Fishing at Dutchman Reservoir, Beaver County, Utah

• Overview

  In Utah, Dutchman Reservoir belongs to Beaver County. Land around it is dry rangeland. It covers about 19 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Utah listings. You are 23 miles from Milford. Provo sits 150 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Dutchman Reservoir

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Across Beaver County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, brown trout, mountain sucker, black-spotted cutthroat trout and cutthroat trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Dutchman Reservoir to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 76°F and January about 29°F. Mild ends to the year keep the season long. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Dutchman Reservoir runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Newhouse Reservoir sits 1.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Dutchman Reservoir before loading the car.