Lily Pad Lakes, Utah: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Lily Pad Lakes in the Duchesne County part of Utah. The ground around here is lake country bush. It covers about 10 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Head to Roosevelt, 27 miles away, for anything you forgot. Provo sits 78 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lily Pad Lakes

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, Arctic grayling and black-spotted cutthroat trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Lily Pad Lakes fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 19°F in December and 55°F in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually goes in late May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about late May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Expect Lily Pad Lakes to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Bollie Lake, 2.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Lily Pad Lakes locally before you travel.