Fishing Honeymoon Lake in Wayne County, Utah

• Overview

  Honeymoon Lake sits within Wayne County in Utah. Around the bank it is lake country bush. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. Our Wayne County list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 49 miles from Monroe. Richfield is 54 miles away, with Aurora at 59 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Honeymoon Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Wayne County names Arctic grayling, bluehead sucker, flannelmouth sucker and brook trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Fish Honeymoon Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 54°F at the top of summer and 17°F at the bottom of winter. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. After late May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about late May through to roughly mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Honeymoon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Fish Creek Reservoir is 0.3 miles distant. What applies at Honeymoon Lake may have changed since it was mapped.