Lake Powell Fishing Report: Stripers, Bass, and More Biting in the Ideal May Conditions

This is Artificial Lure with your Lake Powell fishing report for Sunday May 11 2025.

First off let me say conditions across the lake are just about perfect for anglers right now. We’re seeing continued excellent fishing for just about everything Lake Powell offers. May is always a top month out here and so far this year has been no exception. Early mornings are crisp with temps starting out in the low 60s climbing into the 80s by afternoon. Skies are mostly clear with a slight breeze today not enough to keep you off the water. The sun rose at 6:16 am and will set tonight at 8:16 pm. Tides aren’t a factor on Powell but rising water from spring snowmelt has pushed some fish up into the shallows and new brush lines.

If you’re chasing stripers the bite has been hot early mornings especially where shad are stacked up in the back of coves and U shaped cuts off the main channels. The stripers are chasing freshly hatched shad so you’ll want to have a couple rods rigged. Topwater lures and surface walkers work well at first light wherever you see boils or surface action. Look for silver as your go-to color but gold and copper work too. Once the sun gets up a bit switch to spoons or troll shallow diving crankbaits along the edges. Small to medium white or chartreuse grubs fished in 10 to 30 feet of water have been getting a lot of bites as well.

The bass bite is steady both largemouth and smallmouth. Ned rigs and shaky head jigs are producing, and Senko style plastics rigged wacky or Texas are always a winner right now. Fish these rigs around new flooded brush or rocky points. Catfish and walleye are being caught mostly on cut bait or worms fished on the bottom especially in the evening and overnight. A few nice crappie and bluegill also coming from the brushy pockets and submerged trees on small jigs.

Recent catches have included plenty of striped bass up to 4 pounds, lots of smallmouth bass, a few largemouth, plus the occasional walleye and catfish. Overall fishing is rated good to excellent across the lake.

Hot spots today include the backs of Warm Creek and Navajo Canyons for stripers and shad boils, and the brushy bays in Padre Bay and Last Chance for bass and crappie.

Best baits right now – silver spoons, white or chartreuse soft plastics, topwater walkers at first light, and good old nightcrawlers or cut bait for the bottom dwellers.

That’s the latest from Lake Powell. Good luck, be safe, and I hope you reel in a big one today.