Grand Lake - The slush and deep snow is still present when you venture away from the area directly in front of the swim beach and town docks. Fishing for rainbow trout and brown trout has remained fair. For best action look to the periods of sunrise and sunset and fish between 4-8ft of water, targeting the fish that are cruising and actively feeding. A Clam Jointed Pinhead spoon, Flutter Spoon, or Pink and white tungsten jig tipped with a waxie will produce fish. Lake trout bite has been fair to good. Look for them in depths of 50-100ft of water, but keep an eye on the entire water column as we are seeing lots of suspended fish coming through. A P&D Glow colored Twist Tail Grub tipped with sucker meat has been working well, as well as 2.5-3” tubes in white or purple when fished close to the bottom or just above the suspended fish moving through. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.

Williams Fork Reservoir - Water level is at 73%. Lake is snow covered with widespread slush making good waterproof footwear a priority. Fishing for eater size lake trout has been good. Small crawfish colored tubes and grubs tipped with a small piece of sucker and covered in a liberal amount of crawfish scent has been producing good numbers of fish. The larger lake trout will move in periodically to same areas as smaller fish so have a bigger bait tied on and ready to drop. Pike and Brown trout action has been slow. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon

Lake Granby - Water level is 68% or approximately 26 ft low. Travel on the lake has been difficult due to the recent snow and slush appearing. The west side of the lake and areas around Stillwater, Sunset Point and Elephant have the best surface conditions right now . As you travel east of Deer Island the conditions deteriorate rapidly to significant amounts of slush with a few reports of stuck machines around the lake. Fishing for rainbow and brown trout has been fair to good early and late in the day. Pink Atomic Tubes, pink and blue Kastmaster or Tungsten Bull Fly have been working well when fished along the dam faces or creek mouths in 15ft or less of water. Lake trout action has been fair to good depending on the day. Look for the best action to be in 45-75 ft of water, green, pearl or glow colored plastics 2-3” in length tipped with fresh sucker have been producing well. At this point in the season the lake has seen some persistent fishing pressure and the fish are becoming wary, when you find a group of fish that just want to look and not bite, its time to move and search out those active groups. The angler that is willing to put in the work to seek out the active fish can be rewarded with a great day on the water for their efforts! - Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.

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