Blythe Lake Fishing near Kamas, Utah

• Overview

  The Summit County end of Utah holds Blythe Lake. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. Small at around 6 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Nearest town is Kamas, 22 miles off. Provo sits 52 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Water in the same corner: Bonnie Lake sits 0.4 miles out, Bud Lake some 1 mile off, Pass Lake sits 1.1 miles out, Moosehorn Lake some 1.2 miles off and Fehr Lake sits 1.2 miles out. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Blythe Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Summit County include brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and brook trout. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Blythe Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 54°F and December about 18°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early June. The season between ice runs from about early June to mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Blythe Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Public data records a boat ramp half a mile out. Recorded parking is half a mile off, far enough to travel light. Picnic facilities are recorded some half a mile out. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Bonnie Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Treat Blythe Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.