Fishing at Fish Lake, Uintah County, Utah

• Overview

  Out in Uintah County, Utah, sits Fish Lake. The setting is lake country bush on every side. Surface area runs to about 18 acres — small enough to read in one session. Nearest place of any size is Maeser, 22 miles away. Provo sits 101 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Fish Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Uintah County names rainbow trout, channel catfish, common carp and black bullhead. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Treat Fish Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 18°F in December and 53°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early June. Break-up sits around early June on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Fish Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Red Belly Lake is 1.8 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Fish Lake for certain.