Fishing Blanding City Number Three Reservoir in San Juan County, Utah

• Overview

  Blanding City Number Three Reservoir stands in San Juan County, Utah. Everything around it is rolling hill. Surface area runs to about 12 acres — small enough to read in one session. Some 3.2 miles away sits Blanding, the nearest settlement. For a city, Provo is 212 miles off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Blanding City Number Three Reservoir

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. San Juan County records list rainbow trout, brook trout and green sunfish among the fish reported. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Blanding City Number Three Reservoir fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 70°F and January near 27°F. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. Anyone fishing Blanding City Number Three Reservoir regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Blanding City Reservoirs, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Blanding City Number Three Reservoir are worth checking on the day.