Lily Lake Fishing Guide, Uintah County, Utah

• Overview

  Lily Lake is listed under Uintah County, Utah. It sits at 10,328 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 3 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Uintah County list. Maeser is the closest town at 25 miles. Roosevelt is 27 miles and Ballard 27 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lily Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name rainbow trout, channel catfish, common carp and black bullhead. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Treat Lily Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 18°F in December and 53°F in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early June. From about early June to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lily Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Johnson Lake, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lily Lake may have changed since it was mapped.