Fishing Cresecent Lake in Garfield County, Utah

• Overview

  This water sits in Garfield County, Utah. The country here is lake country bush. Small at around 10 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Utah listings. Monroe is the closest place, 52 miles off. The nearest city of size is Provo, 149 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Cresecent Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. 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. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Cresecent Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 58°F at the top of summer and 22°F at the bottom of winter. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Cresecent Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Circle Lake at 0.5 miles is the sensible second choice. Where Cresecent Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.