Fishing Slide Lake in Duchesne County, Utah

• Overview

  Slide Lake is one of the Duchesne County listings for Utah. Around the bank it is lake country bush. At roughly 9 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Kamas sits 29 miles from the bank. Provo sits 57 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Slide Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Duchesne County include brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and Arctic grayling. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Slide Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 56°F at the top of summer and 20°F at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about late May, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near late May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Slide Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Francis Lake, 0.9 miles out. Nothing on Slide Lake should be assumed from this page alone.