Lake Powell Striped Bass Fishing 101
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- On this video I'm dropping all the time honored, "extremely technical" secrets of Lake Powell Striped Bass fishing. I take you on a tour of my favorite honey holes in the vicinity of Antelope and Wahweap launch ramps and show you all the tricks I have learned in my 40 plus years of Striper fishing on Lake Powell. This is a must see for all beginner Lake Powell Striped Bass fishermen.
An artistic piece through and through. Thank you for sharing your secret spots, thoughts and music.
Dying over the jet ski comments, spot on! Another fantastic video Kyran, thank you!
Thanks Dungee! Yeah, I actually have some clips of how I REALLY feel about PWC's but I wanted to keep the video clean for the children in the audience.
Awesome! Nothing quite like Striper fishing. Love it. What a cool place, too. That Lake is definitely on my bucket-list now. For sure. Great vid.
Great video! Fun to watch and really good info. Thanks!
Heading to Powell for the first time in a couple weeks. Im a try your tricks! Nice video and great fish!!
Good luck man! Stripers are boiling pretty good right now.
just wanted to say I took all the tips from this video to powell over the holiday and I've never had a better fishing trip everything you said in this is now gospel on my boat your awesome and I love your videos keep them coming.... hopefully I see you out there one day your the man
I'm really glad I could help you guys. Thanks for the kind words!
I think I learned more about striper fishing from this one video than all other's combined. I finaly have the time and funds for a lake powell trip. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It is greatly appreciated. Antilope Canyon was where i wanted to go before i knew where you were. Its meant to be.
Coming with my family for first time in October and definitely want to give this a try! We all love to fish!
Nice job Kyran! Especially love the comment about the jetskis!
You make great videos man. Lake Powell fishing is the best!
Nice work Kyran. Thats a crazy looking Dam.
Kyran don't forget about the umbrella rig and some jj's magic Dippin dye with garlic, saves the trip to the bait shop and saves money on bait $$$
Very kind to share. I am going to sail there in a week, for 2 weeks. Looking forward to fishing and exploring. I will bait and fly fish. Thanks again. Great vid and use of map.
Check out this vid if you haven't already. It has techniques for catching Stripers on the Slurps. The fish are starting to go off lake wide right now. ruclips.net/video/Ifvyo_lZEBI/видео.html
Awesome Video Man, I'm Heading there next week for the first time and id love to hook into my first striper. Thanks for sharing your secrets
I love lake Powell, it's my Caribbean.
Great video!Thank you for the technical secrets. Had to watch 10x before I got you super technical moves down. But I think I got it:) Keep'em coming!!
Awesome video! I really liked the underwater stuff. I'll be fishing Powell at the end of the month and going for Striper on my kayak!
Thanks TD Fishing! Smallies and Largies will be getting pretty dumb by then too.
Kyran Keisling Sounds good! It’ll be my first time fishing it so hopefully I can pull something together.
Awesome video thanks for the tips. Heading there in October
Perfect time! Love it in October.
They follow them because the one hooked will sometimes spit up some shad and it’s easy pickings for the follower.
Great video and thx for showing places on the map. U DA MAN
Thank you for the great video. Just bought my first fishing rod in preparation for a house boating trip to Lake Powell in a few weeks. I'm not sure what it was about your video style but it was entertaining. No verbal fluff.. just good info and nice footage. Thanks again.
Thanks gwalff,Hope you have good luck when you get here. BTW the stripers just started slurping this week.
Awesome video. Well done. Loved the hooking up on the fly rod too. Next time let’s see it on a Tenkara rod.Ha. I concur on the jet ski gnats as well. I spent two weeks on a kayak, checking out the east end of Powell and wished I had a hand grenade or large net to stop all the lake gnats from doing Brodie’s around the kayak. Cheers mate.
