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I am heading to Powell the weekend of the 24th for a couple of days and need some advice from you experts out there. I labeled this as Part 1 because I will be requesting advice again in a couple of weeks if I dont hear anything.
I am fishing out of a boat but need to know if I should launch at Hite and go south or launch at Bullfrog and go north. I will be camping and have several 5 gallon gas cans for fuel reserve if needed. I have seen some of the reports on WayesWords and am considering the Cedar and Knowles canyon areas.
Minimal expense is the theme. The diesel from Provo to Powell is a given but want to minimize the cost on the water. T'would be great if there was a great Largemouth, smallmouth, striper bite in Halls Creek Bay.
Another challenge is that it will be during a full moon, which may be good or bad, but I cant help that.
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What size is your boat? At Bullfrog you might need to travel farther to find better fishing and solitude, but crossing those big bays can also get a little rough if you only have a small boat.
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I have a 21' bass boat running a 225 Merc. I have the power to handle big water and can run far if needed but dont want to if I dont have to.
I have seen reports from Moqui to Cedar and Knowles canyons. Cedar is about 17 miles up river from BF. I plan on setting up a very primative camp for a few nights with enough reserve fuel to make a one way trip back to the marina before heading home.
Any areas south of BF are fair game too but havent heard many reports.
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Make sure you bring a porta potty with you. I believe its the law.
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Go to Wayne's Words. Wayne Gustaveson is the DWR Biologist on the lake and has a web site that will give you all the information you can use on fishing, boating, camping. Just Google Wayne's Words and you'll get the url.
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in my experience the best fishing is out of hite. The ramp is very primitive but if you can get on the lake with that boat you should be good. White canyon, farley and trachyte are good bets for fishing close to Hite. We camped in four mile canyon in a tent and used that as a base camp on a couple trips and did pretty well, that'll save you from having to run far every day to get where you want. Four mile puts you in between white and good hope bay which are both good places for stripers and the bucketmouths are in every canyon. On our trips we definitely found the more time we spent using the trolling motor the less we burned in gas so find a good area, like more or less the entire lake, and just use electricity to get you about.
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Go out of Bullfrog the ramp at Hit is ifie at best and you can fish your way up, top water should be working most of the day by the time you are there...
Another bait that can work this time of year is Lucky crafts jerk baits...
I will be at Powell on the week of the 11 or so and may post about the trip...( I don't get any notification on reply any more on PM's or posts)
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