Rainbow Trout fishing in Southern Utah
83 waters in the DWR Southern region hold rainbow trout — 72 with live data, 6 rated Prime 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
- East Fork Sevier RiverGood
- Glenwood PondGood
- Koosharem ReservoirGood
- Parowan PondGood
- Upper Sevier RiverGood
All 83 rainbow trout waters in southern Utah
| Water | Right now | Flow / level | Water temp | Stocked | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Fork Sevier RiverBlue Ribbon | Good | 15 cfs | — | — | brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout |
| Glenwood Pond | Good | — | stocked 2w ago | rainbow trout | |
| Koosharem Reservoir | Good | — | stocked 2w ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … | |
| Parowan Pond | Good | — | stocked 2w ago | channel catfish, black crappie, rainbow trout | |
| Upper Sevier River | Good | 92 cfs | — | stocked 5mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Wide Hollow Reservoir | Good | — | stocked 13d ago | black crappie, white crappie, rainbow trout, … | |
| Anderson Meadow — Tushar Mtns | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Annabella Reservoir — Monroe Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Antimony Lake — Escalante Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 8w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Asay Creek | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout | |
| Big Lake — Monroe Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Coleman Reservoir — Boulder Mtn North Slope | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Cook Lake — Boulder Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Deep Lake — Monroe Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Deer Creek Lake — Boulder Mtn East Slope | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … | |
| East Fork Sevier River — Kingston Canyon | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Forebay Pond | Fair | — | stocked 2w ago | rainbow trout | |
| Gates Lake — Fishlake Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Indian Creek Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 5mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Jackson Flat Reservoir | Fair | 48% full | — | stocked 6mo ago | brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, … |
| Kolob Reservoir | Fair | 91% full | — | stocked 4w ago | brook trout, cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), rainbow trout, … |
| Leigh Hill Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 2w ago | channel catfish, black crappie, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … | |
| Little Reservoir — Tushar Mtns | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Lower Bowns Reservoir — Boulder Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 8w ago | cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Lower Box Creek Reservoir — Monroe Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Lower Kents Lake — Tushar Mtns | Fair | — | stocked 5mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Mammoth Creek | Fair | 46 cfs | — | stocked 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Mill Meadow Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 5mo ago | brook trout, kokanee salmon, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … | |
| Minersville ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Fair | 7% full | — | stocked 2d ago | rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) |
| Monroe Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, … | |
| Newcastle Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 3w ago | brown trout, black crappie, rainbow trout, … | |
| Otter Creek ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Fair | 6% full | — | stocked 2d ago | rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, smallmouth bass |
| Panguitch Creek | Fair | — | stocked 5mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Puffer Lake — Tushar Mtns | Fair | — | stocked 5w ago | brook trout, arctic grayling, rainbow trout, … | |
| Quail Creek Reservoir | Fair | 57% full | — | stocked 8mo ago | largemouth bass, rainbow trout, black crappie, … |
| Rex Reservoir — Fishlake Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 16mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Salina City Pond | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | brook trout, brown trout, channel catfish, … | |
| Three Creeks Reservoir — Tushar Mtns | Fair | — | stocked 16mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Tropic Reservoir — Paunsaugunt Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 5mo ago | tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout | |
| Upper Box Creek Reservoir — Monroe Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), … | |
| Virgin River Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 7mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Willow Spring Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3w ago | channel catfish, black crappie, rainbow trout, … | |
| Yankee Meadow Reservoir — Cedar Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 4w ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Aspen Mirror Lake — Cedar Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Beaver River | Fair | 50 cfs | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, brown trout |
| Duck Creek — Cedar Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Duck Creek Springs | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Farnsworth Lake — Fishlake Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Fish LakeBlue Ribbon | Fair | — | stocked 5w ago | lake trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), rainbow trout, … | |
| Miller Lake — Boulder Top North | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Pine Valley Reservoir — Pine Valley Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 16mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Posey Lake — Escalante Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), … | |
| Round Lake — Thousand Lake Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Row Lake 3 — Boulder Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Row Lake 7 (Banana) — Escalante Mtn | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Sand Cove Reservoir, Upper | Fair | — | stocked 12mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Skutumpa Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Tidwell Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Barker Reservoir — North Creek Lakes | Tough | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Blind Lake — Boulder Mtn North Slope | Tough | — | stocked 5w ago | cutthroat trout, arctic grayling, kokanee salmon, … | |
| Brian Head Pond | Tough | — | stocked 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Enterprise Reservoir, Lower | Tough | 15% full | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout |
| Enterprise Reservoir, Upper | Tough | 3% full | — | stocked 8w ago | brown trout, cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), cutthroat trout, … |
| Meeks Lake — Thousand Lake Mtn | Tough | — | stocked 2mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … | |
| Morrell Pond — Thousand Lake Mtn | Tough | — | stocked 2mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Navajo Lake | Tough | — | stocked 5w ago | rainbow trout, brook trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) | |
| Pine Lake — Paunsaugunt Plateau | Tough | — | stocked 4mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Piute Reservoir | Tough | 4% full | — | stocked 5mo ago | smallmouth bass, white bass, channel catfish, … |
| Salina Reservoir — Fishlake Plateau | Tough | — | stocked 2mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Cold Spring Lake | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Garkane Impoundment, Main Fork | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | ||
| Little Antimony — Escalante Mtn | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | ||
| Merchant Valley Reservoir | — | stocked 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout | ||
| Middle Kents Lake — Tushar Mtns | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | ||
| Razor Ridge Pond | — | stocked 7mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Skyline Pond | — | stocked 8mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Stratton Pond | — | stocked 7mo ago | largemouth bass, rainbow trout | ||
| Towa P, Upper | — | stocked 7mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Towa P. Lower | — | stocked 8mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Woods Pond | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Baker Reservoir | Warning | — | stocked 2w ago | largemouth bass, brown trout, black crappie, … | |
| Fremont RiverBlue Ribbon | Warning | 63 cfs | — | stocked 6mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout |
| Panguitch LakeBlue Ribbon | Warning | 7% stored pool | — | stocked 2w ago | rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |