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Brown Trout fishing in Southern Utah
20 waters in the DWR Southern region hold brown trout — 19 with live data, 4 fishing Hot or Good right now.
Quick tactics for brown trout
Browns are ambush predators that own the dark water: undercut banks, log jams, deep seams, tailouts. The big ones feed at night or in low light and eat fish, crayfish, and mice more than insects. They're the wariest trout in the river — one sloppy cast and the pool is done.
Sculpins, minnows, crayfish, big nymphs, terrestrials — and each other. The biggest browns want a meal, not a snack.
- Streamers on a sink tip — sculpin and baitfish patterns, banks and structure
- Double-nymph rig through the deep seams (sow bugs and midges on tailwaters)
- Hopper-dropper along grassy banks in summer
- Jerkbaits and spinners for spin anglers, low light
Full seasonal guide to brown trout →
Fishing best right now
All 20 brown trout waters in southern Utah
| Water | Right now | Flow | Water temp | Stocked | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Fork Sevier RiverBlue Ribbon | Good | 20 cfs | — | — | brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout |
| Enterprise Reservoir, Upper | Good | — | — | 13d ago | brown trout, cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), cutthroat trout, … |
| Mammoth Creek | Good | 8 cfs | — | 2mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Upper Sevier River | Good | 39 cfs | — | 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Asay Creek | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Baker Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 10mo ago | largemouth bass, brown trout, black crappie, … |
| Little Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Monroe Pond | Fair | — | — | 8w ago | brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, … |
| North Pond | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout |
| Otter Creek | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | brown trout |
| Pine Creek | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | brown trout |
| Salina City Pond | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, … |
| Sevier R, East Fork | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout |
| Sevier R, East Fork | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | brown trout, cutthroat trout |
| Beaver River | Fair | 30 cfs | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, brown trout |
| Jackson Flat Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, … |
| Virgin R, East Fork | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Newcastle Reservoir | Tough | — | — | 11mo ago | brown trout, black crappie, rainbow trout, … |
| Fremont RiverBlue Ribbon | Tough | 98 cfs | — | 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Merchant Valley Reservoir | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |