Utah Fishing & Outdoors Report

The weatherman is already using the term dog days of summer. Normally, dog days don’t show up until August, when we get one oppressively hot day after another. This year we may get 2.5 months of sizzling weather.

Trout and many other fish will be going deeper now, as they seek cooler temperatures. They will be vulnerable during the early morning and late evening hours, when they venture shallow to feed. During the heat of the day anglers will need to use weighted lures, downriggers and other techniques to get down to the fish.

The high country is opening up early. There’s still considerable snow in the highest Uinta Mountain passes, but even that is melting fast and conditions are 2-3 weeks earlier than normal. You’ll be able to roam the Uintas freely by mid-July.

The highest lakes on Boulder Mountain are already open and fishing well. I’ve been working hard to create an on-line guide to the Boulders, complete with interactive maps and descriptions of lakes. It still needs considerable work. I hope people who know and love that area will share their insights and photos, to help me create a valuable service.

Some quality Utah trout streams open for fishing on July 14. Streams like the West Fork of the Duchesne River, Fish Creek above Scofield and the upper Logan River are closed to fishing during the spring to protect spawning cutthroat trout. They open annually on the second week of July.

Green River continues to provide very good fly fishing. Cicadas action will soon be over. PMDs, ants, beetles and other summer bugs are expected to produce well during the coming months.

Interesting Reports from Readers
Scofield is yielding monster trout. Smallest caught was a 16-inch tiger trout. Largest was 4.5 pound rainbow
Upper Provo is almost dry below Woodland Bridge because the stream is being diverted. Fishing was good in that area before the diversion.
Strawberry is good for cutts and kokanee
Pineview Reservoir yields a 51-inch tiger muskie
Currant Creek Reservoir and stream were good for this guy throwing lures
Deer Creek Reservoir has very good bass fishing
Deer Creek walleye are also biting
Echo Reservoir is producing large trout
Mirror Lake fly fishing tips
Utah Lake catfish are easy to catch
Flaming Gorge kokanee and rainbow action is good
Flaming Gorge kokanee photos and tips
Says campers and anglers are trashing our lakes
Outrage because pleasure boaters are harassing fishermen

DWR Hotspots Report
DWR says these waters offer hot fishing
- Pineview Reservoir for crappie, bass 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
- Mill Meadow Reservoir for trout, tiger trout, splake and perch
- Enterprise Reservoir (Upper) for trout and bass
- Sand Hollow Reservoir for bass and bluegill
- Lake Powell for bass, stripers, walleye, crappie and catfish

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