1976 the lake was full and there was only 2 bars in Town the holiday inn lounge gig and my gig the Windy Mesa a rock and roll bar owned by two twin Brothers married to 2 twin sisters who liked to water ski tandem nude at night so sometimes we (singer and guitarist in the band ) didn’t make it back in time to start at 9pm anyway first night in town we got roused and arrested on suspicion of murder because a drunk native American was stabbed to death outside the bar we hadn’t yet played at but we were the new guys in town . I came back in 1987 or 1988 to fish stripers they were running thick right before the last 200 yard’s before the buoy before the Dam .. Drift over and over to the boundary and always catch several per drift they boiled in the water like deep sea fishing but has never been that good since until last i checked in 2015 .We used frozen whole anchovies. Lake Powell is an amazing place 2200.00 miles of shore line thats more than the west coast ! In the month i explored daily we never saw a tiny bit of this amazing lake its a whole day trip to reach halfway back it . I was lucky to see the lake full back in its glory days ! The original Planet of the Apes was filmed there the space ship crashed in to the lake and then that terrain is all lake powell over by the old power station.
Dude, you are the man!!! I think I have finally watched all of your videos..ha ha..I will be on Lake Powell July the 21..Going to try to put your knowledge into action..Wish me luck, see ya on the Lake..
Almost forgot..We're coming from Denver Colorado..Thanks again..
Thanks a ton Kevin, I'm glad you liked them and I appreciate your kind words. The shad spawn was pretty good this year so hopefully you'll get into a bunch of boils. Good luck!!!
What is the best place to get a bag of anchovies in Page? Or do they sell them somewhere at the lake/marina?
I can't sleep the night before any fishing trip. I am addicted.
5 Min Keto same problem and I’m going tomorrow for 6 days!
It’s almost 12 rn. I got to be up by 5 😂😂😂😂😂🎣🎣🎣🎣
I like it when you are watching a video and you know exactly where your fishing
Can't wait to go fishing again with you nephew!
headed to Powell next week Im definitely trying this out. never had luck on stripers.
They're going apey right now! You're going to have a blast.
Best part was that awesome wrestling hoodie. Not a bad tip to have a second pole ready with a silver spoon to catch the trailers. Thanks for putting this together.
Great video
Thx for the video!! Cant wait to get out on the water!!!
Wow, great tip. Thanks
great video.
Great pointers! Thanks for the info!
Just finished my first lake powell trip and i wish i saw this before i set off. I was chasing down early morning boils and just sending a lure. Really entertaining but the rest of the day i was shit out of luck
went to lake mead yesterday and caught 70 doing what you taught me! they really like them anchovies weightless!
Sweet! Nice to know that my tricks work on other waters.
Great video! I hear that the striped bass are everywhere in that lake, I would love to go one time and check it out. Good job man the video came out awesome!
Great info. Tried to hire you but you where all booked up in Oct. so we did some chum'n at the mouth of Navajo Canyon and we wacked them. It was a ball.
It was my first time at Powell. No other place like it. Very cool. When we go back I'll call you a lot earlier to book you. That made the trip fun. "The Channel"........it sucks. Just saying.
Thanks man, Mark
I'm happy you got into them. I hate the Channel too!
Fishing hack for lake powell! You need a pole,line and a hook 😆 🤣
I've wathced this a few times now and this is the first time I've notices his fly is open on his pants! haha
We need some new vids Kyran!!love your stuff
Thanks for being willing to share your "spots". That is huge. My questions are: 1). What type &size hooks do you use. 2) what # line do you think is best 3) what are your "go to" lures / colors 4) how do you rig them? Again, I want to thank you for helping make my first striper trip a success.
Size 1 or 2 hook. 10lb monofilament. Check out these three videos on lures and techniques ruclips.net/video/kg-9bwNypYE/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/1_-SUGwpiJs/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/Ifvyo_lZEBI/видео.html Good luck to you Richard.
Good stuff man, keep it up.
Going to Powell for spring break(early March) should this work just fine for then??
Stripers on the fly! Now that's awesome. Curious as to what fly you were using to hook 'em?? It's almost like you just pull up to a spot, open the cooler and tell the Stripers to just jump in and they'll do it. Great video. Love watching them. Subbed. Now how to catch the Crappie?
