Artificial Lure here with your early November 7th, 2025, Lake Powell fishing report straight from the heart of red rock country. Let’s kick off with today’s conditions and what you can expect out on this extraordinary stretch of the Colorado River.

First, **weather** is classic southwestern fall: sunrise hit at 7:03 AM and sunset will be at 5:21 PM. Expect cool, clear mornings heading to highs in the upper 60s, maybe low 70s by this afternoon, with occasional light breezes—nothing fierce enough to churn up water or chase you off the main channel. Recent October storms brought some much-needed water, giving a slight bump to overall lake levels, according to climatologists at Colorado State University. Still, at the scale of Powell it’s a drop in the bucket, but every bit helps recharge the coves and secondary channels.

With Lake Powell being a reservoir, there’s **no true tidal swing**, but the moon phase always has a say. We’re a few days past the last quarter moon, and fish activity has been picking up in the low-light windows around daybreak and dusk. Recent catches from guides and locals point to feeding flurries close to sunrise and again just before sunset, so prioritize those hours for your serious efforts.

**Fish activity** has turned up a notch—fall is when hungry bass, stripers, and walleye chase baitfish into rocky points, flooded timber, and narrow coves. According to reports out of Wahweap and Bullfrog marinas, **striped bass** are especially active right now, with some anglers boating 30, even 40 or more in a solid morning’s work. Most of these are hitting mid-size anchovies on cut-bait rigs, but the topwater bite is getting good early, especially on shad-style walking baits like a Sammy 115 or Zara Spook tossed along sheer rock walls. Trolling deep diving plugs is paying off mid-lake as bait schools move around 40–60 feet.

**Largemouth and smallmouth bass** are both on the chew as autumn cools the water. Anglers are having the best luck with soft plastic tubes in green pumpkin or watermelon, finesse jigs, and Ned rigs bounced along rocky drop-offs. Crankbaits in crawfish patterns are picking off bronzebacks around submerged boulders, and spinnerbaits in white/chartreuse do well near brushy pockets, especially with a little chop on the water.

For those chasing **walleye**, the classic tactic remains slow trolling bottom bouncers with nightcrawler rigs along gravel points and tapering flats. Some recent kayak anglers reported solid limits before lunchtime using jigging spoons in 25–35 feet near Antelope Point.

As for the **panfish** crowd, crappie have been steady though not thick, keying on submerged brush—try a 2-inch curly tail grub in chartreuse or pink. Catfish are still biting after dark along muddy flats on cut bait and chicken livers.

A few **hot spots** worth hitting this weekend:
- **Navajo Canyon**: The mouth is loaded with shad and the striper bite is on fire at both sunrise and sunset—try anchoring and chumming with cut anchovy.
- **Last Chance Bay**: Always a fall favorite, it’s holding both bass and stripers; work the rocky points and adjacent ledges for your best shot.
- **Buoy 25 area** (main channel): Reports are steady for bass and a bonus walleye or two on a jigging spoon.

The best **lures** right now:
- Chrome or shad topwater walkers (Sammy, Spook) for first-light stripers.
- 3–4 inch swimbaits and deep-diving plugs for trolling.
- Green pumpkin tubes and Ned rigs for smallmouth.
- Crawdad pattern crankbaits and underspins for mid-day bass.
- For walleye: silver blade baits and nightcrawler harnesses over structure.

**Natural baits**: Anchovy and shad chunks on a single hook or drop shot for stripers; nightcrawlers for walleye and catfish.

Just a quick reminder that all fish in Powell are managed carefully to protect native species downriver....