{"id":27870,"date":"2019-07-29T17:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=59097"},"modified":"2019-07-29T17:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T23:09:10","slug":"fishing-with-bernie-this-is-one-of-the-best-times-of-year-to-hook-a-big-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/fishing-with-bernie-this-is-one-of-the-best-times-of-year-to-hook-a-big-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing with Bernie: This is one of the best times of year to hook a big one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Grand County fishing report for the week July 28.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Williams Fork:<\/strong>&nbsp;Surface temp is 65 degrees in the early morning hours and will warm to 70-71 degrees late in the day. Water capacity is 99%, and water clarity is about 10 feet in the main body. <\/p>\n<p>With the high surface temps, Northern Pike are feeding<br \/>\nfrequently and this is one of the best times of year to hook up with big fish.<br \/>\nNorthern fishing is slow, but the persistent angler should be able to come up<br \/>\nwith some follows and possibly get a hit or two.<\/p>\n<p>Work deeper water early morning and shallower water late afternoon.<br \/>\nThe 15-21 inch lake trout bite is good for a few hours in the morning then<br \/>\ndrops to random hits later in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>We are catching in 70-100 inches of water with small tubes<br \/>\nor grubs tipped with sucker meat. Rainbows are being caught lake wide bottom<br \/>\nfishing with power bait, worms or salmon eggs. Casting small spinners or spoons<br \/>\nearly and late in the day at rises, or working the inlet where the river meets<br \/>\nthe lake, can be very productive. \u2014 Randy H Guide-Fishing with Bernie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lake Granby:<\/strong>&nbsp;Water temps are in the low 70s and the lake is full. The flow in the inlets has slowed down and so has the trout bites. <\/p>\n<p>There are still rainbows being caught around the shorelines<br \/>\non bait. Earlier or later is better. Rainbows are still cruising the shallow<br \/>\nareas looking for bug hatches, and if you see this happening, cast a small<br \/>\nspoon to the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Lake&nbsp;trout are being caught in 70-100 inches of water<br \/>\nclose to an edge. Patience is the key, as groups of fish will come by. Some<br \/>\nwill bite; some&nbsp;won&#8217;t.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Lake:<\/strong> A few lake trout are still being caught in 50-100 inches of water. Small jigs tipped with sucker meat seem to get the most consistent bite.<\/p>\n<p>The rainbow fishing has gotten tougher, but a few are still<br \/>\nbeing caught trolling the shorelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The fishing report is brought to you by \u201cFishing with Bernie.\u201d Bernie Keefe and his team have been fishing guides in Grand County for more than 25 years. For more, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"www.fishingwithbernie.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fishingwithbernie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.fishingwithbernie.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand County fishing report for the week July 28. Williams Fork:&nbsp;Surface temp is 65 degrees in the early morning hours and will warm to 70-71 degrees late in the day. Water capacity is 99%, and water clarity is about 10 feet in the main body. With the high surface temps, Northern Pike are feeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 13:14:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}