Fishing Middle Reservoir in Wayne County, Utah

• Overview

  Middle Reservoir is one of the Wayne County listings for Utah. Land around it is mixed forest. At 6 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Start from Monroe, 45 miles down the road. Provo sits 141 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Middle Reservoir

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Public occurrence data for Wayne County names Arctic grayling, bluehead sucker, flannelmouth sucker and brook trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Middle Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 58°F; the cold one sits at 20°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. It holds true on Middle Reservoir more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Left Hand Reservoir, 0.4 miles out. Check the current arrangement for Middle Reservoir.