Ice Report Fishlake Jan 24

At 11am today at the lake the air temperature was 18 deg' with no wind,  ice appears to be 10 + inches on the south end, there were people fishing the shore line from lakeside all the way to the cabins near the fish lake lodge, straight out from the lodge there is still one open spot of water towards the east shore, use caution as always anywhere you fish on the ice.
 it appears that there is 8+ inches of ice out from joe bush, reports from this end of the lake were
that mostly perch were being caught, with a few rainbows. fishing seems to be better on the south end.

 

Fish Lake ice conditions.

There are people fishing both the north end of the lake as far south as joes bush, there is some open water towards the center of the lake straight out from the mackinaw camp ground and then again just north of joe bush, all reports were of good fishing for both perch and trout, no reports on any macks being caught yet.
the temperature was in the 40s at the lake today, with no wind. good luck up there and be safe.
the following is video of the lake from today.  taken from the bowery haven area.

FISH LAKE ICE REPORT

Fish lake
There is Safe Ice on both the south and far north end.
there was a group of fisherman catching plenty of perch straight out from the joe bush parking area, ice looked to be only 4 inches or so.  there are still a couple open water sections, one just north of joe bush, and one straight out from the mackinaw campground.  use caution.  every one I saw and talked to where catching plenty of perch and a few trout.  I managed to drive from fishlake to Johnson valley res, although I would not recommend it there was one drift that was pretty bad. from Johnson valley to mill meadow the road was still clear, they appear to be done working for the season on the seven mile gooseberry road, so any storms will make the road impassable. 

Millmeadow
the reservoir has safe ice there have been a few anglers out on the ice, fishing still has been best in the morning hours, there is a little open water at the UM inlet making nymphing possible, we also swing soft hackles this time of year for good results.

Fremont River.
 the fishing has been good. we have been suspending hares ears and prince nymphs about 18 inches behind a indicator for best results.

FISH LAKE UTAH WINTER FISHING REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

As seen in the Photos fish lake still has some time before there will be safe ice conditions.

standing by the lake this morning at 8:30 am found temperatures at 17 deg. and calm.

there is ice over much of the southern half of the lake dose not appear to be safe.

there is still a lot of open water from the center of the lake and extending north to nearly widgeon bay.

there were fish actively feeding on midges on the surface at the twin creeks area

fishing was slow.

 

 

 

 

 

Millmeadow Res.
 Ice was about 6 inches in depth in some places. fishing was fair for browns and rainbows in the early morning hours. there are decent flows from both the upper Fremont river and from spill over flows from forsyth, as a result millmeadow is rising quickly.

Bicknell Bottoms
has open water, fishing remains slow.

Fishlake utah ice condition 2013 to 2014

Fishlake. There was a couple inches of ice over the south end, the north end also had ice extending out from the widgeon Bay Area, there was a guy out on ice there, not sure id risk it personally.
If the cooler temps hold there should be safe ice on the south end in a couple more weeks.
Twin creeks area still has open water and the fishing has been fair.


Mill meadow res.
 There is 3 to 4 inches of ice on the lake,  reports have been decent for healthy browns and a few rainbows.

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FISHING REPORTS SOUTHERN UTAH ( Fish Lake )

Fishlake:
 There is No ice yet on the main body, the marinas and some of the bays have a thin sheet of ice.
launching a boat is still possible, that could change any day.
fishing at the twin creeks area has been slow, the browns are in, fishing for them was not the greatest,
on the bright side we got in to several small rainbows using small sz 16 pheasant tail nymphs.

Thousand Lakes.
Access is still possible to the Solomon basin area, the lakes have ice forming, still to thin for ice fishing, some of the lakes thaw out in the afternoons.  fishing has been fair, sz 10 olive buggers have worked well.

Boulder Mtn.
Access is very limited, plenty of Snow and cold on the mtn.
all most all lakes are closed at this time.

Fremont River.
 the lower fremont has increased flows, fishing has been very slow, the Bicknell bottoms is fishing slow. the upper Fremont has been fishing well for smaller browns, we have been using October caddis and polish pheasant tail nymphs, glow bugs have also been affective.

Johnson Valley Res, access is still possible, there is a thin sheet of ice over most of the reservoir.