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Rainbow Trout fishing in Northeastern Utah
40 waters in the DWR Northeastern region hold rainbow trout — 34 with live data, 6 fishing Hot or Good right now.
Quick tactics for rainbow trout
Rainbows are opportunistic mid-column feeders that cruise open water and hold in moderate current seams. Freshly stocked fish stay shallow and gullible for a week or two; holdovers get bigger, deeper, and pickier. They're the most catchable trout in Utah — which is exactly why the DWR plants them everywhere.
Insects, zooplankton, minnows, and — for stocked fish — anything resembling hatchery pellets. Scents and flash both work.
- Small spinners or spoons countedown to cruising depth
- PowerBait or a worm off the bottom for stocked fish
- Woolly bugger stripped slow on a sinking line
- Chironomid or balanced leech under an indicator on stillwaters
Full seasonal guide to rainbow trout →
Fishing best right now
- Butterfly LakeGood
- Mirror LakeGood
- Green River (below Flaming Gorge)Good
- Mill Hollow ReservoirGood
- Moosehorn LakeGood
All 40 rainbow trout waters in northeastern Utah
| Water | Right now | Flow | Water temp | Stocked | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Lake | Good | — | — | 7d ago | rainbow trout, brook trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Mirror Lake | Good | — | — | 7d ago | rainbow trout, brook trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Green River (below Flaming Gorge)Blue Ribbon | Good | 2,290 cfs | 58°F | 6w ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout |
| Mill Hollow Reservoir | Good | — | — | 2w ago | rainbow trout, brook trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Moosehorn Lake | Good | — | — | 2w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Pass Lake | Good | — | — | 2w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Ashley Cr, South Fork | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Big Sandwash Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), rainbow trout, walleye |
| Brough Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | largemouth bass, brown trout, channel catfish, … |
| Browne Lake | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … |
| Browns Draw Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Cart Creek | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Carter Creek | Fair | — | — | 14mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout |
| Crouse Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 23mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Currant Creek Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout |
| Duchesne R, North Fork | Fair | — | — | 6w ago | rainbow trout |
| East Park Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Flaming Gorge ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Fair | — | — | 6w ago | lake trout, kokanee salmon, rainbow trout, … |
| Hacking Lake | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Jones Hole Creek | Fair | — | — | — | brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout |
| Little Brush Creek | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Long Park Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Matt Warner Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Moon Lake | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … |
| Oaks Park Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 14mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Paradise Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Red Creek Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 15mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Red Fleet Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, bluegill |
| Scout Lake | Fair | — | — | 8w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Sheep Creek | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | kokanee salmon, rainbow trout |
| Steinaker Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, largemouth bass, bluegill |
| Uinta River | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | rainbow trout |
| Ashley Creek | Fair | 109 cfs | — | — | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Duchesne River | Fair | 116 cfs | — | 2mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout |
| Calder Reservoir | — | — | 14mo ago | brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … | |
| Little Montes Reservoir | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, channel catfish, rainbow trout | |
| Moose Pond | — | — | 2mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Old Fort Pond North | — | — | 5mo ago | channel catfish, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout | |
| Roosevelt Community Pond | — | — | 3mo ago | largemouth bass, channel catfish, rainbow trout, … | |
| Uinta Pond | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |