Grand Lake

Ramp hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fishing has been very good for rainbow trout both from the boat and from the shore. Pink or green Vibramax Spinners and erratically worked crankbaits have been producing well fished around the shoreline in 10 feet and shallower water. Lake trout bite has been very good, look for them in 25-50 feet of water, glow grubs and chartreuse spoons tipped with sucker jigged right on bottom are producing great numbers of fish.

Williams Fork

Ramp will be closed to trailer launched craft as of Oct. 31. The water level is 84%, or 10 feet low. Due to the heavy algae bloom this fall visibility is about 10 feet. Surface temperature is 52 degrees Fahrenheit. The lake trout bite on keeper fish has been excellent. It’s pretty easy to catch limits of keepers right now even though the fish are not grouped up like I’ve seen in past seasons.

Look for them in 65 to 70 feet of water near drops, or on the flat of a drop. Small tubes, grubs or twister tail type plastics tipped with sucker meat is working well fished gently on or just above the bottom. Rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon are slow due to low/no population. Northern pike is also slow. Please practice catch and release on all pikes to help preserve the declining population.

Lake Granby

Stillwater Boat Ramp is open seven days a week. Water temperatures are peaking in the low 50s during the day. Water level is 90% or approximately 8 feet low. Fishing for rainbow trout has been good. Chartreuse or pink Vibramax spinners and Kastmasters along the rocky shorelines has been working very well.

Lake trout action has been excellent. Look for them in 20-50 feet of water. A variety of 2-3-inch soft plastics or three-eighth-ounce and half-ounce spoons jigged right along bottom has been working, with the color varying daily. Best suggestion for the lake trout is to have a good selection of colors and baits on hand and if you are on fish and not getting a bite. Change it up till you find what they are liking that day, and keep your sucker meat small and very fresh.

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