Fish Lake Fishing Guide, Sevier County, Utah

• Overview

  Set in Sevier County, Utah, this is Fish Lake. It sits at 8,852 feet above sea level. This is big water, about 4.0 sq miles, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. Some 13 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It is the biggest water on our Sevier County list. Monroe is the closest place, 23 miles off. Provo is the closest city, 116 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Fish Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Sevier County, recorded fish include yellow perch, sockeye salmon and Utah sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 21°F and July at about 58°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Fish Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Expect a half a mile walk in from where the car goes. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. A toilet block sits half a mile away. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Johnson Valley Reservoir is 5.5 miles distant. Ask locally about Fish Lake if anything is unclear.