I've never hit boils like that, but have had pretty fast catching on stripers once or twice. You never know what's going to smack a lure there - striper, walleye, smallie, largemouth, channel cat, crappie...
The striper fishing at Powell is great and good eating but in the good old days in the 70s before the stripers, Powell had big and unlimited crappie fishing...DAM I miss those days...the best eating and still a blast to caught.
Used to cruise Powell and look for boils. Only got one or two fish then school would submerge for a while. Had to chase them to get more.
As for eating, I brought many home. Now days it seems that mercury warnings are everywhere. Here is Powell's:
Location: Lake Powell, Coconino County (Arizona) Kane and San Juan Counties (Utah) from Dangling Rope Marina south to the Glen Canyon Dam. Pollutant: Mercury Fish Species: Striped bass Advisory: The State of Utah recommends that pregnant women and children under six should limit their consumption of Striped bass to one 4- ounce meal per month. Women of childbearing age and children between the ages of six and sixteen should limit their consumption of Striped bass to three 8-ounce meals per month. Adult women past childbearing age and men older than 16 should limit their consumption of Striped bass to nine 8-ounce meals per month
Rocky, years ago I remember hitting the boils. We had a house boat there and would hit the lake 3-4 times a year. The fish were MUCH larger back then. It was not uncommon to pull 20-30 fish out per person in less than 20 minutes. Some of them as large as 10-150 lbs - a lot of them in the 8-10 lb category and most around 3-5 lbs. That was a lot of fun.
Thanks for the Post Rocky !
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The striper fishing at Powell is great and good eating but in the good old days in the 70s before the stripers, Powell had big and unlimited crappie fishing...DAM I miss those days...the best eating and still a blast to caught.
SWcowboy
I remember the crappies there too. And they were HUGE ! We'd catch them by the 5 gallon buckets. Then have a fish fry.
Last time I saw that kind of action was about 1981.
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Shad are the limiting factor in striper growth at Powell, the biologists say.
Recent studies are showing that Powell anglers should not only keep or kill every striper and walleye, but every smallmouth bass, too. In some areas of the lake smallies are beginning to stunt at 9" - 12" ALL of those should be either eaten or "euthanized" and tossed back.
On the positive side of the mussel infestation, it now appears that bluegill are eating mussels, much like their redear sunfish cousins. Bluegill in excess of 1.5 pounds are showing up, stuffed with mussels.
The very low water levels of the past few years have hurt the largemouth population because there's little to no shallow "wood" structure - actually tumbleweeds in Powell. That may finally change this year with our near-record snowpack (some areas got over 50 FEET of snow this winter!) Powell may rise as much as 50 feet in consequence. That will benefit Lake Mead also, because they'll be able to release more than token amounts of water from Powell.
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