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Best brown trout lakes in Utah

31 Utah waters hold brown 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. Wary, nocturnal-leaning predator. Shorelines and inflows in cold months; the thermocline in summer.

1. Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 436 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common Carp
2. Utah Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Northern Pike
3. Starvation Reservoir — 108 ft max · Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
4. Jordanelle Reservoir — 292 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout
5. Otter Creek Reservoir — 37 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids, Brown Trout
6. Deer Creek Reservoir — 66 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
7. Fish Lake — 175 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
8. Minersville Reservoir — 44 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids
9. Echo Reservoir — 49 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
10. Piute Reservoir — 20 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids
11. Rockport Reservoir — 77 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
12. East Canyon Reservoir — 108 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids
13. Red Fleet Reservoir — 144 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Panguitch Lake — 66 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, White Bass & Hybrids, Brown Trout
15. Green River (Flaming Gorge) — 12 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
16. Steinaker Reservoir — 130 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
17. Causey Reservoir — 180 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee
18. Big Sand Wash — 69 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Rainbow Trout
19. Hyrum Reservoir — 82 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
20. Matt Warner Reservoir — 23 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
21. Mill Meadow Reservoir — 66 ft max · Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
22. Smith and Morehouse Reservoir — 30 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee, Arctic Grayling
23. Huntington North Reservoir — 25 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout
24. Brough Reservoir — 56 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
25. Calder Reservoir — 39 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout

…plus 6 more Utah waters holding brown trout.

When to fish brown trout in Utah

• Spring 3–25 ft — Cold-water browns hug shorelines, river mouths and mud lines — often in a few feet of water early and late.
• Summer 25–60 ft — Browns sit at the thermocline by day and slide shallow after dark — the night troll takes the giants.
• Fall 5–30 ft — Spawn-run browns stage off tributaries and gravel shorelines, aggressive and territorial.
• Winter 5–35 ft — Browns feed all winter — nearshore when bait is in, deeper breaks otherwise.

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