Atherley Reservoir Fishing in Tooele County, Utah

• Overview

  Atherley Reservoir is one of the Tooele County waters in Utah. The ground around here is mixed woodland. With some 47 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 1.0 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Eagle Mountain is the closest place, 24 miles off. For a city, West Jordan is 39 miles off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Atherley Reservoir

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Open biodiversity records for Tooele County list common carp, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, channel catfish and white bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Read Atherley Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 73°F and January at 27°F. The year turns gently, without extremes at either end. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Atherley Reservoir runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Valley Reservoir is 14 miles distant. Treat access at Atherley Reservoir as something to verify.