I used just a little marabou jig thingamabop I tied myself. I'm not the greatest of tie flyers and the fact that my rig can fool them proves their pretty dumb.
What weight rod and type of line?
Any recommendations near Padre Bay in October? Thanks
Cookie Jar is what I have heard. I haven't been out in a while.
these fish were easily 12-15 pounders each 20 years ago. Almost wanted to say 15-18 but maybe younger years were exaggerated. I just remember them being an extra few inches in length with a gut on them. I also remember going to the pumps with that rock island like formation and that #3 buoy spot with the rainbow like formation on the rock wall. Good memories of catching chungus strippers.
What's the biggest striped bass you've caught out there? Was out there with the family rented a boat and had a lovely time but didn't fish!
My biggest was about 10 pounds. I have spent many a long hour trying to better that and don't have the skill or the luck to make it happen. BUT make no mistake, I am going to keep pounding away at it. At the moment I am building a boat that is designed for winter fishing with down-riggers for the sole purpose of targeting those giant stripers that lurk in Powell.
Kyran, any chance you want to do an updated version with the lower water levels? Or is the technique still the same and the spots have changed?
Anyone know where to go shore fish for striper on Powell in the winter?
#2022 how's the fishing now ahdays eh?
Great video! Learned a lot! Any advice for late July early August for any and all species?
What kind of fly were you using?
Just a simple green marabou and silver flash thinger I tied. Nothing fancy. Stripers are dumb!
I've tried your tube jig method and I always forget the heaviness of the line is a fish. I think I can handle this type. See you guys in a year.
HI Kyran, great video. I was wondering if you have made any videos on walleye's at Lake Powell?
Thanks for watching Kim. I'm not smart enough to catch Walleye on this lake. I know some old codgers that can fill the cooler regularly so I know it can be done but I aint never figured it out myself.
I love you underwater striper bites you should do a video strictly on that
Sweet video. I had pretty much decided I was retired from fishing, mostly because I suck, but I think I might have to give Powell another go. I live a couple hours from Powell, what time of year are they boiling? Can you catch more when they are boiling?
Thanks Bret! If there is a lake to make your fishing come back on it's Powell. Stripers can be very dumb in these waters. They boil starting about the second week in June through September. The length and frequency of the boils changes from year to year. This year we had a very poor boil season. It is much tougher/technical to catch Stripers on the boils, it is also very equipment reliant (trolling motor, light line, casting rod, top water baits etc..). When the anchovy bite is on, it is the easiest fishing you can do. Barbie poles and anchovies work great. Make sure to check www.wayneswords.com to see if they are biting anchovies before you come. Sometimes they have enough shad to chase and aren't doing the anchovy thing. Early spring is usually lights out.
Another great vid Kyran. Love your stuff. I usually put in and fish from Halls. I just started getting into stripers last year. What depth are you looking for/hooking up on usually when you start chumming? I don't imagine I want to start chumming in main channel at 250' deity expecting fish to show up do I? Hope someday to make the three hr drive to Page and try the south end. Keep the great vids coming.
Thanks for watching Jared,Stripers are regularly in water that is 250-400 feet deep, but they live and eat in the top 80 feet of it. But with that being said I don't usually bother with going much deeper than 50 feet and most of the time I'm in the 30-40 range. There has been a few times that I have graphed fish and then caught them deeper than that but it is rare. If the fish aren't in the usual depth and I don't get a bite in a half hour or so, I move to the next spot until I find them. A lot of the good areas that I show in this video are underwater cliffs/points that have a ledges at the 50-80 depth and then drop off to 250-400. Now, for winter spooning or in the off years when the stripers are not biting anchovies then I have caught them deeper than 50 but that kind of fishing is totally different. I plan to make a winter striper video this coming season to show how that all works.
