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Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes

Garfield County · Southern region

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Today’s report

Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (53 fish) on July 13. Today's forecast: sunny, 48°F.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 13, 2026 — tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (53 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 13, 2026tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)532.87"
Jul 13, 2026brook trout802.93"
Jun 23, 2025tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)452.81"
Jun 23, 2025brook trout772.97"
Jun 25, 2024brook trout692.62"
Jul 11, 2023brook trout742.57"
Jul 7, 2022brook trout902.82"
Jul 6, 2021brook trout1552.76"

Best time to fish Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes

The DWR has stocked Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes 8 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 trouttiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)

Location

37.93440, -111.82340 · Garfield County · 34 mi from Panguitch

Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):

Flat Lake — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyFairJoe Lay Lake — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyFairLower Barker Reservoir — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyFairBarker Reservoir — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyFairTall Four Reservoir — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyFairRound Willow Bottom — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyFairTule Lake — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyFairPosey Lake — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyFair

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
48°F
Sunny
Tonight
28°F
Clear
Saturday
48°F
Sunny
Saturday Night
31°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
44°F
Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Cloudy
21% precip
Sunday Night
31°F
Mostly Cloudy
Monday
44°F
Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
24% precip
Monday Night
34°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Light Rain
41% precip
Tuesday
41°F
Light Rain Likely then Showers And Thunderstorms
77% precip
Tuesday Night
33°F
Light Rain Likely
71% precip