Utah Fishing & Outdoors Report

There’s so much good fishing going on right now, it is hard to know where to start. I’ve seen reports of great action from all around the state. The famous waters - including Lake Powell, Strawberry, Green River and the Provo River - are fishing very well but so are most other reservoirs and streams. To show the diversity, reports of very good action are coming from Pineview for tiger muskie, Deer Creek for walleye, and Electric Lake and the Duchesne River for various species of trout.

Lake Powell continues to fish very well for all species. See the report by Wayne Gustaveson.

Green River is good right now. Here’s how Dennis Breer summarizes conditions: "...there are lots of fish being caught. With the weather headed towards warmer, we should climb right back on the cicada train. Actually, some folks never got off and have been enjoying it cold weather or not." Read Dennis’s full report.

Provo River is fishing well on both the Middle and Lower sections. Here’s a quote from Steve Schmitd’s latest report: "If you are headed to the Middle, make sure and have a handful of good Stonefly, PMD & Drake patterns, both nymphs and dries. I seined the river again, and they are on the verge of hatching. Should be any day. Stoneflies will be best on the lower sections of this river, with the highest concentration of Drakes above River Road. With the cold front that is upon us, I would expect to see the Drakes get going first." Read Steve’s complete report.

Below are links to reports I found interesting:

Flaming Gorge action was slow until the anglers talked to guys who showed them where to fish and what to use, then they had great action for kokanee.
Flaming Gorge, very good for kokanee
Green River and Flaming Gorge, fast with flies and Rapalas on the river, slow for kokanee and lake trout

Jordanelle, good for smallmouth

Pineview, photo of a monster tiger muskie
Pineview tiger muskie, great photos
Pineview tiger muskie, good info and photos.
Pineview tigers casting from shore

Willard Bay has low water; many boats are hitting rocks

Strawberry - should it be stocked with lake trout?

Electric Lake, good trolling for rainbows and cutts; nice photos

Duchesne River, good for trout

Deer Creek, very good for walleye

Kolob Reservoir, slow until 6 pm and then fast fishing

Scofield, fair to good trolling

Mirror Lake, good fishing spinners from a canoe

Provo River in town, good fishing with a Rapala

Blue Mesa Reservoir in CO has the hottest lake trout fishing in the West

DWR Hotspots Report
- DWR rates these waters as hot
- Pineview for bass, crappie and perch
- Weber River for trout and whitefish
- East Canyon Reservoir for trout and bass
- Matt Warner Reservoir for trout
- Steinaker Reservoir for trout, bass and bluegill
- Nine Mile Reservoir for trout
- Lake Powell for striped bass, bass, walleye, catfish and panfish
- Lower Bowns Reservoir for trout
- Sand Hollow Reservoir for bass and bluegill

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