Lake Powell Fishing

Lake Powell is home to abundant fish and year-round opportunities—even in the dead of winter. This temperate lake is known for the size of its bass and the wide range of fish to catch, including stripers, walleye, catfish, and sunfish. Because the lake never freezes over, you can find good fishing here year-round.

Lake Powell is a fisher's paradise. The lake's year-round temperatures range from the 80s to the 40s, so the lake never freezes over, and it's always possible to get a good catch. Common fish include bass (largemouth and smallmouth), stripers, walleye, catfish, and sunfish. Striped bass as large as 50 pounds have been caught in Lake Powell. Because the lake's many species live in a variety of places, from lakeside rock piles to the middle of the lake, fishers have the opportunity to explore all different kinds of terrain. Additionally, because Lake Powell offers year-round fishing, you can usually find larger fish like walleye and bass by finding out where smaller bait fish like crawfish and shad are swimming. If that sounds like a lot of work, there are many outfitters around Lake Powell who are more than willing to take you on a guided fishing trip, either half- or all-day, around the lake. Note that Lake Powell straddles both Utah and Arizona, so you need to adhere to fishing regulations for both states.