Grand Lake

Boat ramp hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. Water temperatures has been in the low 60s, with lots of people out enjoying the water. Fishing has been fair for rainbow and brown trout with the best action using trolling dodgers with a blue/silver or pink/silver spinner tipped with a small piece of worm in 20 feet or less of water.

Best action from shore has been in the inlet areas with pink, silver and blue spoons, spinners and Tasmanian devils. Lake trout action has been very good in 40-70 feet of water. A three-eighths-ounce white or black bucktail jig tipped with sucker has been very consistent for catching good numbers of fish while our next go-to-bait has been a one-quarter or three-eighths ounce clam leech flutter spoon in glow colors.

Williams Fork

The east boat ramp hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. The lake is starting to go down, water capacity is at 99%. Inflow is 209 cubic feet per second and outflow is 274 cfs. Surface temperature is 64 degrees Fahrenheit in early morning, warming to 67 by the afternoon. Visibility is excellent which helps with the catch rate. There’s a couple of big logs floating around that can’t seem to make it to the shore, so keep an eye out for them.

As we roll into the “Dog Days of Summer” the lake trout bite is still quite good in the early morning. As the sun gets higher in the sky the bite drops off, but they are still catchable if you are persistent. Look for lake trout in 50-80 feet of water on or near drop offs. Small tubes or twister grubs tipped with sucker meat and scent is working best for us.

Northern pike is slow, as is rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon due to low population. Please practice catch and release on northerns. Brown trout are hitting small spinners in the inlet area early morning.

Lake Granby

Water level is 100%. Boat ramp hours are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. with Sunset Ramp being open seven days a week and Stillwater Ramp is open Friday through Sunday. Surface water temperatures is 63 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning warming to 67 degrees by the afternoon. Fishing for rainbow trout has been fair, with best success early in the mornings. This should improve as the lake was stocked last week with catchable sized rainbow trout.

Trollers are reporting success trolling shorelines with pop gear and brightly colored spoons or moderate diving crankbaits. Shore anglers are reporting success along the dams with typical baits fished on bottom or spoons and spinners in bright pink or orange colors. Brown trout action is fair, but conditions must be right. Best action is when it is overcast and windy. White crankbaits worked erratically along shoreline has been producing, as well as working white tube jigs along the rocky bottom.

Lake trout action has remained good this week. Look for lake trout in 40-80 feet of water, best action has been the areas with deep water close by. A three-eighths-ounce jig tipped with a chartreuse or pink glow grub has been a great lure combo. But don’t be afraid to get wild with the colors bright and colorful seems to be getting the most bites. As always tip your lures with a small piece of fresh sucker to entice those light bites.

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