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Lower Bowns Reservoir — Boulder Mtn

Garfield County · Southern region

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Today’s report

Lower Bowns Reservoir — Boulder Mtn is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid) (4,028 fish) on August 17. Today's forecast: sunny, 56°F.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Aug 17, 2026 — cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid) (4,028 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Aug 17, 2026cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid)4,0285.6"
Jun 11, 2026tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)1,07010.73"
Jun 11, 2026tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)9389.96"
May 5, 2026rainbow trout4,0283.19"
Aug 6, 2025rainbow trout4,5354.07"
Jun 26, 2025tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)1,50010.56"
Jun 2, 2025rainbow trout8,3643.69"
Jun 19, 2024tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)2,0568.36"

Best time to fish Lower Bowns Reservoir — Boulder Mtn

The DWR has stocked Lower Bowns Reservoir — Boulder Mtn 15 times over the last 4 seasons, and 80% of those plants landed in May through July — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid)rainbow trouttiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)

Location

38.10770, -111.27110 · Garfield County · 64 mi from Richfield

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Regulations

No water-specific rules listed for this water in the current Utah Fishing Guidebook — statewide general rules and daily limits apply (trout limit 4, combined). Verify in the current guidebook before you fish.

This week’s weather

Today
56°F
Sunny
Tonight
40°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
51°F
Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain
20% precip
Sunday Night
38°F
Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy
21% precip
Monday
52°F
Slight Chance Light Rain
19% precip
Monday Night
40°F
Partly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain
25% precip
Tuesday
51°F
Chance Light Rain then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
45% precip
Tuesday Night
42°F
Chance Light Rain
37% precip
Wednesday
51°F
Chance Light Rain then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
68% precip
Wednesday Night
43°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
86% precip