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Best brook trout lakes in Utah

20 Utah waters hold brook trout. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The native char of cold ponds and streams. Needs the coldest, cleanest water in the lake.

1. Fish Lake — 175 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
2. Moon Lake — 73 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
3. Panguitch Lake — 66 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, White Bass & Hybrids, Brown Trout
4. Koosharem Reservoir — 12 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Splake
5. Long Park Reservoir, North Slope — 96 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
6. Kolob Reservoir — 16 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
7. Little Dell Reservoir — 200 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
8. East Park Reservoir — 22 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
9. Miller Flat Reservoir — 64 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
10. Sheep Creek Lake — 16 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
11. Browne Lake — 19 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
12. Pine Lake — 20 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
13. Yankee Meadow Reservoir — 26 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
14. Ferron Reservoir — 14 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
15. Salem Pond — 23 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout
16. Spirit Lake — 18 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
17. Tibble Fork Reservoir — 36 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
18. Uinta Mountains, North Slope Roadside Lakes — 46 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling
19. Lake Mary — 36 ft max · Lake Trout, Brook Trout
20. Mill Hollow Reservoir — 36 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout

When to fish brook trout in Utah

• Spring 2–15 ft — Ice-out scatters brookies along shorelines and inflow mouths, feeding on the first insect activity.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Brookies hold where the coldest water is — spring holes, deep basin edges and inflow plumes.
• Fall 2–15 ft — Fall is the show: brilliant spawning colors on gravel shoals and inflow gravel.
• Winter 3–20 ft — A classic ice-fishing target — active all winter in shallow to mid-depth water.

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