Artificial Lure here with your Lake Powell fishing report for November 11, 2025. Classic late-fall shuffle on the canyons this morning: skies are clear, air crisp, and fish are still biting if you know where to poke around.
Weather's looking prime for anglers—expect the mercury up near 66°F in the afternoon, overnight lows in the lower 50s. The water’s cooling off quickly, sitting mid to upper 50s on the surface, cooling more overnight. Sunrise hit at 7:07 a.m., sunset will be close to 5:23 p.m.—those golden hours bookend the best bite. Winds are gentle out of the southwest, just enough to ripple the water but nothing to fight against, reported through sites like PredictWind and local marinas.
No tides to sort out here, of course, but water levels are still on the lower end—around 413 feet at the dam per the Lake Powell Water Database. That means more structure is exposed, and fish are a bit more concentrated around drop-offs and submerged shelves. Drought’s still gripping the region, so stay mindful near ramps and plan your launches accordingly.
Fish activity has slowed slightly with the cooler water, but hardcores with an early start are boxing plenty before midday. Stripers are leading the charge in terms of numbers and size. Most action’s coming from main channel points and deep bays like Warm Creek and Navajo. Trolling deep-diving crankbaits and umbrella rigs has had folks hauling in 15–25 stripers most mornings, mostly 1–3 pounds with a few better fish in the mix—according to updates from wayneswords dot com and local guide chatter. For bait, nothing’s beating cut anchovy. Drop baits down 40–60 feet along deeper ledges, and if you chum a bit you’ll see those schools stack up right under the boat.
Lure aficionados are doing damage on 3- to 5-inch shad or chartreuse soft plastics, slow-rolled on jig heads. That’s pulling double duty—picking up both stripers and smallies, especially on rocky ledges and cliff drop-offs. For bass, smallmouth especially, going finesse is money: try a drop-shot with green pumpkin or shad-colored worms, or a slow-dragged tube jig. Largemouths are an occasional nice bonus, usually coming from inside coves with timber and submerged brush.
Boaters are reliably reporting limits on stripers by late morning if they’re chasing active schools. Smallmouth bass numbers are steadier than largemouth, but a handful of chunky green fish have come from the brushy coves as well. Catfishing’s slowed with the cold, but a few nice channels are popping up at night on chunks of bait around sandy flats. Heard rumors of a couple bonus walleye taken out past Antelope Point in the evening hour, locals pitching crankbaits as the light fades.
Hot spots to put on your list this week:
- **Wahweap Bay:** North edge by Lone Rock is solid for mixed bags, first thing in the morning is prime.
- **Navajo Canyon:** Deep bends good for stripers midday, plus sheer cliff points for those bass on drop-shot rigs.
Back of Antelope Point’s worth a late daylight pass for that walleye surprise and some big stripers as they push bait late.
Best lures right now include deep-diving crankbaits, umbrella rigs with shad imitations, and soft plastics in shad/chartreuse patterns. For bait, cut anchovy remains king—can’t beat it for stubborn stripers.
If the bite’s off, downsize your jig and slow that retrieve—these fish are cooling down with the season but are still pushing hard to bulk up for winter.
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