Blue Lake, Utah: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Blue Lake in the Garfield County part of Utah. The surface lies 10,558 feet up. About 7 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Monroe sits 48 miles from the bank. The big place round here is Provo, 149 miles distant. Near neighbours include: Purple Lake 0.7 miles away, 2.4 miles away is Five Lakes, Jacobs Reservoir 2.9 miles away, 3 miles away is Four Lakes and Spectacle Lake 3.4 miles away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Blue Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Garfield County names brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout. The county list is broader than any single water. At Blue Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 18°F in January and 54°F in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late May. Climate averages put the opening at about late May and the closing near mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Blue Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Purple Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Blue Lake in what we hold.