Awesome, thanks for the response back. I'm still learning the Powell fishing stuff and looking forward to my first real fishing trip out there this year. The water on the north end is just starting to warm up enough (although it snowed yesterday into today again north of the lake). I'll be looking forward to your next video.
The fishing is lights out right now lake wide for all species. Time to make the trip before all the jet skis do.
Kyran, are there any hot shore fishing spots for stripers? Not asking for them as I can do my own research. I would likely look for drop-offs near shore that I can hike to. We will be heading from Oregon to Northern Arizona in September and might not be able to bring our boat since I will be antelope hunting in 5B and will likely be pulling our ATV trailer.
I'll share with you one of my Lake Powell "secrets". I had one of my best days ever fishing in one of the spots mentioned in your video. It was colder weather in March and the stripers were VERY lethargic. I finally discovered the ticket was 4 pound test line, #4 bait holder hook (a bit smaller than normal), no weight with a piece of anchovy. The difference being the very light line to get an almost uninhibited drift to the bait. I would go up to 6 pound and the frequency of bites would drop way off. There was a guy right next to me and he was doing everything I was doing except with 10 pound line and caught nothing. I spooled him up from my bulk spool of 4 pound test and he immediately hooked a fish and broke it off (drag not set well). He didn't think he could land a fish on that weight line and quit using the light line, never caught a fish after that. I've used this light line technique for other fish when they are finicky. The very light line gives the bait an almost uninhibited dead drift.
Yes there are Hot shore spots for Stipers but it all depends. September was really tough this year because there were so many shad. Epic year for shad and the Bass didn't need to take chances with a chunk of Chove. It's looking like another banner year is coming our way with all the snow pack and so I anticipate another good shad year. Boils will be solid but you need a boat for those. Hit the spots highlighted in my shore fishing video. Hit and run is your best bet. Find drop offs and points and chum copiously. If you don't get a bite in .5 hours move on.
And Yes, light line makes a big difference sometimes! Especially in the winter. Thanks for sharing that! Its really good advice.
Are they good to eat
I eat them all the time but I think they are the poorest tasting fish in the lake. The little 1 pounders are the best but I would still rather have a Walleye or Smallmouth
Awesome video. I'm going take my first trip to lake powell from wyoming 3rd week of June. Is there anything your looking for on your graph? Just schools of fish? What time of year was this video taken?
It' s early May. Yeah, nothing fancy with the graph, just looking for the school. Some years the Striper don't do the anchovy thing and a graph is imperative for trolling and spooning. Hopefully, this June they are biting cut bait and your graph isn't as important. BUT just because you don't see fish on your graph doesn't mean you shouldn't fish in one of the spots in this video. The fish will move around in a circular pattern looking for food and usually it is just a matter of time until they show up where your at if you keep the chum rolling.
Kyran Keisling thanks for the info, man. This will be my first time fishing for strippers in general. I've been a walleye fisherman all my life. We're going to rent a house boat for 5 days out of wahweap and tow my boat behind. I got a good graph and I pilot so I'm hoping the fish wanna play too. We had to wait till 3rd week of june because my wife's a teacher and doesn't get out of school until the 10th or we'd come sooner.
3rd Week in June..... Boils should rolling about that time. Check out this vid ruclips.net/video/Ifvyo_lZEBI/видео.html Water will be rising rapidly at that time so other species will be much tougher. You are a Walleye guys so you know how to use a worm harness with chartreuse blades. Try that, and try trolling deep to medium deep crank baits. Early in the morning and late evening are key. And the night fishing for catfish and stripers can be really good. Sandy coves for cats
Nice educational video Kyran, what kind of fly were you using on the Fly rod?
Thanks Kim! I was using a concoction called the "Keystone Grab Bag". It is an intricate piece of fly tying brilliance where I reach into my tying kit and grab a bunch of shiny s*#t and tie it on a hook in a feeble attempt at matching a thread fin shad. Hope that helped :-)
Awesome video! Thanks for all the info and sharing your knowledge. What time of year would you recommend to come and try this method for stripers from the shore? I don't have a boat, but I'm not gonna let that stop me from getting out there and catching fish :)
Thanks Patrick, April and May are the best months on Lake Powell to fish for any species. With that being said, you can catch Stripers from the shore pretty much any time of year. I took the kids out to the fishing dock not to long ago and caught several. And in the summer the night fishing is always good for Cats and Stripers. I'm going to do a how to catch stripers from the shore video next spring. Good luck man!
