Middle Park fishing report for the week of 10-1-2018

Here is your middle park fishing report for the week of 10-1-2018. Grand Lake, Water temps have been in the mid to upper 50’s depending on the time of day and fishing has been good for all species.  Rainbows are being caught along the shorelines on various floating Rapalas, spoons and spinners either being cast or trolled.  Brown trout are shallow early and then moving deeper as the day goes on.  The lake trout are becoming more active and aggressive as the water cools, 3”tube tipped with sucker will consistently get bites once you find the active fish, look for them in depths of 35-60’.  Dan Shannon – Guide, Fishing with Bernie

 Williams Fork Fishing Report, Surface temp is 57. Water level is at 83%. Boat ramp hours are 7AM to 7PM. The inlet is closed to fishing. Fishing is slow for all species, but the lake trout bite has picked up a bit this week. We are catching small lakers in 80' to 90' of water on rubber jigs and 1/2 oz metal spoons tipped with sucker meat. The lake trout are very active in the am which makes them easy to locate with your sonar. They are hitting on the bottom or a few inches from the bottom. Northern Pike are slow. Large Pike should be moving to shallow water late in the AM. Cast shallow areas with slow moving Rapalla's. Some small stocked Rainbows are being caught casting small spinners. Large resident Rainbows hunting minnows along the shore line will hit any lure that replicates a fish. Kokanee trolling is slow with one or two fish a day being caught. Most of Will Fork's Kokanee trollers are fishing Wolford. Randy H Guide - Fishing with berniekeefe@hotmail.com

Lake Granby, Surface temps 58 degrees. Browns can be caught on shallow running crank baits very early or late in the day. Rainbows are being caught with small spoons or jigs below bobbers. The best rainbow bites seem to be around spawning fish. Lake trout are very close to their spawning areas. Spoons tipped with sucker meat, small jigs tipped with sucker meat are all working well. The key is finding active fish. Please remember  shadow mountain spillway to Columbine Bay is closed to fishing October 1st to december 31st.

Wolford is fishing very well for kokanee, jigging spoons or trolling dodgers and squids have been producing limits of 14-16" fish. Rainbows are being caught along the shorelines with bait and lures. 

Be prepared for the new boat ramp hours. Here is a link. 

http://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=6680

Bernie Keefe has been a fishing guide in Grand county for over 25 years. For more info please check out www.fishingwithbernie.com , https://www.facebook.com/FishingWithBernie/ or our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/fishing_with_bernie

Weekly fishing report for 9-25-18

Here is your middle park fishing report for the week of 9-25-18. Williams Fork Fishing, Surface temp is 59 at 7AM. Boat ramp hours are 7AM to 7PM. Water level is 84% and dropping. The inlet is closed to fishing. Fishing for all species is slow. A recent crawdad hatch has slowed the lake trout bite. Lake trout fishing is hit or miss. We are catching young lakers in 80' to 90' on rubber jigs tipped with sucker meat. Northern Pike are slow. Large Northern's will be working into shallow water mid day to sun. Small Rainbows are rising in the early AM and late PM. Cast to rises with small spinners or fly and bubble. Large resident Rainbows are cruising the shore line hunting second hatch minnows. Kokanee trolling is slow. Trollers are catching one or two fish a day in 40' to 50' of water. Randy H Guide - Fishing with Bernie 

Grand Lake is fishing very good for rainbows along the shoreline. Rainbows are attacking small brightly colored spoons. Lake trout are hitting small jigs tipped with sucker meat. 

Granby is fishing very good for rainbows around the creeks. Kokanee and rainbows are in Columbine bay. The last day to fish columbine bay is September 30. Lake trout are hitting jigs and spoons tipped with sucker meat in 50-80 feet of water. 

Wolford is fishing very good for kokanee. Jigging "Reel Bait" plain jane spoons has been very good. 

Be prepared for the new boat ramp hours. Here is a link. 

http://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=6680

Bernie Keefe has been a fishing guide in Grand county for over 25 years. For more info please check out www.fishingwithbernie.com , https://www.facebook.com/FishingWithBernie/ or our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/fishing_with_bernie

Weekly fishing report for the week of 9-17-2018

Here is your middle park fishing report for the week of 9-17-18. Williams Fork, Surface temp is in the low 60's at 7AM. New ramp hours are 7AM to 7PM. Water level is at 85% and dropping. The inlet is closed to fishing. Fishing is slow for all species. Lake trout bite is hit or miss. One day fishing is good the next day the bite is off. We are catching young lake trout in 70 to 100 foot of water on rubber jigs tipped with sucker meat. Bite seems better on choppy water. Pike are slow. As the lake cools trophy Pike will be moving shallow water to sun. Stocked and resident Rainbows are being caught on small spinners early and late in the day. Cast to rises. We are still seeing small schools of Kokanee at 40 foot as we move around looking for Lake Trout. Kokanee trolling is slow. Trollers are averaging one or two fish a day. Randy H Guide - Fishing with Bernie

Grand lake, Rainbows are still fair to good in the evenings with spoons or a fly and a bubble. Lake trout are very finicky, We caught some last week with very small white and chartreuse Reelbait plain jane spoons tipped with sucker meat.

Wolford, Kokanee fishing is still pretty good. A lot of limits being caught by trollers. The fish are deep, down riggers or heavy spoons will help reach these fish.

Granby, The lake trout are slowly moving to their spawning areas. Small plastics or spoons seem to be the key right now. White or chartreuse power twisters, Gulp minnows, Reelbait "plain Jane" spoons all tipped with sucker meat will entice strikes. 

Be prepared for the new boat ramp hours. Here is a link. 

http://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=6680

Bernie Keefe has been a fishing guide in Grand county for over 25 years. For more info please check out www.fishingwithbernie.com , https://www.facebook.com/FishingWithBernie/ or our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/fishing_with_bernie