Lost Spring Reservoir Fishing Guide, Garfield County, Utah

• Overview

  Set in Garfield County, Lost Spring Reservoir is a Utah water. The water sits 4,833 feet up. It lies lower than most water we list in Utah. 66 miles away sits Blanding, the nearest town. Page lies 71 miles off, LeChee another 73 miles. Within a short drive: Milk Creek Reservoir 6.3 miles off, Ticaboo Reservoir roughly 7.6 miles, Bastian Reservoir 13 miles off and Coyote Reservoir roughly 18 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Lost Spring Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Open biodiversity records for Garfield County list brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, Arctic grayling and black-spotted cutthroat trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Lost Spring Reservoir fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 32°F in January up to 82°F in July. The year turns gently, without extremes at either end. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. On Lost Spring Reservoir the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping flags this water as intermittent: it can be dry for part of the year, so check before travelling. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Milk Creek Reservoir, 6.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Lost Spring Reservoir in what we hold.