Tail Lake Fishing Guide, Wasatch County, Utah

• Overview

  Tail Lake sits in Wasatch County, out in Utah. Elevation runs to 10,007 feet. About 9 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Head to Kamas, 16 miles away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Provo is 47 miles off. Others close at hand: Shadow Lake just 0.4 miles, 0.5 miles out stands Washington Lake, Rock Lake just 0.8 miles, 0.9 miles out stands Shoestring Lake and Crystal Lake just 0.9 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Tail Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Wasatch County records list brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, black-spotted cutthroat trout and Utah sucker among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Tail Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 19°F in December and 55°F in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in late May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about late May through to roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Tail Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Shadow Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Treat Tail Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.