Whitney Reservoir, Utah: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Summit County, Whitney Reservoir is a Utah water. The setting is pine and birch. Around 146 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is not much shape to the outline, and the wind crosses it unbroken. Size puts it in the front rank of our Summit County list. Head to Oakley, 21 miles away, for anything you forgot. Then Kamas, 23 miles, and Francis, 24 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Whitney Reservoir

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Survey and observation records for Summit County include brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout and Utah sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Whitney Reservoir rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 20°F to 56°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near mid May; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages suggest open water from about mid May through to roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Whitney Reservoir rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. You can camp about 0.9 miles away, going by the mapping. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Beaver Lake is 0.8 miles off. Nothing on Whitney Reservoir should be assumed from this page alone.