Stripers, Smallies, and Cats: Your Lake Powell Fishing Report for 9/27/2025

Artificial Lure here with your Lake Powell fishing report for Saturday, September 27th, 2025. It's a gorgeous early autumn morning here in canyon country—lake temps holding steady, sky crystal clear, and the fall bite starting to swing in. That sunrise popped at 6:10 a.m., and you’ll be fishing solid light until about 6:28 p.m. today.

The weather gods are blessing us with warm, stable conditions: expect sunshine all day, high near 88°F, cooling off to the mid-60s after sunset. No rain on the radar and only a gentle southerly breeze, so boating and casting conditions are prime, even with those historically low lake levels. According to CustomWeather, you’re looking at a water surface still hovering a bit above 3,545 feet—low, but more than enough to keep the backwaters open for some adventure.

There’s no tidal action on Powell, since we’re a reservoir, not tidal water, so fish activity is all about water temps and weather. With the sun rising later, that early-morning low-light period is the magic window—stripers are feeding shallow, especially around main channel points and cliff drop-offs. Aggression is up this week: the Lake Powell Utah Daily Fishing Report from Spreaker says the bite is “aggressive” with a window moving from dawn until about 9:30 a.m., and again in the last hour before dusk.

This week’s catches have been dominated by **striped bass**—anglers out of Wahweap and Bullfrog reported several limits pulled before 10 a.m. Most are schoolies in the 1–3 pound range, with some bigger fish mixed in. **Smallmouth bass** are also putting on a show, especially around chunk rock and submerged structure. Reports of **largemouth bass** are spotty but improving in backs of muddy coves and shaded timber. **Crappie** show in brushier pockets, and if you want a wild card, a few fat **catfish** are biting on cut bait off the marina docks after dark.

Best lures right now? For stripers, nothing beats a ¾ oz bucktail jig, white or chartreuse, especially if you tip it with a small piece of anchovy. The classic vertical spoon—like a Kastmaster or Hopkins shorty—still gets smashed on deeper structure (30–60 feet of water). Trolling deep-diving crankbaits, like a Shad Rap or Bomber Fat Free Shad, just outside main channel markers, will bag you numbers and possibly a trophy. Smallmouth are whacking Ned rigs, tube baits in green pumpkin, and crankbaits bounced off the rocks. If you want a live bait edge, bring anchovies for stripers and nightcrawlers for bass and crappie. According to local tackle shops, these presentations are flying off the shelves this week.

A couple hot spots to try today:
- **The mouth of Navajo Canyon**—stripers are schooling and surface feeding here at first light; cast and retrieve topwaters or work your jig under the birds.
- **The points near Antelope Marina**—smallmouth up shallow, stripers suspended at 40 feet, and the occasional big cat coming in after dark.
- If you’re launching from Bullfrog, hit Stanton Creek flats or main lake humps—action has been consistent.

Lake levels might be low, but the fish are hungry—just remember to handle all catches with care and check the latest regs. As always, get your gear ready before hitting the dock and bring some patience—the fall payoff on Powell is always worth the wait.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lure. Here with your Lake Powell fishing report for Saturday,
September twenty seventh, twenty twenty five. It's a gorgeous early
autumn morning here in Cannyon Country, lake temps holding steady, sky,
crystal clear, and the fall bite starting to swing in.
That sunrise pop at six ten am, and you'll be
fishing solid light until about six twenty eight PM. Today.

(00:22):
The weather gods are blessing us with warm, stable conditions.
Expect sunshine all day, high near eighty eight degrees fahrenheit,
cooling off to the mid sixties after sunset. No rain
on the radar, and only a gentle southerly breeze, so
boating and casting conditions are prime. Even with those historically
low lake levels. According to Custom Weather, you're looking at

(00:43):
a water surface still hovering a bit above three thousand,
five hundred and forty five feet low, but more than
enough to keep the backwaters open for some adventure. There's
no tidal action on Powell since we're a reservoir not
tidal water, so fish activity is all water temps and weather.
With the sun rising later that early morning low light

(01:05):
period is the magic window. Stripers are feeding shallow, especially
around main channel points and cliff dropoffs. Aggression is up
this week. The Lake powe Utah Daily Fishing Report from
Spreaker says the bite is aggressive, with a window moving
from dawn until about nine thirty am, and again in

(01:25):
the last hour before dusk. This week's catches have been
dominated by striped bass. Anglers out of wallwape and bullfrog
reported several limits pulled before ten am. Most are schoolies
in the one three pound range, with some bigger fish
mixed in. Small mouth bass are also putting on a show,
especially around chunk rock and sub merged structure. Reports of

(01:48):
large mouth bass are spotty but improving in backs of
money coves and shaded timber crappy show and brushier pockets,
and if you want a wild card, a few fat
catfish are biting on cut bait off the marina docks
after dark. Best lures right now For stripers. Nothing beats
at two and a half hour's bucktail, jig white or chartrews,

(02:12):
especially if you tip it with a small piece of anchovy.
The classic vertical spoon like a cast master or hoppedim
shorty still get smashed on deeper structure. Thirty sixty feet
of water, trolling, deep diving, crank baits like a shad
rap or bomber fat free shad just outside main channel
markers will bag you numbers and possibly a trophy smallmouth

(02:36):
or wacken medrigs, tube baits in green punkin and crank
baits bounced off the rocks. If you want a live
bait edge, bring anchovies for stripers and nightcrawlers for bass
and crappy. According to local tackle shops, these presentations are
flying off the shelves this week. A couple hotspots to
try today the mouth of Navajo Canyon. Strippers are schooling

(03:00):
and surface feeding here at first light, cast and retrieve
top waters or work your jeg under the birds. The
points near Antalope Marina small mouth up shallow strippers suspended
at forty feet, and the occasional big cat coming in
after dark. If you're launching from Bullfrog, hit Stanton Creek
flats or main lay humps. Action has been consistent. Lake

(03:22):
levels might be low, but the fish are hungry. Just
remember to handle all catches with care and check the
latest rags as always. Get your deer ready before hitting
the dock, and bring some patience the fall payoff on
Powell is always worth the weight. Thanks for tuning in
to your Lake Powell fishing report with Artificial war. Don't
forget to subscribe for your daily Edge on the Water.

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