Lake Powell Fishing Update: Stripers, Bass, and Cats Biting Strong - Quietplease.ai

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Powell report, Saturday September 13, 2025. Sunrise popped over the canyon walls at 6:52 AM today, and we're heading for sunny skies with no chance of rain. Temps are on the rise—expect a high around 90°F by midafternoon with a nice, dry humidity at about 30% throughout the day. Winds staying steady out of the south-southwest near 26 mph, so plan your drift accordingly. Sunset's due around 7:30 PM.

Lake Powell remains several feet below full pool, but water clarity's excellent and boat traffic light this morning. No tidal action here in the desert, but barometric pressure is stable at 29.85 inches, which tends to keep those fish active through the major feeding windows—especially early and late.

The last few days saw a solid uptick in fishing activity. Stripers have been locked in near the dam and deeper main channel cuts, with boats reporting double-digit catches, mostly in the 2–5 lb range. Anglers tossing cut anchovies and live shad are bringing up quick limits—stripers are aggressive, and the action is best from dawn through midmorning. For artificial fans, go with chrome slab spoons or deep-diving crankbaits mimicking shad.

Smallmouth bass are snapping around rocky structure and points, with most fish taken on soft plastic grubs and tubes rigged on quarter-ounce jigs. The early bite’s hot in coves around Warm Creek and Padre Bay. Some locals are switching things up midday with Carolina rigs tipped with nightcrawlers. Creature baits in green pumpkin and natural hues mimic the forage perfectly.

Catfish are showing up strong in shallow washes, especially after dark—chicken livers and stink baits working best. Bank anglers at Bullfrog Marina hooked plenty of 1–3 lb channel cats this week. Crappie remain spotty, but drop-offs with submerged brush near Stanton Creek delivered a few slabs to those patient with minnows under slip bobbers.

Best action today is centered around two hot spots: the Cut just north of Antelope Marina—stripers and bass are holding in 35–45 feet, so vertical presentations rule. Second, the mouth of Face Canyon, where steep banks and incoming cooler water have concentrated both bass and catfish. If you’re willing to chase them, trolling between these areas with swimbaits in shad colors delivers solid mixed bags, especially as the sun climbs high.

For gear, bring a good mix: medium spinning tackle for bass, heavier rods for stripers and cats. Don't forget your sunscreen and plenty of water—it’s a scorcher out there and that desert sun doesn’t play.

That’s it for your September 13th Lake Powell fishing fix. Thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe for your daily dose of local angling intel. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Here with your Lake Powell report. Saturday, September thirteenth,
twenty twenty five. Sunrise popped over the canyon walls at
six point fifty two am today and we're heading for
sunny skies with no chance of rain. Temps are on
the rise. Expect to hige around ninety degrees fahrenheit by
mid afternoon, with a nice dry humidity at about thirty

(00:20):
percent throughout the day. Wind staying steady out of the
south southwest near twenty six miles per hour, so plan
your drift accordingly. Sunsets two around seven thirty pm. Lake
Powell remains several feet below full pool, but water clarity's
excellent and boat traffic light this morning. No tidal action
here in the desert, but biometric pressure is stable at

(00:42):
twenty nine point eight five inches, which tends to keep
those fish active through the major feeding windows, especially early
and late. The last few days saw a solid uptick
in fishing activity. Strippers have been locked in near the
dam and deeper main channel cuts, with boats reporting double
digit catches, mostly in the two to five pound range.

(01:02):
Anglers tossing cut anchovies and live shad are bringing up
quick limits strippers are aggressive and the action is best
from dawn through mid morning. For artificial fans, go with
chrome slav spoons or deep diving crank baits mimicking shad.
Smallmouth bass are snapping around rocky structure and points, with
most fish taken on soft plastic grubs and tubes rigged

(01:24):
on quarter rounds jags. The early bites hot in coves
around warm Creek and Padre Bay. Some locals are switching
things up midday with carolina rigs tipped with nightcallers, creature
baits in green, pumpkin and natural hues mimic the forge perfectly.
Catfish are showing up strong in shallow washes, especially after dark.
Chicken livers and stink baits working best. Bank anglers a

(01:47):
bullfrog Marina hook plenty of one to three pound channel
cats this week. Crappy remained spotty, but drop offs with
submerged brush near Stanton Creek delivered a few slabs to
those patient with minnows under slip bobbers. Best action today
is centered around two hot spots the cut just north
of Antelope Marina. Stripers and bass are holding in thirty

(02:09):
five to forty five feet so vertical presentations. Rule second
the mouth of Face Canyon, where steep banks and incoming
cooler water have concentrated both bass and catfish if you're
willing to chase them. Trolling between these areas with swim
baits and shad colors deliver solid mixed bags, especially as

(02:32):
the sun climbs high. For gear, bring a good mix,
medium spinning tackle for bass, heavier rods for stripers and cats.
Don't forget your sunscreen and plenty of water. It's a
scorcher out there, and that desert sun doesn't play. That's
it for your September thirteenth Lake Pole, fish and fix.
Thanks for tuning in. Be sure to subscribe for your

(02:54):
daily ghosts of local angling Intel. This has been a
whyatt please production. For more, check out Quiet please dot
ai