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Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South

Garfield County · Southern region

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Today’s report

Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked brook trout (498 fish) on July 13. This Afternoon's forecast: sunny, 43°F.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 13, 2026 — brook trout (498 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 13, 2026brook trout4982.93"
Jun 23, 2025brook trout4972.97"
Jun 24, 2024brook trout4992.62"
Jul 10, 2023brook trout5032.57"
Jul 7, 2022brook trout5012.96"
Jul 6, 2021brook trout5012.76"

Best time to fish Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South

The DWR has stocked Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South 6 times over the last 4 seasons, and 100% of those plants landed in June, July — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

brook trout

Location

38.08010, -111.47450 · Garfield County · 55 mi from Panguitch

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Guides & shops for this water

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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

This Afternoon
43°F
Sunny
Tonight
29°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
38°F
Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Snow
17% precip
Sunday Night
29°F
Partly Cloudy
Monday
38°F
Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain And Snow
24% precip
Monday Night
30°F
Slight Chance Rain And Snow
20% precip
Tuesday
37°F
Chance Rain And Snow
44% precip
Tuesday Night
31°F
Chance Rain And Snow
27% precip
Wednesday
35°F
Rain And Snow Likely then Slight Chance T-storms
72% precip
Wednesday Night
31°F
Showers And Thunderstorms then Slight Chance T-storms
89% precip