Fishing at Palisade Lake, Sanpete County, Utah

• Overview

  Palisade Lake is a Sanpete County water, in Utah. It sits at 5,873 feet above sea level. It measures about 78 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 1.3 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Head to Manti, 4.7 miles away, for anything you forgot. Gunnison is 8.7 miles and Centerfield 9.8 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Palisade Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Public occurrence data for Sanpete County names rainbow trout, brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Palisade Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 72°F, while January sits near 26°F. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Anyone fishing Palisade Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. Mapping shows parking within half a mile. There is a pier recorded roughly half a mile away. Mapping records toilets within half a mile. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Gunnison Reservoir, 2.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Palisade Lake before loading the car.