How to catch tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) in Utah
A sterile brown × brook hybrid the DWR stocks aggressively. Striking looks, hard fights, and a growing cult following at waters like Scofield and Huntington.
Behavior & tendencies
Tigers (brown × brook hybrid) are sterile, so everything they eat goes to growth — and they eat like predators. Expect brown-trout aggression without the brown-trout caution: they charge streamers, patrol shorelines, and hit hard. Scofield and Huntington grow them past 10 pounds.
Seasonal patterns
Ice-off and late fall are the trophy windows, when big tigers patrol shallow flats. Summer fish go deeper but stay catchable early and late. Through the ice they're one of Utah's best winter targets.
What they bite
Minnows, chubs, leeches, crayfish, and big nymphs. Meat over bugs.
Recommended presentations
- Streamers stripped fast along shorelines and points
- Casting spoons and jerkbaits from bank or tube
- Balanced leech under an indicator over weed flats
- Jigging spoons tipped with minnow through the ice
tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) by region
Best months for tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)
199 waters holding tiger trout
Sorted by how they’re fishing right now.
- Washington Lake — Mirror Lake HwyPrime
- Farmington City ReservoirGood
- Jackson Flat ReservoirGood
- Jensen Nature Park PondGood
- Kolob ReservoirGood
- Koosharem ReservoirGood
- Lost Lake — Uintas North SlopeGood
- Mirror LakeGood
- Wide Hollow ReservoirGood
- Abes Reservoir — Fishlake PlateauFair
- Academy Mill Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Anderson Meadow — Tushar MtnsFair
- Aspen Mirror Lake — Cedar MtnFair
- Baker Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Barney LakeFair
- Bastian Reservoir — Henry MtnsFair
- Bear RiverFair
- Beaver Lake — Bear River drainageFair
- Big Elk Reservoir — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Birch Creek ReservoirFair
- Blanding Reservoir No 4Fair
- Blue Lake — North Creek LakesFair
- Blue Lake — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Brian Head PondFair
- Browne Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Bullberry Lake #4 (North)Fair
- Bullock ReservoirFair
- Burraston PondsFair
- Butterfly LakeFair
- Castle Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Causey ReservoirFair
- Chalk CreekFair
- Clear LakeFair
- Cliff Lake (Paradise Park)Fair
- Cliff Lake (Smiths Fork)Fair
- Cook Lake — Boulder MtnFair
- Corn CreekFair
- Cottonwood Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Cove Lake — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Crescent Lake — Boulder Top SouthFair
- Crouse ReservoirFair
- Dark Canyon Lake — La Sal MtnsFair
- Deep Lake — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Deer Creek Lake — Boulder Mtn East SlopeFair
- Dollar Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Duck Creek SpringsFair
- Duck Fork Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- East Park ReservoirFair
- East Red Castle Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Emery (larson) ReservoirFair
- Farnsworth Lake — Fishlake PlateauFair
- Fish Creek Lake — Boulder Mtn North SlopeFair
- Floating Island — Thousand Lake MtnFair
- Forsyth ReservoirFair
- Gates Lake — Fishlake PlateauFair
- Grassy Lake Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Hacking Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Hamilton Reservoir — Fishlake PlateauFair
- Honeymoon Lake — Boulder MtnFair
- Hoop Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Horseshoe Lake — Boulder Top SouthFair
- Indian Creek ReservoirFair
- Iron Mine Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Island Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Jesson Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Joe Lay Lake — North Creek LakesFair
- Johnson Reservoir — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Kamas Reservoir — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Lilly Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Little Reservoir — Tushar MtnsFair
- Long Park ReservoirFair
- Lost Creek Reservoir — Fishlake PlateauFair
- Lower Barker Reservoir — North Creek LakesFair
