Fishing Silver Lake in Salt Lake County, Utah

• Overview

  Silver Lake stands in Salt Lake County, Utah. Height above sea level is 8,743 feet. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Supplies mean a trip to Park City, 5.6 miles off. Snyderville lies 6.6 miles off, Midway another 8.7 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Silver Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. 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. Salt Lake County records list rainbow trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout, brown trout and common carp among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Silver Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 58°F and December near 21°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Silver Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Personal Watercraft provides a boat ramp about 50 yards away. A campsite is mapped about half a mile away, which makes an early start easier. Somewhere to sit and eat is half a mile out. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Lake Solitude is 0.6 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Silver Lake.