Lake Powell Fishing Report: Stripers, Smallies, Cats, and Walleye Biting Strong

This is Artificial Lure bringing you the Lake Powell fishing report for September 17th, 2025. Sunrise hit the water at 6:06 a.m., and we’re expecting sunset around 7:33 p.m.—a solid thirteen hours of daylight prime for getting after those feisty Powell fish. The weather’s shaping up beautifully: the forecast out of Bullfrog Marina calls for sun, high temps reaching 89°F, with low humidity and a light southwest wind. The barometer’s steady near 29.94 inches, always good for consistent fish activity, and no rain is expected today according to WeatherWorld.com.

With all that sunshine, the lake’s surface should be warming quick, keeping those fish active, especially early and late. Tides don’t impact freshwater fishing here, so focus on the wind—gentle breezes out of the southwest will keep things comfortable and help push baitfish into coves and points, which is where the action is heating up.

Recent reports from local anglers and channels like Lake Powell Fishing point to strong catches of **striped bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, and some healthy walleye**. The striper bite has picked up near the dam and around the mouth of main canyons like Stateline and Wahweap, where boils of shad are drawing hungry predators. Folks are catching good numbers in the early morning casting spoons, white or chrome topwater walkers, and soft plastic swimbaits.

**For stripers:** Best results are coming on 3/4 oz. silver or white spoons dropped into boils, or by trolling deep-diving crankbaits in shad or perch patterns along steep drop-offs. Anchovy chunks, soaked on a simple rig, are also putting fish on the boat for those who’d rather soak bait.

**Smallmouth bass** have been aggressive along rocky points and submerged ledges in the mid-lake areas, particularly between Bullfrog and Good Hope Bay. Productive lures include green pumpkin or watermelon tube jigs, 3-inch curly tail grubs, and Ned rigs. The high sun midday can push bass deeper, so consider drop-shotting finesse worms or dragging Carolina-rigged plastics in 20–30 feet of water.

**Channel catfish** are prowling the flats and coves, especially near inflows and where muddy banks warm up first. Nightcrawlers, cut bait, or stinkbaits fished on the bottom are all effective, especially towards dusk.

**Walleye** reports have been spotty but promising—target the lower light hours with chartreuse or firetiger-colored crankbaits along points and sandy drops. Jigs tipped with nightcrawler or small swimbaits bounced through 25–40 feet have also picked up some keepers.

A few words about conditions: With zebra mussels now officially established in Lake Powell, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is urging every boater and angler to “clean, drain, and dry” gear thoroughly to prevent the spread, based on their recent survey results shared by Rocky Mountain Community Radio. Keep an eye on your intakes, lines, and anchors especially.

**Hot spots to try today:**
- The mouth of Warm Creek Bay and just off the Navajo Canyon entry for morning striper boils.
- The main points along Good Hope Bay for both stripers and smallmouth, with pockets of catfish in the sheltered backs.
- For a solid shot at walleye, troll along the sandy shelves west of Bullfrog Marina at first light or last hour.

No tides to worry about here, just watch that afternoon sun and pack plenty of water. Thanks for tuning in to this Lake Powell report. Don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates, lure tips, and the latest local fishing chatter.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is artificial lore bringing you the Lake Power Fishing
report for September seventeenth, twenty twenty five. Sunrise hit the
water at six zero six am and we're expecting sunset
around seven thirty three pm DASH, a solid thirteen hours
of daylight, prime forgetting after those feisty powellfish. The weather
shaping up beautifully. The forecast out of Bullfrog Marina calls

(00:23):
for sun high temps reaching eighty nine degrees fahrenheit with
low humidity and a light southwest wind. The barometer's steady
near twenty nine point nine four hs, always good for
consistent fish activity, and no rain is expected today according
to weatherworld dot com. With all that sunshine, the lake
surface should be warming quick keeping those fish active especially

(00:45):
early and late times don't impact freshwater fishing here, so
focus on the wind. Gentle breezes out of the southwest
will keep things comfortable and help push bait fish into
coves and points, which is where the action is heating up.
Recent reports from local anglers and chick pannels like Lake
Powell Fishing point to strong catches of striped bass, smallmouth bass,

(01:05):
channel catfish, and some healthy walley as the striper bite
has picked up near the dam and around the mouth
of main canyons like statline and wallweep, where boils of
shad are drawing hungry predators. Folks are catching good numbers
in the early morning, casting spoons, white or chrome topwater walkers,
and soft plastic slim baits. For stripers. Best results are

(01:28):
counting on three quarters outs silver or white spoons dropped
into boils, or by trolling deep diving crank baits in
shat or perch patters along steep drop offs. Anchovy chunks
soaked on a simple rig are also putting fish on
the boat for those who'd rather soak bait. Smallmouth bass
have been aggressive along rocky points and submerged ledges in

(01:50):
the mid lake areas, particularly between Bullfrog and Good Hope Bay.
Productive lures include green pumptin or watermelon tube jigs, three
inch early tailed grugs, and med rigs. The high sun
midday can push bass deeper, so consider drop shotting finesse
worms or dragging carolina rig plastics in twenty to thirty

(02:11):
feet of water. Channel Catfish are prowling the flats and coves,
especially near inflows and where muddy banks warm up first
night crawlers, cut bait or stink baits fished on the
bottom are all effective, especially towards dusk. Walleye reports have
been spotty but promising target the lower light hours with

(02:31):
chartreuse or fire tiger colored crank baits along points and
sandy drops. Jaggs tipped with nightcrawler or small swim baits
bounced through twenty five to forty feet have also picked
up some keepers. A few words about conditions with zebra
muscles now officially established in Lake Powell, Colorado. Parts and

(02:52):
Wildlife is urging every boater and angler to clean, drain,
and dry gear thoroughly to prevent the spread, based on
their recent survey results shared by Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
Keep an eye on your intakes, lines and anchres, especially
hot spots to try to day the mouth of Warm

(03:13):
Creek Bay and just off the Navajo Canyon entry for
morning striper boils, the main points along Good Hope Bay
for both stripers and smallmouth, with pockets of catfish in
the sheltered backs for a solid shot at walleye. Troll
along the sandy shells west of bull Fraud Marina at
first light or last hour no tides to worry about here,

(03:35):
just watch that afternoon sun and pack plenty of water.
Thanks for tuning in to this Lake Powell report, don't
forget to subscribe for daily updates, lower tips, and the
latest local fishing chatter. This has been a quiet please production.
For more, check out quiet Pleas dot a I