- Lower Bowns Reservoir — Boulder MtnFair
- Lower Box Creek Reservoir — Monroe MtnFair
- Lower Kents Lake — Tushar MtnsFair
- Maple LakeFair
- Mcgath Lake — Boulder MtnFair
- Mcpheters Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Meeks Lake — Thousand Lake MtnFair
- Mill Hollow ReservoirFair
- Mill Meadow ReservoirFair
- Miller Lake — Boulder Top NorthFair
- Monroe PondFair
- Monticello Lake — Abajo MtnsFair
- Moon LakeFair
- Moosehorn Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Morrell Pond — Thousand Lake MtnFair
- Mount Pleasant PondFair
- Mumford Reservoir — Tushar MtnsFair
- New Canyon Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Nine Mile ReservoirFair
- North Creek ReservoirFair
- Oak Creek — Millard CountyFair
- Oaks Park ReservoirFair
- Paragonah ReservoirFair
- Pass Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Pelican LakeFair
- Petes HoleFair
- Pine Creek Reservoir — Boulder Top NorthFair
- Pine Lake — Paunsaugunt PlateauFair
- Pine Valley Reservoir — Pine Valley MtnFair
- Pole Creek LakeFair
- Posey Lake — Escalante MtnFair
- Provo Delta Community FisheryFair
- Rainbow Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Red Castle Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Red Creek ReservoirFair
- Red Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Rock Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Round Willow Bottom — Escalante MtnFair
- Row Lake 3 — Boulder MtnFair
- Row Lake 7 (Banana) — Escalante MtnFair
- Row Lake 8 — Boulder MtnFair
- Salina Twin, EastFair
- Skutumpa ReservoirFair
- Smiths Fork Pass Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Solitaire Lake — Boulder Mtn North SlopeFair
- Soup Bowl Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- South Eden ReservoirFair
- Spectacle Lake — Boulder Top SouthFair
- Spinners Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Spirit Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Star Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Stateline Reservoir — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Surveyors Lake — Boulder Top NorthFair
- Tamarack Lake — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Three Creeks Reservoir — Tushar MtnsFair
- Tropic Reservoir — Paunsaugunt PlateauFair
- Twin Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Twin Lake — Wasatch PlateauFair
- U M CreekFair
- Upper Box Creek Reservoir — Monroe MtnFair
- Upper Kents Lake — Tushar MtnsFair
- Upper Red Castle Lake — Uintas South SlopeFair
- Vernon Reservoir — TooeleFair
- Wall Lake — Mirror Lake HwyFair
- Wellsville ReservoirFair
- Whitney Reservoir — Uintas North SlopeFair
- Willow Lake — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Willow Spring PondFair
- Yearns Reservoir — Wasatch PlateauFair
- Yellow Lake — North Creek LakesFair
- Browns Draw ReservoirFair
- East Fork Virgin RiverFair
- Electric LakeFair
- Millsite ReservoirFair
- Settlement Canyon ReservoirFair
- Huntington ReservoirTough
- Newton ReservoirTough
- Piute ReservoirTough
- Matt Warner ReservoirWarning
- Panguitch LakeWarningBlue Ribbon
- Scofield ReservoirWarningBlue Ribbon
- Palisade ReservoirDrained
- Aberdunk Lake
- Bartholomew Park Pond
- Big Hollow, Upper
- Bobs Hole — Boulder Mtn North Slope
- Calder Reservoir
- Clear Lake — Boulder Mtn North Slope
- Community Lake
- Cove Pond
- Deer Valley Lakes
- East Shingle Creek
- Farrals Pond — Thousand Lake Mtn
- Garkane East Fork
- Garkane Impoundment, Main Fork
- Ghost Pond
- Jewkes-van Buren Lake
- Judy Lake
- Labaron Reservoir
- Lake BR-35 — High Uintas
- Lake BR-43 — High Uintas
- Lake Canyon Lake
- Lake G-64 — High Uintas
- Leigh Hill Reservoir
- Little Antimony — Escalante Mtn
- Long Willow Bottoms
- Louder Ranger Station
- Lower Twin Lake
- May Day Pond
- Middle Kents Lake — Tushar Mtns
- Moss Lake — Boulder Mtn North Slope
- North Heart Lake — Boulder Mtn North Slope
- Old Fort Pond North
- Old Fort Pond South
- Pacer Lake — Escalante Mtn
- Pelican Scb
- Pole Canyon Park Pond
- Scout Lake — Iron County
- Smith Family Park Pond
- South Bullberry Lake
- South Heart Lake — Boulder Mtn North Slope
- Teapot Lake
- Upper Teepee Lake
- Upper Wpa
- Wrigley Spring Reservoir
- Yuba Reservoir (Sevier Bridge)