Fishing Wiki - Moon-Lake

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Description (Edit This)
This is a beautiful, high mountain lake that almost always offers good summer fishing. You can drive a family car to the lake during good weather.

This is the perfect lake for a canoe or float tube. There are no launching facilities for larger boats.

Guides (Edit This)
Flying J Outfitters guides horse-packing trips into the Uintas in the Moon Lake area, and in other areas

Nearby Lodges (Edit This)
- Moon Lake Resort
- Strawberry Bay
- LC Ranch
- Falcon's Ledge

Location (Edit This)
In the Uinta Mountains above the town of Mountain Home. Access is via a good gravel road. The route is clearly signed and the lake is easy to find.

- 150 miles from Salt Lake City

Primary Species (Edit This)
Brook trout, rainbow trout, kokanee, splake

Special Regulations (Edit This)
Limit 4 trout, only 2 may be splake.

Seasonal Factors (Edit This)
Summers are cool and inviting in the Uinta Mountains. The Moon Lake area usually opens up in June and fishing is good as soon as ice comes off the water.

The Uintas are a popular refuge from the heat of summer. Moon Lake is a great area to camp, hike, fish and ride horses.

Fall comes early in the mountains. Snow occasionally falls during September but usually doesn't start to accumulate until late October or November. The lake is is a popular base camp for deer hunters, and fishing is very good at that time.

Roads become snowpacked and the lake freezes in November. Hardy individuals sometimes come in on snowmobiles and ice fish during the early winter. As winter progresses, fishing becomes very difficult.

Lures and Techniques (Edit This)
Brook trout and rainbows are relatively easy to catch - they readily respond to standard baits, lures and flies cast from shore or trolled from a canoe or float tube.

Kokanee and splake are harder to catch from shore because they are normally found in deeper water, but at Moon Lake they can sometimes be found anywhere. Most are taken by people out on the water, working baits or lures at depths where fish appear on fish finders.

Splake are often caught on bait - or jigs tipped with bait. Kokanee are usually caught on small, flashy lures.

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