Best splake lakes in Utah
14 Utah waters hold splake. 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. Stocked brook × lake trout hybrid — the Shield-lake specialty that splits the difference: shallower than lakers, deeper than brookies, and a superb ice bite.
- Fish Lake — 175 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch, Common CarpWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
- Jordanelle Reservoir — 292 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow TroutWhy #2: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
- Moon Lake — 73 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake WhitefishWhy #3: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
- East Canyon Reservoir — 108 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout, White Bass & HybridsWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Joes Valley Reservoir — 89 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Lost Creek Reservoir — 128 ft max · Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids, Kokanee, Cutthroat TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Navajo Lake — 10 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
- Koosharem Reservoir — 12 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Mill Meadow Reservoir — 66 ft max · Rainbow Trout, White Bass & Hybrids, Yellow Perch, Brown TroutWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Forsyth Reservoir — 36 ft max · Yellow Perch, Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
- Huntington — 92 ft max · Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
- Panguitch Lake — 66 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, White Bass & Hybrids, Brown TroutWhy #12: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
- Paragonah (Red Creek) Reservoir — 31 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Muskellunge, Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #13: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
- Millsite Reservoir — 52 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, SplakeWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
Compare maximum depth across 37,233 lake records · See Utah waters with public access data
When to fish splake in Utah
- Spring 5–25 ft — Ice-out through spring, splake patrol shoreline rock, points and inflows like oversized brookies.
- Summer 25–60 ft — Warm water pushes splake below the thermocline — deep breaks and humps, shallower than lakers in the same lake.
- Fall 10–35 ft — Mostly sterile but still hormone-driven — fall splake stage on rock shoals and points and eat aggressively.
- Winter 10–45 ft — Why they're stocked: an active, roaming winter predator — work basin edges and mid-depth humps, and hole-hop.
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