Elbow Lake Fishing in Wayne County, Utah

• Overview

  Elbow Lake lies within the bounds of Wayne County, Utah. The water sits 11,138 feet up. Around 25 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Few waters listed in Wayne County are bigger. Monroe is the closest town at 48 miles. Richfield follows at 54 miles, then Panguitch at 56 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Elbow Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Wayne County, recorded fish include Arctic grayling, bluehead sucker, flannelmouth sucker, brook trout and rainbow trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Elbow Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 54°F and January at 17°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late May. Open water usually runs from late May until about mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Elbow Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Bakeskillet Lake is 1.6 miles distant. Confirm access to Elbow Lake locally before you travel.