August 31, 2025 Lake Powell Fishing Report: Striper Frenzy, Bass on the Bite, and Catfish in the Coves

This is Artificial Lure bringing you the August 31, 2025, fishing report for Lake Powell and the surrounding canyon country. The dog days of summer may be nearing their close, but there’s still plenty of heat left on the water—both above and below the surface.

Lake Powell woke up to clear skies and a soft glow just before 6:50 am, with sunrise peeking over the red rocks and another beautifully long day stretched until sunset around 8:07 pm. We’re seeing daytime highs hovering near 95°F, with humidity around 43 percent and just a hint of breeze, keeping the water flat and ideal for sight-casting around cover. Barometric pressure reads steady at 29.97 inches, and visibility is excellent out on the main channel—perfect for chasing active fish, especially early and late in the day, when boat traffic drops off. According to WeatherWorld, conditions are sunny and cooling a bit after a hot stretch, so fish are seeking shade and structure mid-day.

There’s no tidal movement here, but water levels remain lower than average, which means many of the side canyons are shallow and the fish are stacked tighter in deeper pockets and at the edges of submerged brush. As always, watch for snakes on the shoreline; the local Great Basin gopher snakes and even a few rattlers like to sun themselves, especially near rock outcroppings, as reported by World Atlas.

The big news this week is the stripers—Lake Powell’s signature draw. Stripers have been feeding consistently around the Navajo Canyon and at the dam, responding well to cut anchovy baits dropped down 30 to 50 feet, especially during the early morning rush and the evening cool-down. According to the Lake Powell Utah Fishing Report Daily podcast, anglers have been boating easy limits, with many reporting 15 to 30 fish mornings from schools corralling shad against the cliff faces. Bass action has ticked up in the shallows, where smallmouth are hammering Ned rigs and green-pumpkin tubes bounced along rocky points. Reports from the bigfishtackle.com forum say largemouth are biting, too, but they’re buried deep in cover—try casting Texas-rigged creature baits right at flooded timber in Wahweap and Warm Creek.

Catfish have been especially good in the backs of coves around Bullfrog Marina and Stanton Creek. Toss some stink bait or chicken liver on a slip sinker rig and let it settle on the mud bottom—you’ll pull up healthy channel cats in the 3–7 lb range, especially once the sun goes down. Some folks have had a blast with bluegill and sunfish using small jigs tipped with worm under bobbers along rocky edges—perfect for kids or ultralight anglers.

If you’re fly fishing, the trout action is slow this time of year, but bluegill will smash dry flies and poppers early and late if you seek out calm water off rocky ledges. As for top lures this week, hard to beat a chrome and blue Rat-L-Trap or a white swimbait for stripers, while soft plastics in natural patterns are king for bass.

If you’re looking for hot spots, don’t miss Gregory Butte for bass early, and the stretch from Antelope Point to the Powerplant Intake for those striper boils. Navajo Canyon’s mid-lake shelves hold fish as well, and the area around the mouth of Padre Bay has been productive for catfish and the occasional walleye.

Remember, always check your lines and keep an eye out for snakes when you’re beached. Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to subscribe for more local Lake Powell fishing tips. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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