| Waterbody | Report |
|---|---|
| Benches Pond 2015-08-24 Good |
Fishing is good in the early morning or evening with traditional baits. |
| Blue Lake 2015-08-24 Good |
Located near Grassy Lake, this shallow pond is home to many small trout that hide in aquatic vegetation close to the shoreline. Try salmon eggs, PowerBait or pieces of worm. |
| Cleveland Reservoir 2015-08-24 Fair |
On Aug. 18, Tom Ogden and Perry Bunderson fly fished for three hours from tubes with fast-sinking line and wet flies. They caught five rainbows that ranged from 11 to 19 inches long. |
| Electric Lake 2015-08-24 Fair |
On Aug. 21–22, Danielle Mills and her family spent two days trolling the lake. During their visit, they caught one trout on a Jakes lure and one on a rainbow trout-imitating spoon. On Aug. 20, Tom Ogden fly fished Electric Lake from a tube with fast-sinking line and size 6–8 beadhead soft-hackle flies. He caught six cutthroats up to 16 inches long and 18 tigers up to 17 inches long. Most of the tigers were in the 11- to 12-inch range. Although kokanee salmon are harder to catch, Tyrel Mills used leaded line, pop gear and kokanee killers to hook salmon up to 14 inches long. |
| Grassy Lake 2015-08-24 Slow |
On Aug. 15, Kathy Jo Martinez rated the catch rate as slow. Fish weren’t taking PowerBait, worms or lures. |
| Huntington Creek 2015-08-24 Slow |
Until the slopes burned by the Seeley Fire see fewer flash floods and more stable vegetation, there will not be large-scale stocking at the creek. |
| Huntington North Reservoir 2015-08-24 Fair |
On Aug. 16, Larry Jones of Price caught 16- and 17-inch wipers from the boat dock. One was hooked with a crankbait and the other with a nightcrawler. A week earlier, Biologist Joe Christensen caught 17- and 18-inch rainbow trout, using white tube jigs. |
| Huntington Reservoir 2015-08-24 Good |
On Aug. 18, Tom Ogden and Perry Bunderson fly fished the reservoir with fast-sinking line and size 6–8 beadhead olive leeches, soft-hackle flies and Leprechauns. They caught 14 tigers ranging from 11 to 20 inches long. |
| Joes Valley Reservoir 2015-08-24 Fair |
Aquatics Biologist Cody Edwards, who catches tiger muskies regularly, predicts that tiger muskie fishing will improve as temperatures cool down. Cody suggests using three-inch marabou jigs or jointed Rapalas in a fire-tiger or silver-shad pattern or soft plastics in root beer, chartreuse or red/black. |
| Knight-Ideal Community Fishing Pond 2015-08-24 Slow |
Warm, murky water coupled with high daytime temperatures and low oxygen resulted in a fish kill during the past week. Few, if any fish, are expected to have survived. Restocking will not occur until later in the fall, after fresh water is pumped through the system and daytime temperatures fall. |
| Lower Fish Creek 2015-08-24 Good |
Bait is not allowed on this portion of the creek, so Biologist Cody Edwards recommends a hopper-dropper set-up for fly-fishing anglers. He likes a Blue Fox in silver and gold and Panther Martins in yellow and red. Cody also has had good luck with a Panther Martin in yellow and red with a teardrop blade. |
| Lower Green River 2015-08-24 Good |
Walt Maldonado says the water is clearing and flowing steadily. The catfish in this portion of the river can reach up to 16 inches and seven pounds. Try fishing with chicken livers, shrimp or Berkeley catfish nuggets. Walt recommends fishing near the pump house, the rock house or Little Valley. |
| Petes Hole 2015-08-24 Good |
On Aug. 16, Kathy Jo Martinez fished Petes Hole with a friend and reported catching a trout with almost every cast. Worms worked best. Another successful angler recommended lures in gold, white or neon. |
| Right Fork of Huntington Creek 2015-08-24 Slow |
Large-scale trout restocking will not occur — except in a few isolated areas — until revegetation stabilizes the slopes burned in the Seeley Fire. |
| Scofield Reservoir 2015-08-24 Slow |
On Aug. 22, Lt. J. Shirley checked anglers at the reservoir. Anglers caught a lot of chubs and a fair number of trout, which ranged from 8–12 inches. DWR Aquatics Technician Mike Ault has been interviewing anglers at the reservoir on a regular basis since ice-off. He recommends putting a piece of worm on a hook and fishing close to shore to catch a few chubs. He suggests cutting the chubs up and casting them into deeper water for trout. Mike says that cutthroats will be the most common species caught. They will generally be small. Mike adds that spinners will sometimes out-fish chub meat, so keep your favorite hardware in the tacklebox just in case. Mike says that fly-fishing anglers who work the west side have frequently done better than bait or spincasters. |
| Soup Bowl 2015-08-24 Good |
On Aug. 16, Kathy Jo Martinez found good fishing with Kastmasters and PowerBait. She reported reeling in a fish every two to three minutes. |
| Straight Canyon Creek 2015-08-24 Good |
Live grasshoppers, terrestrial insects, worms and artificial hopper-dropper rigs are effective at this time of year. |
Southeastern Utah Fishing Report
