush and the evening cool-down. According to the Lake Powell Utah Fishing Report Daily podcast, anglers have been boating easy limits, with many reporting 15 to 30 fish mornings from schools corralling shad against the cliff faces. Bass action has ticked up in the shallows, where smallmouth are hammering Ned rigs and green-pumpkin tubes bounced along rocky points. Reports from the bigfishtackle.com forum say largemouth are biting, too, but they’re buried deep in cover—try casting Texas-rigged creature baits right at flooded timber in Wahweap and Warm Creek.

Catfish have been especially good in the backs of coves around Bullfrog Marina and Stanton Creek. Toss some stink bait or chicken liver on a slip sinker rig and let it settle on the mud bottom—you’ll pull up healthy channel cats in the 3–7 lb range, especially once the sun goes down. Some folks have had a blast with bluegill and sunfish using small jigs tipped with worm under bobbers along rocky edges—perfect for kids or ultralight anglers.

If you’re fly fishing, the trout action is slow this time of year, but bluegill will smash dry flies and poppers early and late if you seek out calm water off rocky ledges. As for top lures this week, hard to beat a chrome and blue Rat-L-Trap or a white swimbait for stripers, while soft plastics in natural patterns are king for bass.

If you’re looking for hot spots, don’t miss Gregory Butte for bass early, and the stretch from Antelope Point to the Powerplant Intake for those striper boils. Navajo Canyon’s mid-lake shelves hold fish as well, and the area around the mouth of Padre Bay has been productive for catfish and the occasional walleye.

Remember, always check your lines and keep an eye out for snakes when you’re beached. Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to subscribe for more local Lake Powell fishing tips. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is artificial war bringing you the August thirty first,
twenty twenty five fishing report for Lake Powell in the
surrounding Cannying country. The dog days of summer may be
nearing their clothes, but there's still plenty of heat left
on the water, both above and below the surface. Lake
Powell woke up to clear skies in a soft glow
just before six point fifty am, with sunrise peeking over

(00:22):
the red rocks, and another beautifully long day stretched until
sunset around eight oh seven pm. We're seeing daytime highs
hovering near ninety five degrees fahrenheit, with humidity around forty
three percent and just a hint of breeze, keeping the
water flat and ideal for sightcasting around cover. Biometric pressure
reads steady at twenty nine point nine seven inches, and

(00:44):
visibility is excellent out on the main channel, perfect for
chasing active fish, especially early and late in the day
when boat traffic drops off. According to Weatherworld, conditions are
sunny and cooling a bit after a hot stretch, so
fish are seeking shade and structure midday. There's no tidal
movement here, but water levels remain lower than average, which

(01:05):
means many of the side canyons are shallow and the
fish are stacked tighter in deeper pockets and at the
edges of submerged brush. As always, watch for snakes on
the shoreline. The local grape basin. Gopher snakes and even
a few rattlers like to sun themselves, especially near rock
out croppings. As reported by World Atlas, The big news

(01:26):
this week is the stripers. Lake Powell's signature draw Stripers
have been feeding consistently around the Navajo Canyon and at
the dam, responding well to cut anchovy baits drop down
thirty to fifty feet, especially during the early morning rush
and the evening cool down. According to the Lake Powell,
Utah Fishing Report Daily podcast, anglers have been boating easy limits,

(01:49):
with many reporting fifteen to thirty fish mornings from School's
crowned shad against the cliff faces. Bass action has ticked
up in the shallows, where small mouth or hammer and
medross and green pump cubes bounced along rocky points. Reports
from the Bigfishtackle dot Com form say largemouth or bite
in two, but they're buried deep in cover. Try casting

(02:10):
Texas rig creature baits right at flooded timber and wallwep
and warm creek catfish have been especially good in the
backs of coves around Bullfrog Marina and Stanton Crake. Toss
some steak bait or chicken liver on a slip sinker
rig and let it settle on the mud bottom. You'll
pull up healthy channel cats in the three to seven
pound range, especially once the sun goes down. Some folks

(02:33):
have had a blast with bluegill and sunfish using small
jigs tipped with worm under bobbers along rocky edges, perfect
for kids or ultra light anglers. If you're fly fishing,
The trout action is slow this time of year, but
bluegill will smash dryflies and poppers early and late if
you seek out calm water off rocking ledges. As for

(02:53):
top lures this week, hard to beat a chrome in
blue ratlat trap or a white swim bait for stripers,
while soft plastics and natural patterns are king for bath
If you're looking for hot spots, don't miss Gregory Butte
for bass early and the stretch from Antelope Point to
the power Plant intake for those striper boils. Navajo canyons

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midlake shells hold fish as well, and the area around
the mouth of Padre Bay has been productive for catfish
and the occasional walleye. Remember always check your lines and
keep an eye out for snakes when you're beached. Say
thanks for tuning in and be sure to subscribe for
more local lake pole fishing tips. This has been a
quiet Please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot

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