Kyran Keisling Awesome. Thanks alot brother! Really been enjoying your videos. Keep em' up!
What size hook do you use?
#2
you still fishing, would love to fish with you some day.
I sold my boat and I am building a tricked out all season, multipurpose, multi day pontoon boat. Should be floating by May.
@@KyranKeisling let me know, I follow your channel, I have a old boat I run up to powell from flagstaff. 65 IMP apache, with a 40 hp evinrude. But your videos are good.
This is an awesome video, man! Thank you for sharing the info - we'll be on Powell at the end of this week (mid-October, 2019). Are the stripers and/or smallmouth hitting good now?
Thanks Doug! Sorry to inform you but I just went out yesterday and had a heck of a time. I bet I saw over 200,000 fish though. The lake is PACKED full of shad, fry and baby bass. My artificial baits had no chance against the real thing. I only fished for 2 hours and didn't get a chance to fish a few types of structure and lures but I did talk to a guide and he told me he was having a rough go of it. I hope that you have better luck. If I were to go out again I would try slash baits over islands and long points but that would just be a guess.
Thanks so much for the reply, Kyran. I was looking at the weather forecast for Thursday, Friday and Saturday... Looks like it's gonna be pretty cool while we're there - highs from the mid 50's to low 60's and lows in the 30's. Likely not the most conducive to tearing up the bass anyway but we'll sure give it a shot. Thanks again!
The further you go up lake the more likely you are to run into boils. Good luck!
Can you imagine how deep that lake is?
Yeah and it's getting deeper by 12-15 inches per day. Epic run off from the Rockies is filling her up FAST! It's awesome.
Great video man is it better to fish with open bail vs closed ? What's the pros and cons ?
Let me make sure I understand what you are asking. Do you mean by "open bail" that you are going to let the fish run with the line a little before you set the hook or do you mean a spin cast reel? I will answer both: First, I use a spin cast reel over a baitcast reel because it is easier to cast a soft anchovy with them. It is funny because I think that "baitcasting" reels are actually terrible at casting bait. I don't use closed face zebco type reels at all for anything. I used them when I was 5 because I didn't know how to use a spin cast reel.Second, I don't use an open bail when fishing for stripers. I leave a bow/slack in the line and that is usually enough time to give the fish to inhale the whole bait. Giving them any more time than that usually ends up in the fish gutting the bait and results in the needle nose pliers coming out. I do however use an open bail when fishing for catfish. They take their time with getting the bait all the way in their mouth and I find that I come up short if I don't give the Catties a little extra time. Hope I answered it correctly for ya Juan. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@@KyranKeisling thanks for your response and knowledge
What is the size of the hook you used? I usually hike but seeing you fish makes me want to try fishing
Size 1 or 2. I like hiking too, so I go shore fishing a lot more than on the boat.
any place you'd recommend for people who just started to fish here at northern az?
Where do you live Levi? Other than Powell I recommend the Colorado River for trout. My next video's are going to be about hike in fishing spots all throughout Glen and Marble Canyon. However, you can drive to Lee's Ferry and above the Paria Riffle the rule is flies and lures only and below it you can use live bait. When the Paria River isn't flowing muddy the bait fishing below the Paria can be quite good. Other than that, I have fished Upper Lake Mary (I heard someone just caught a giant catfish there recently) and the Verde River. I have actually done very well for Bass on the Verde but you need a boat or a canoe. There are many other lakes surrounding Flagstaff but I have never enjoyed fishing those windy, muddy ponds. Although they have caught some toads out of them from time to time.
Anyone know who this d bag is?
