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Rainbow Trout fishing in Southern Utah
83 waters in the DWR Southern region hold rainbow trout — 70 with live data, 11 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
- Fish LakeGood
- Antimony Lake EmwGood
- Bowns Res, LowerGood
- Brian Head PondGood
- East Fork Sevier RiverGood
All 83 rainbow trout waters in southern Utah
| Water | Right now | Flow | Water temp | Stocked | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish LakeBlue Ribbon | Good | — | — | 5d ago | lake trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), rainbow trout, … |
| Antimony Lake Emw | Good | — | — | 12d ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Bowns Res, Lower | Good | — | — | 2w ago | cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Brian Head Pond | Good | — | — | 3w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| 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, … |
| Gates Lake | Good | — | — | 3w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Mammoth Creek | Good | 8 cfs | — | 2mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Panguitch LakeBlue Ribbon | Good | — | — | 3w ago | rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Salina Reservoir | Good | — | — | 3w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Upper Sevier River | Good | 39 cfs | — | 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Anderson Meadow | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Annabella Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Asay Creek | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Baker Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 10mo ago | largemouth bass, brown trout, black crappie, … |
| Barker Reservoir Ncl | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Big Lake | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Blind Lake Nbs | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | cutthroat trout, arctic grayling, kokanee salmon, … |
| Box Creek Reservoir, Lower | Fair | — | — | 5w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Box Creek Reservoir, Upper | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), … |
| Coleman Reservoir Nbs | Fair | — | — | 8w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Cook Lake | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Deep Lake | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Deer Creek Lake Ebs | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … |
| Enterprise Reservoir, Lower | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Farnsworth Lake | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Glenwood Pond | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Indian Creek Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Kents L, Lower | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Koosharem Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 6mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … |
| Little Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Meeks Lake Tlm | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … |
| Mill Meadow Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | brook trout, kokanee salmon, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … |
| Miller Lake Btn | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Minersville ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Fair | — | — | 11mo ago | rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) |
| Monroe Pond | Fair | — | — | 8w ago | brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, … |
| Morrell Pond Tlm | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Otter Creek ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, smallmouth bass |
| Panguitch Creek | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Parowan Pond | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | channel catfish, black crappie, rainbow trout |
| Pine Lake | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Piute Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | smallmouth bass, white bass, channel catfish, … |
| Posey Lake | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), … |
| Puffer Lake | Fair | — | — | 14mo ago | brook trout, arctic grayling, rainbow trout, … |
| Quail Creek Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 6mo ago | largemouth bass, rainbow trout, black crappie, … |
| Rex Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 14mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Round Lake Tlm | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Row Lake 3 | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Row Lake 7-banana-gt | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Salina City Pond | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, … |
| Sand Cove Reservoir, Upper | Fair | — | — | 11mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Sevier R, East Fork | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout |
| Skutumpa Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Three Creeks Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 15mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Tidwell Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout |
| Tropic Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 4mo ago | tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout |
| Wide Hollow Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 10mo ago | black crappie, white crappie, rainbow trout, … |
| Yankee Meadow Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout |
| Aspen Mirror Lake | Fair | — | — | 6w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Beaver River | Fair | 30 cfs | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, brown trout |
| Duck Creek | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Duck Creek Springs | Fair | — | — | 6w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Jackson Flat Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, … |
| Kolob Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | brook trout, cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), rainbow trout, … |
| Navajo Lake | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, brook trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) |
| Pine Valley Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 15mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Virgin River Park Pond | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Willow Spring Pond | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | channel catfish, black crappie, rainbow trout, … |
| Newcastle Reservoir | Tough | — | — | 11mo ago | brown trout, black crappie, rainbow trout, … |
| Fremont RiverBlue Ribbon | Tough | 98 cfs | — | 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Cold Spring Lake | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Forebay Pond | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Garkane Impoundment, Main Fork | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Kents L, Middle | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Leigh Hill Reservoir | — | — | 6mo ago | channel catfish, black crappie, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … | |
| Little Antimony Emw | — | — | 6w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Merchant Valley Reservoir | — | — | 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout | |
| Razor Ridge Pond | — | — | 5mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Skyline Pond | — | — | 7mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Stratton Pond | — | — | 6mo ago | largemouth bass, rainbow trout | |
| Towa P, Upper | — | — | 5mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Towa P. Lower | — | — | 7mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Woods Pond | — | — | 6w ago | rainbow trout |