Middle Park fishing report for 6-26-2017

Grand Lake -    Water is still coming into the lake fast and the channel to Shadow Mountain has a very strong current,  lots of debris on the water.  Water clarity is about 8ft.   Brown trout and Rainbow tout  fishing has been good both from shore and the boat.  Fish early and late with silver colored spinners and spoons, floating Rapala’s or a small piece of worm worked 3-4 under a bobber slowly along the shore lines.  Lake trout fishing has been fair with the most active fish found along the drop-offs.  Look in depths up to 80’ and use your Lowrance to find them.  Tube jigs tipped with sucker meat has been my go to bait for the lake trout, but don’t be afraid to experiment.  It’s been busy out there on the water with the summer weather, be careful out there and enjoy the great fishing!  Dan Shannon, Guide – Fishing with Bernie

Williams Fork Fishing Report,  This weeks windy conditions has kept the surface temp in the upper 50's in the morning. The wind has mixed warmer surface water with subsurface water sending the Lake Trout a little deeper each week. Lake Trout bite is picking up moving and is fair to good. Tubes or grubs tipped with sucker meat are producing hits in 50' to 100' of water. Rainbows are still breaking the surface feeding on bugs. Fly and bubble, spinners and shallow running crank baits should produce some hits. Rainbows are also in the fast water were the river runs into the lake. Number 2 and 3 spinners are catching fish. Trollers are catching a few Kokanee Salmon and Rainbows. Small Kokanee schools are running between 15' to 30'. Northern Pike remain slow but but the bite is picking up. The lake was just stocked with 350,000 fingerling Kokanee which will reduce the Northern bite in the boat ramp bay until they move to deeper water. Floating crank baits and spoons/spinners are producing hits. Fishing the warm corners of the bays and choppy water is your best bet. Randy Hall - Guide, Fishing with Bernie

Lake Granby is fishing excellent for rainbows along the shorelines. Worms or powerboat seem to be the most productive. Check the backs of weedy coves for trout rising in the evenings. This is a great opportunity to catch trout on a fly or a small spoon. Cast at the rises. Browns can still be caught along the rocks, crawdad and minnow colored jigs are working best early or late in the day.  Lake trout are eating tubes, power minnows, spoons jigged while the trollers are doing well on minnow imitating crank baits and spoons. Lake trout are continuing to move deeper as the summer progresses. Look in 50-80 feet of water.  

Bernie Keefe has been a fishing guide in the middle park area for over 25 years. For more info please like "Fishing with Bewrnie" on Facebook or visit www.fishingwithbernie.com.

Middle Park fishing report for 6-13-2017

Here is you Middle Park fishing report for the week of June 13th.

Williams Fork Fishing Report

Surface temp was 57 at 6AM. Recent winds have mixed warmer surface water with subsurface water sending the Lake Trout a little deeper than last week. Lake Trout bite is slow to fair. Tubes or grubs tipped with sucker meat are producing some hits in 50' to 100' of water. Rainbows are feeding on bugs on the surface. Fly and bubble, spinners and shallow running crank baits should produce some hits. Trollers are catching a few Kokanee Salmon and Rainbows. Small Kokanee schools are running between 15' to 30'. Northern Pike remain slow but can be found in shallow water on a sunny day. The lake was just stocked with fingerling Rainbow's which will reduce the Northern bite for a couple of weeks. Floating crank baits and spoons/spinners are producing an occasional hit. Fishing choppy water is your best bet. Randy Hall - Guide, Fishing with Bernie

Grand Lake

Grand Lake fishing has been fair to good.  The water is warming into the low 50’s by the afternoon and clarity approximately 8ft.  The inlets are running full and dumping lots of water into the lake, the current in the channel to Shadow is very strong and there is lots of floating debris around the lake,  use caution while boating.  Rainbows are biting well from shore on worms below a bobber throughout the day and Browns are being caught with more aggressive tactics such as crankbaits, spoons and spinners.  Lake trout fishing is fair  we are finding fish scattered throughout the lake on the drop offs 50 to 100’ deep.  Tube jigs and jigging spoons, the Reelbait Plane Jane spoon in various colors depending on the day has been the go to bait.  – Dan Shannon, Guide – Fishing with Bernie

Lake Granby,

The water is warming to the mid 50's in the morning and close to 60 by 5pm. Rainbows fishing is awesome near running water. We were catching lots of rainbows with a size 8 Eagle Claw snelled hook, split shot and a piece of worm. Cast it out and reel it in slowly. Brown trout are still hanging around the shorelines, cloudy, windy weather or when the sun is behind the mountains is a great time to throw lures along rocky shorelines. Lake trout are continuing their move from shallow water. Tube jigs, spoons, spinners and crank baits are catching lake trout in 20-80 feet of water. 

For more information, tips or to book a trip please check out www.fishingwithbernie.com . Bernie Keefe has been a fishing guide in the Middle Park area for over 25 years.

Middle Park area fishing report 6-5-2017

Lake Granby

Water temps are in the 50's in the morning. The lake is filling 1/2-1' a day. Please. be careful there is a lot of floating debris on the lake. Rainbow fishing is great around the inlets, those willing to hike into Columbine bay from Shadow Man spillway will be rewarded with some great fly fishing. Browns are still eating minnows and crawdads around the rocky areas during low light periods, tubes, jerk baits and spoons are all producing fish. Lake trout have started to move out of the shallow water. They can still be caught from the banks, try casting to steep dropping shorelines. Boaters are doing well with tubes, hair jigs, spoons and minnow style baits. 

Grand Lake 6.5.17

 Water is coming in fast right now,  all the inlets are full.  Lots of floating debris in the water be careful out there!  The water temp is in the upper 40’s in the morning and warming to low 50’s by the afternoon.  Water clarity is 3-4ft.  Fishing has been good, fish are active and feeding.  Rainbows and browns are biting on floating Rapalas and X-Raps cast from shore or trolled along the shore lines.  The lake trout are being caught between 35 and 80 ft on spoons tipped with sucker fishing up and down the drop offs.   Get out and enjoy the water here in Grand County, summer is not far off!  Dan Shannon – Guide, Fishing with Bernie

Williams Fork Fishing Report

Surface temp is in the low 50's. Lake Trout bite is slow to fair. Tubes or grubs tipped with sucker meat are producing hits in 50' to 100' of water. Rainbows are feeding on bugs on the surface. Fly and bubble, spinners and shallow running crank baits should produce some hits. Trollers are catching a few Kokanee Salmon. Small schools are running at 30'. Northern Pike remain slow but can be found in shallow water on a sunny day. Floating crank baits and spoons/spinners are producing an occasional hit. Fishing choppy water is your best bet. Randy Hall - Guide, Fishing with Bernie 

For more information, tips or to book a trip please check out www.fishingwithbernie.com . Bernie Keefe has been a fishing guide in the Middle Park area for over 25 years.