Great vid! What is your record sizer for Powell?
48.11
@@KyranKeisling that’s the state record correct? I think he’s asking what’s your personal best?
Hey I’m coming down this weekend. Will this work during the winter months?
Ahh man! Sorry, I've been out Javalina hunting and just saw your post. Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Your best bet is to check on www.wayneswords.com
The game warden is shook rn
What flies were you using on the fly rod?
I was using a little flash maribou thingamabop I tied myself. Nothing fancy. Shad lookin
Lol I am making a trip there and than I saw your sand devil wrestling shirt
How's the striper bite during the month of july? Any recent info?
My last trip I had trouble finding slurps but Wayne Words says he is seeing a few of them but it's slower than it has been. Hopefully they transition into the boil soon and get fun. I hate July on the lake though! Fishing sucks, it's freekin hot and the yeahoos are out in force. So I have only been out once in the last few weeks. Good luck to you!!
my family and i will be traveling to lake powell in june where is a good place to fish from bullfrog i know we want to hike defiance house from the lake any help would be great thank you in advance
Sorry Anthony but Bullfrog might as well be on the other side of the moon. It is a long, long way from my end of the pond, and I have never fished up there. The best place to look for info on the Bullfrog area is on Wayneswords.com. Good luck man! Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Is there a time of the year or a certain water temp that is best?
60-65 Degrees! April and May..... October-November
Hey Kyron, I am planning my first ever fishing trip to Powell in June. I would really love to pic your brain, as I know nothing about striper fishing or where to launch, etc. What would be the best way to communicate with you?
This is a perfect place. Maybe others will read it and it will help them too. What's your questions?
@@KyranKeisling i have a question. I’ll be going for the first time in may 1st for my birthday. Which would be better fishing from shore and how is the access. Anchovy point or antelope point? Most likely doing a Carolina rig with chovies unless you suggest otherwise. Thanks for your time and love your channel!
@@Rigs__Rigs with the water being so low I am not sure about where the best spots are any more. I think Anchovy Point and Antelope would be equally worth a try and don't forget the Wahweap Fishing Dock. The dock is frequently the best spot. If you are trying for Stripers try to find points or cliffs that give access to the deepest water and try and avoid fishing over ledges, because you will continually get snagged and if you do hook up you risk breaking off on the muscles growing on the ledge. Even a light touch on those pieces of crap will cut your line. Try your best to avoid weight on you anchovy and if you do use some, keep it as small as possible. The sink is where the action is. Avoid dangling your bait straight on underwater cliffs. Reel up and cast again once it has fully sunk and made contact with the cliff. I use a full anchovy on the shore so that I can get it out there farther. Use light line so that you can cast further. Good luck. Let me know if you get into them.
@@KyranKeisling thanks for the info man! Been binging all your videos! Wish you had some more recent ones but i understand life gets busy! I’ll try your technique and let ya know. Fishing dock might be my last option cause i don’t really wanna be around people haha
I have a good question. How the hell are you able to upload a 21 minute video with Page crap internet? Cause I got content to load and can’t find a decent WiFi anywhere.
I feel your PAIN!! I plug in to the Ethernet when I upload and I start it at 4AM. And even then it may take several attempts. I wish I could kick Page's head internet person right in the shin!
So your telling me there is no hope.
Do you guide? I will pay. I love fishing
What kind of boat are you running?
Joan J is a 2002 Ranger Bay Boat
what were you fishing with?
On the flyrod? It was a self tied flashy marabou jig.
Really doesn't get any better than that! Awesome job! Subbed and liked! Check out my channel if you get a chance!
Not only is this guy a great fisherman, but he really likes chewing gum too.
I was quitting Copenhagen at the time and you can tell I was really having withdrawals. Boy, I coulda chewed through a tree if I ran out of the gum!
6 minutes into your video :"Patience , patience , patience. It's a patience game and if you don't get a fish within a minute , then , leave." You just counterdicted yourself. Either you were joking or you have no idea what patience means.
He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.