We (the Wilson brothers, my wife, my daughter, and me) fished the San Juan May 7 - 14. Here's a quick synopsis of activity in the San Juan, primarily Neskahi: SMB & LMB are active and very catchable. The smaller SMB are shallow, as are the LMB, and the larger SMB are 8-15 feet down as tested using single-tail grubs on 1/4 oz. jig heads. Nice 1 1/4# crappie and catfish as well. In short, the San Juan has woken up.

Skinny stripers were in evidence using grubs in the shallows and when trolling at 3 mph. However, healthy stripers were boiling sporadically during the day in small groups. No skinny ones in these boils, only healthy fish from 1.5 - 2 pounds. Interestingly enough, we increased our trolling speed to 5 - ?Į5 1/2 mph and caught healthy fish over 95% of the time. The biggest ?Įchallenge here was in finding lures that would run well at that speed while attracting bites. In our case that turned out to be 4" jointed Rapalas in shad & golden shad.

We trolled the main channel on the way back to Halls and had similar results although not as fast action as in the San Juan. Of interest was the 4# female striper caught in the main channel near Annies Canyon that was healthy and full of immature eggs. Another great Lake Powell trip and a hint of another ?Įgreat summer of fishing as well.