Jordanelle Reservoir
Today’s report
Jordanelle Reservoir is a fair bet today. The reservoir is 56% full, well below the usual 77% for this time of year, and drawing down over the last month. The DWR last stocked tiger muskie (pike × muskellunge hybrid) (2,503 fish) on July 9. This Afternoon's forecast: sunny, 65°F.
- calm, fishable weather
Fishing Jordanelle Reservoir: what to know
Jordanelle sits at 6,100 feet just above Heber and Park City, a 3,000-acre reservoir on the Provo with a state park on three arms: Hailstone (the big marina and ramp on the west), Rock Cliff (the quiet Provo inlet arm on the east, wade-and-kayak water), and Ross Creek. It has one of Utah's best smallmouth bass fisheries on its rocky shorelines, plus rainbows, browns, yellow perch, and a kokanee population that's becoming a real draw.
Ice-off in April puts rainbows in the shallows and starts the smallmouth pre-spawn; May and June are the bass peak, with fish on beds along the rocky points. Summer is trolling for rainbows and kokanee and casting for smallmouth at first light. Fall cools things back down — browns move toward the Provo inlet at Rock Cliff and the kokanee stage. It ices over by late December, and the winter perch and rainbow fishing through the ice is steady if not spectacular.
Smallmouth: tubes, drop-shot plastics, and crawfish crankbaits on every rock pile, 5–25 feet deep. Trout: troll pop gear and a worm or a small spoon 15–30 feet down in summer, or fish a jig or PowerBait from the Hailstone shore in spring and fall. Kokanee: dodgers and small hoochies on downriggers. Standard statewide limits apply; the park has a day-use fee.
Current conditions
Stocking
Last stocked Jul 9, 2026 — tiger muskie (pike × muskellunge hybrid) (2,503 fish).
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | tiger muskie (pike × muskellunge hybrid) | 1,031 | 8.79" |
| Jul 9, 2026 | tiger muskie (pike × muskellunge hybrid) | 2,503 | 8.79" |
| May 21, 2026 | rainbow trout | 675 | 10.96" |
| May 20, 2026 | rainbow trout | 1,386 | 11.75" |
| May 20, 2026 | rainbow trout | 1,260 | 12.13" |
| May 20, 2026 | rainbow trout | 1,854 | 10.67" |
| May 20, 2026 | rainbow trout | 945 | 12.13" |
| May 20, 2026 | rainbow trout | 347 | 11.75" |
Best time to fish Jordanelle Reservoir
The DWR has stocked Jordanelle Reservoir 117 times over the last 5 seasons, and 61% of those plants landed in April, May, October — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.
Species
Location
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Regulations
- Limit 6 bass.
Special rules from the 2026 Utah Fishing Guidebook. Statewide daily limits apply to anything not listed. Rules change — always verify in the current guidebook before you fish.