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Best kokanee lakes in Utah

13 Utah waters hold kokanee. 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. Landlocked sockeye. A plankton-eating school fish glued to its preferred temperature band — find the school, catch a limit.

1. Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 436 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common Carp
2. Strawberry Reservoir — 75 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Cutthroat Trout
3. Jordanelle Reservoir — 292 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout
4. Fish Lake — 175 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
5. Electric Lake — 217 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Cutthroat Trout
6. Moon Lake — 73 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish
7. Rockport Reservoir — 77 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
8. East Canyon Reservoir — 108 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids
9. Lost Creek Reservoir — 128 ft max · Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids, Kokanee, Cutthroat Trout
10. Causey Reservoir — 180 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee
11. Porcupine Reservoir — 112 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Kokanee
12. Stateline Res — 128 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Kokanee
13. Smith and Morehouse Reservoir — 30 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee, Arctic Grayling

When to fish kokanee in Utah

• Spring 10–30 ft — Schools roam the upper column over open water while it's cool — short leaders, slow trolls.
• Summer 30–70 ft — Kokanee compress into the 50-55°F band at the thermocline over the deepest basins — precise depth is everything.
• Fall 5–40 ft — Spawners turn crimson and gang up off tributary mouths and gravel shorelines; remaining fish scatter with turnover.
• Winter 20–80 ft — Deep suspended schools — an electronics game through the ice.

Also in Utah: best largemouth bass lakes · best smallmouth bass lakes · best walleye lakes · best crappie lakes · best bluegill lakes · best channel catfish lakes · best rainbow trout lakes · best muskellunge lakes · best white bass & hybrids lakes · best yellow perch lakes · best common carp lakes · best lake trout lakes · best brown trout lakes · best brook trout lakes · best arctic grayling lakes · best cutthroat trout lakes · best splake lakes

Kokanee elsewhere: Montana · Wyoming · Washington · Colorado · Idaho