Grand County Fishing Report Week of 9/27/21

Grand Lake - Boat ramp hours are 6a-6p. All around fishing has been good for all species. Rainbows can been seen hitting the surface all around the lake until mid morning and are biting small spoons and spinners readily. Watch for the rising fish and cast in the general area. Lake trout fishing has been good throughout the day in 35-50' with small spoons being the most productive by far. Tip with sucker meat and jig the bottom. Some fish have been more responsive to aggressive jigging 2-3' off the bottom and tight lined back to the bottom. If they are not being aggressive then slow things way down and jig 2-3" off the bottom. Water temps are cooling off and have been in the mid-high 50s. With over night lows staying in the 30s water temps should be dropping steadily.  - Fishing with Bernie Guide, Rhett Feltman

Williams Fork - Boat ramps closed. Hand launch only.

Lake Granby - Boat ramp hours are 6a-6p. Fishing is picking up for all species as water temps cool. Rainbows and browns are active during the low light hours. Target shallow bays and use small crankbaits or rainbow colored spinners retrieved very slow. Lake trout bite has been best first thing in the morning and tapers off as day goes on. Look for fish in 40-70 ft of water, spoons or tubes in glow colors tipped with sucker are producing strikes. Water level is consistently dropping each day. Use caution traveling around the lake, may be submerged hazards that aren’t marked. — Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon

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Grand County Fishing Report Week of 9/6/21

Grand Lake - Ramp hours are 6am-6pm. Water temps continue to cool and less traffic on the water has helped the bite. Fishing has been fair to good for all species. Rainbow trout and Brown trout bite has been good, fish along shorelines and docks with erratic retrieve of spoon or crankbait, color does not matter but make sure to pay attention on the pause of the lure. Lake trout are being caught in 50-70’ of water, look for them with your electronics then fish on the bottom with small jigs and plastics tipped with sucker, glow colors have been best producers. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon

Williams Fork - The new ramp hours are 7AM to 7PM. Water capacity is 75%. Inflow is 31 cfs, outflow is 275 cfs. The lake is 17 feet low. Surface temp is 63 early AM warming to mid 60's. This will be my final fishing report for the season. The boat ramp will be closing by September 12th or sooner due to low water level. The Lake Trout bite is slow to fair the first half of the day. The fish are up and moving around in the AM but by noon most of them are belly down on the bottom. Look for them in 70 to 100 feet of water. Tubes or small grubs tipped with sucker meat worked slowly on the bottom is working best. Keep your bait moving or a crawdad will get it. Northern Pike are slow but catchable if your very persistent. Early AM and late PM is the best time to fish. Crankbaits, jerk baits or swimbaits fished with an erratic slow to medium retrieve may get hit. Shore fishing for Rainbows is slow due to low population, but as the water continues to cool large resident Rainbows will be feeding along the shore line. Kokanee trolling is very slow as CPW has not stocked the lake since 2019 in an effort to rid the Kokes of gill lice. Fishing with Bernie Guide, Randy H

Lake Granby - Ramp hours are 6am-6pm. Cooling water means the bite is picking up! Lake trout have moved to prespawn locations in 50-70’ of water. Small minnow imitations on a jig head tipped with small piece of sucker has been go to lure, chartreuse or orange colors. Rainbow trout and Brown trout are active and moving shallower, target these fish by trolling spoons and cranks in 12’ of water along shore lines or casting crankbaits and tubes along rocks and transition areas. Great time of the year to be on the water, the elk are talking along the shore of RMNP and fishing is getting better by the day! Fishing with Bernie Guide, Dan Shannon

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