I just returned from a trip to Lake Powell yesterday. My crew consisted of two 16 year olds, Clancy Harman and Corbin Johnston and 15 year old Caleb Harman. The crew wanted to celebrate the end of the school year by making a trip to anyplace warmer than Gunnison, Colorado.

We launched at Bullfrog mid-morning on Friday, May 19th. After picking up some friends at the Marina we went to the mouth of Moki Canyon and using anchovy for chum and bait we caught about 30 Stripers over a three hour period. The fish seemed to be holding about 30 feet deep all around the wall outside the canyon and a few hundred yards up in Moki. We used 1/4 ounce plain jig heads or split shot and #6 hooks on 8lb monofilament line. It did not seem to make any difference which technique was used as all on the boat caught fish. Most of them were in good shape but the largest fish were very skinny. We thought this was great fishing until we went out at night on Saturday. On a tip from a friendly person at the fuel docks, the boys talked me into taking the boat out a short distance in Bullfrog Bay for some night fishing.

We departed the slips around 8PM and anchored in no more than 20 ft of water in a small bay just east of the marina. Without using any chum or any sort of fishing light, we caught mostly stripers, one catfish, and one smallmouth. Quitting at around 1AM, the bite was still going strong but we ran out of bait. Attempting to duplicate the success on Sunday night in the same spot we had our best fishing yet. Between 8PM and midnight, we averaged a fish in the cooler every four minutes. That is incredible fishing. Even though it was well past midnight, we also had a great time sharing stories with some good people at the fish cleaning station.

Thanks for all the great work on the web site. Armed with information shared by the Wordlings, we had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend.