← How to catch splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) in Utah
Splake fishing in Southern Utah
14 waters in the DWR Southern region hold splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) — 12 with live data, 2 fishing Hot or Good right now.
Quick tactics for splake (lake × brook trout hybrid)
A lake trout × brook trout hybrid with the laker's cold-water habits and the brookie's aggression, stocked in cold, deep lakes like Fish Lake and Joes Valley. They follow bait schools mid-column in winter and hug deep structure in summer.
Minnows, chubs, and juvenile perch; they'll also take insect larvae in winter.
- Jigging spoons or tubes tipped with minnow through the ice
- Sonar-watching: raise the jig to bring fish up, then hold still
- Deep trolling small spoons in summer
- Casting spoons at ice-off along drop-offs
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Fishing best right now
All 14 splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) 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, … |
| Barker Reservoir, Lower Ncl | Good | — | — | 13d ago | cutthroat trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Blind Lake Nbs | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | cutthroat trout, arctic grayling, kokanee salmon, … |
| Box Creek Reservoir, Upper | Fair | — | — | 5mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), … |
| Floating Island Tlm | Fair | — | — | 4w ago | cutthroat trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Forsyth Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 10mo ago | cutthroat trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |
| Koosharem Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 6mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … |
| Neffs Reservoir Tlm | Fair | — | — | 7w ago | brook trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) |
| Paragonah Reservoir | Fair | — | — | 3mo ago | cutthroat trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) |
| 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, … |
| Navajo Lake | Fair | — | — | 2mo ago | rainbow trout, brook trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) |
| Kents L, Middle | — | — | 3mo ago | rainbow trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid), tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Porcupine Lake | — | — | 2mo ago | brook trout, splake (lake × brook trout hybrid) |