Grand County Fishing Report Week of 2/22/21

Grand Lake - With the snow has brought on some slush in areas. Fishing has been pretty typical for end of February, we are having to work for our bites but this should be improving as we get to March. Rainbow, brown trout and the occasional kokanee are being caught in 20’ and less of water, the inlet areas being most productive. Small pink or white ice flies and tungsten jigs tipped with an egg or wax worm has been a go to. Lake trout are starting to suspend over the deeper water, use electronics to find fish then fish to their depths with spoons and tubes.—-Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon

Williams Fork - Lake conditions are still friendly for walking with a few inches of snow and no slush. Fishing has been best for the first few hours of the morning until the wind has been picking up. Later in the day we have had to play cat and mouse for several minutes to get fish to bite, big or small. Fish have still been active through the water column and are willing to chase but getting them to close the deal has been tricky. —- Fishing with Bernie Guide, Rhett Feltman

Lake Granby - This week has brought us snow and slush on the lake, while the slush is not to the same extent as the past few years it is spreading and being found throughout the lake. Use caution and be prepared while traveling the lake. Fishing picked up this week for all species. Rainbows are active shallow, less than 12’ and spoons were producing well. Lake trout are being caught in 40-80’ as well as finding a few suspended. While still catching most along the bottom they have been chasing spoons and tubes around the water column as well when they don’t bite right away. This time of year using electronics is key to finding fish as they are spread throughout the lake. —-Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon

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Grand County Fishing Report Week of 2/15/2021

Grand Lake - We have been getting snow lately and slush is starting to show up around the lake. Rainbows and browns have been biting well in 5 to 10 feet if water. small plastics or spoons tipped with wax worms have produced most of the fish. The lake trout bite has been slow but fish are being caught in 25 to 50 feet of water on 3 inch DNA Bio Tubes and glow grubs tipped with sucker. Stay mobile to find the active fish. —-Fishing with Bernie Guide, Sam Hochevar.

Williams Fork - With the snow over the last week there is a little bit of slush starting to show up but overall conditions remain friendly for walking. The lake trout are starting to show signs that they are moving into there late winter patterns. Fish are moving a little bit deeper and are starting to become more active throughout the water column. Active baits like flukes, paddle tails or rattle traps can be a great way to search the water column and grab a fishes attention. Small lake trout have been consistently biting on Clam XXL tungsten’s tipped with a Silkie and shrimp egg or a small piece of sucker meat. As the next few weeks progress keep in mind that fish should start to become more aggressive as ice out approaches.  — Fishing with Bernie Guide, Rhett Feltman

Lake Granby - Snow is accumulating on the lake and there are some small slush pockets forming throughout though travel remains good for now. Brown trout bite in the twilight hours early and late has been good. Find rocks in 15’ or less, a 1/8oz jig head tipped with a Gulp minnow worked in the rocks has been working well. Rainbows are being caught around the creeks on typical baits. Lake trout bite has been as inconsistent as the weather. Stay mobile to find fish willing to engage. Spoons, small tubes and tungsten ice flies have been enticing bites. Tipping with sucker meat has been optional and not always necessary. —Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.

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Grand County Fishing Report Week of 2/8/2021

Grand Lake - Fishing has been slow to fair for all species. Rainbows and Browns are being caught on small spoons and plastics in less than 20’ of water. Lake Trout are the being caught on small grubs tipped with sucker between 40’ and 80’. Staying mobile and using your electronics is the key to finding active fish.

Williams Fork - Fishing has slowed since the start of the season, but the lake trout bite remains fair to good. Best bite for lake trout is early, may have to move a few times to find fish that will bite. Small spoons such as Leach Flutter Spoon tipped with sucker has been working well. Look for rainbows and browns around the inlet area, and in water less than 15’ with best bite being at sun up and sun down.

Lake Granby - With the recent snow and inconsistent weather pattern fishing has been up and down depending on the day. Travel on the lake is good, large pressure ridge from Elephant Island to Sunset Point is still an area to avoid and is very dangerous. Rainbow and Brown trout bite has been fair for first few hours after sun up then slows dramatically. Small tubes and ice flies tipped with a wax worm will produce bites. Lake trout bite is fair and are being caught in 50’-70’ of water. Key has been to find fish that are willing to bite. Staying mobile and looking for areas that have not been pressured as heavily will help find fish that will bite. Typical baits are working such as spoons, tubes, grubs. Colors with contrast seem to be working best, dark jig head/light body or Glow head/dark body. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon.

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Grand County Fishing Report - Week of 2/1/2021

Grand Lake - Travel on Grand Lake is good, the limited snow has kept the slush to a minimum so far. Fishing on Grand Lake has been slow to average depending on the day. Rainbows are being caught on small tubes, spoons and jigs fished in water less than 12’. Brown trout bite has been slow, finding the occasional fish using more aggressive baits such as spoons and Clam Tikka Mino in various depths , sometimes as deep as 40’. Lake Trout fishing has been best in the mornings with tubes and grubs tipped with sucker., target depths from 30-65’ and stay mobile until you find fish willing to bite.

Williams Fork - Ice conditions are looking good with no slush and easy walking, so take advantage of it while it lasts. The bite this week has been steady until around noon. Most fish being caught have been on leech flutter spoons tipped with sucker meat early and transitioning over to small curly tails and tube jigs later in the day. Right when the wind has been picking up late afternoon there has been one last good flurry of bites and then it has been dying down drastically. Watch you electronics because if your not marking fish within 15 minutes you should be making a move until you find fish. Once you find a few fish there seems to be many more that will move through in the same small areas.  Rhett Feltman, Guide - Fishing with Bernie

Lake Granby - Still a large pressure ridge between Elephant Island and Sunset Point as well as many random ice heaves throughout the lake, use caution travelling around on the lake. Very busy weekend with the 3 Lakes Fishing Contest being held the past weekend. Heard varied reports from anglers fishing the contest of slow to good bite, depending on location on the lake. The key to finding fish that will bite and not just look was finding the fish that had not been pressured. Lake trout were being caught in a variety of depths between 40-80’ on various colored tubes and plastics. Rainbows and browns were active early and late in the day, with productive bites being reported on ice flies and micro tubes tipped with wax worm. Typically the lake does experience a tougher bite after the contest, but if you are persistent and look for those areas with less pressure fish can still be caught! - Dan Shannon, Guide - Fishing with Bernie

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