Southeastern Utah Fishing Report

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Information compiled by Morgan Jacobsen, Conservation Outreach Manager SERO, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

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Abajo Mountains

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Academy Mill Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Carbon County Community Fishing Pond

Good

The Carbon County Community Fishing Pond is now open, and the fish are hungry. Anglers are catching rainbow trout on worms, PowerBait, spinner lures and flies. (03-14-17)

Cleveland Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Duck Fork Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Electric Lake

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Fairview Lakes

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Ferron Creek

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Ferron Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Gigliotti Pond

Slow

Fishing at Gigliotti Pond will likely be slow until the pond is restocked this spring. (03-14-17)

Gooseberry Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Grassy Lake

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Huntington North Reservoir

Fair

Anglers report catching brown trout at Huntington North Reservoir with fly tackle, including sinking line and a size 6 beadhead soft hackle fly in tan, green and pearl. The last of the ice is just about gone, and the reservoir is about 97 percent full. (03-14-17)

Huntington Reservoir

Closed

Snow levels have risen along the Manti Skyline, making Huntington Reservoir and most other waters there inaccessible by highway vehicles, and very difficult to access on foot. (03-14-17)

Joes Valley Reservoir

Slow

Joes Valley still has about 16 inches of ice along the east shoreline, but use caution as open water has started forming on the north end of the reservoir. Some parts of the shoreline also have unstable ice. Fishing has been slow in the late morning and early afternoon. Try using bright-colored jigs tipped with mealworms or nightcrawlers. (03-14-17)

Knight-Ideal Community Fishing Pond

Good

The Knight-Ideal Community Fishing Pond is open. Try using PowerBait or nightcrawlers to catch rainbow trout here. (03-14-17)

La Sal Mountains

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Lower Fish Creek

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Miller Flat Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Millsite Reservoir & State Park

Good

Anglers are catching rainbow and cutthroat trout using medium- and fast-sinking lines with flies, such as bead head leeches and soft hackles in tan/green and midnight fire. Jake’s spinners or nightcrawlers may also work well. On March 13, about half the reservoir was still covered with ice. Fishing has been best after noon. Starting Wednesday, March 15, and going until March 15, 2018, the daily limit at Millsite will increase to 16 fish. (03-14-17)

Petes Hole

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Potters Ponds

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Scofield Reservoir

Fair

Scofield still has 16 or more inches of ice. Anglers report some success using white or bright-colored jigs tipped with mealworms or nightcrawlers. (03-14-17)

Soup Bowl

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Willow Lake

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

Wrigley Springs Reservoir

Closed

This waterbody is currently inaccessible by highway vehicles. You may need snowshoes or a snow machine to access the area. (03-14-17)

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