Lake Powell Fishing Report: Aggressive Bite, Stormy Weather Ahead

It’s Artificial Lure with your Lake Powell fishing report for Wednesday, September 24th, 2025.

We’re coming off a wild stretch of late-summer weather. Over the weekend, two rare tornadoes touched down in San Juan County, and storms rolled through bringing some much-needed cloud cover and rain across the region. These monsoonal blasts have given a temporary bump to streamflows feeding the lake, but water levels remain low—Lake Powell is sitting around 6.85 million acre-feet, well under a third of its historical norm, and the “savings account” is still on the decline according to recent reporting by The Land Desk. Navigating and launching at some ramps is getting a little tight, so be cautious, especially if you’re trailering in new areas.

Today’s a classic late-September day at Bullfrog—the air is warm and dry again after the storms, topping out near 90 by the afternoon. Winds are out of the SSW, gusting to about 26 mph. Early morning is cooler, just above 70, so if you can get on the water before the sun’s full, you’ll find the most comfortable window. Humidity’s low at 30%, visibility is crystal clear, and the barometric pressure is holding steady. Sunrise comes at 7:10 a.m., with sunset closing things down just past 7:20 p.m. No tides on Powell, but water clarity is running stained to light mud in some coves after runoff from those storms.

The weather shift has the fish feeling more aggressive, especially during the low-light hours at dawn and dusk. Stripers are busting up shad in open water, and reports from local guides have big schools just outside the mouth of Bullfrog Bay and up towards Good Hope. Anglers dragging anchovy chunks on downlines are landing 15+ fish in a morning, many in the 1- to 3-pound class. Bass anglers are also having a solid week—these rain events send largemouth and smallmouth up shallow. Spinnerbaits, especially white or chartreuse, are knocking fish in the flooded brush and rocky points. Look for smallies in main-lake points and along chunk rock; Ned rigs and green pumpkin jigs have been productive as the bite slows mid-morning.

With water in the high 70s to low 80s, the active bite holds through mid-morning, then picks up again in the evening as temps cool. If you’re after walleye, bottom bouncers with chartreuse or craw-pattern crawlers are putting fish in the boat, particularly on main channel breaks near the mouth of Halls Creek. Crappie continue to relate to submerged trees and brush; use small jigs or minnows 15-25 feet down.

The current best bets:
- At dawn, work topwater baits like Whopper Ploppers or Zara Spooks around main lake flats—stripers, white bass, and even big smallmouth are smashing them in these conditions.
- As the sun gets up or if it’s still overcast, switch to spinnerbaits, crankbaits (square-bill or lipless), and soft plastics along wind-blown points and secondary coves.
- For stripers, try trolling with deep-divers or use cut bait on downlines in 40-60 feet near the dam, Bullfrog Bay, or up towards the mouth of Good Hope.
- Jigs and shaky heads on rocky structure for smallmouth mid-morning and in the evenings. Natural colors are best as the water clears post-rain.

Hot spots worth trying today are the stretch from Bullfrog Marina north to Stanton Creek, and the base of the Rincon cliffs near the Halls Crossing ferry channel. If you’re up for a run, the back of Forgotten Canyon has been steady for largemouth and the occasional slab crappie.

Remember, with fluctuating water and weather, keep an eye out for emerging hazards—there are plenty of new rock piles and shallow stretches that weren’t exposed earlier this year.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Its artificial lure with your Lake Pow Fishing report for Wednesday,
September twenty fourth, twenty twenty five. We're coming off a
wild stretch of late summer weather over the weekend two,
where tornadoes touched down in San Juan County and storms
roll through, bringing some much needed cloud cover and rain
across the region. These monsoonal blasts have given a temporary

(00:22):
bump to stream flows feeding the lake, but water levels
remain low. Lake Powell is sitting around six point eight
five million acre feet, well under a third of its
historical norm, and the savings account is still on the decline.
According to recent reporting by the Land Desk, Navigating and
launching at some ramps is getting a little tight, so

(00:43):
be cautious, especially if you're trailering in new areas. Today's
a classic late September day at Bullfrog. The air is
warm and dry again after the storms, topping out near
ninety by the afternoon, winds are out of the SSW,
gusting to about twenty six miles per hour. Early morning
is cooler, just above seventy, so if you can get

(01:04):
on the water before the sun's full, you'll find the
most comfortable window humidity is low at thirty percent, visibility
is crystal clear, and the barometric pressure is holding steady.
Sunrise comes at seven ten am, with sunset closing things
down just past seven twenty pm. No tides on Powell,
but water clarity is running stained to light mud in

(01:25):
some coves after runoff from those storms. The weather shift
has the fish feeling more aggressive, especially during the low
light hours. At dawn and dusk, strippers are busting up
shad and open water, and reports from local guides have
big schools just outside the mouth of Bullfrog Bay and
up towards Good Hope. Anglers dragging anchovy chunks on down

(01:45):
lines are landing fifteen plus fish in a morning. Many
in the one to three pound class. Bass anglers are
also having a solid week. These rain events send slow
mouth and small mouth up. Shallow spinner baits, especially wider
charge trews, are knocking fish in the flooded brush and
rocky points. Look for smallies in main like points and

(02:06):
along chunk rock Ned rigs and green pumpkin jigs have
been productive. As the bite slows mid morning with water
in the high seventies to low eighties. The active bite
holds through mid morning, then picks up again in the
evening as temps cool. If you're after walleye bottom bouncers
with chartreuse or craw patterned crawlers are putting fish in

(02:26):
the boat, particularly on main channel breaks near the mouth
of Hall's Creek. Crappy continue to relate to submerged trees
and brush. Use small jigs or minnows fifteen to twenty
five feet down the current. Best bets at dawn work
top water baits like whopper ploppers or Zara spooks around
main lake flats stripers, white bass and even big smallmouth

(02:49):
or smashing them in these conditions the sun gets up,
or if it's still overcast, switch to spinner baits, crank baits,
square bill or lipless and soft plastics along wind blown
points and secondary coves. For stripers, try trolling with deep
divers or use cut bait on down lines in forty

(03:10):
to sixty feet near the dam Bullfrog Bay, or up
towards the mouth of Good Hope. Jigs and shaky heads
on rocky structure for small mouth. Mid morning and in
the evenings, natural colors are best as the water clears
post rain. Hot spots worth trying today are the stretch
from Bullfrog Marina north to Stanton Creek and the base

(03:32):
of the rink On Cliffs near the Hall's crossing Ferry Channel.
If you're up for a run. The back of Forgotten
Canyon has been steady for largemouth and the occasional slab crappy.
Remember with fluctuating water and weather, keep an eye out
for emerging hazards. There are plenty of new rock piles
and shallow stretches that weren't exposed earlier this year. That's

(03:54):
the scoop for this week. Thanks for tuning in. Be
sure to subscribe so you never miss an update. This
has been a quiet please production. For more check out
Quiet Please dot ai