Five Lakes Fishing in Garfield County, Utah

• Overview

  Within Garfield County, Utah, you have Five Lakes. The land about it is pine and birch. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. It is a small entry by Garfield County standards. Monroe lies 50 miles from the water. Further out sit Panguitch (52 miles) and Richfield (57 miles). If this one is busy: Four Lakes lies 1.2 miles on, Rim Lake at 1.6 miles, Spectacle Lake lies 1.9 miles on, Purple Lake at 2.1 miles and Blue Lake lies 2.4 miles on. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Five Lakes

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Garfield County list brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Five Lakes responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 55°F and January about 20°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. The water is typically free of ice between mid May and mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Five Lakes.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Part of this sits inside or beside Fishlake National Forest, so read the notices. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Four Lakes, 1.2 miles away. Rules at Five Lakes are worth checking on the day.