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.

Boulder mtn closes on November 1 st

Tried to access the fishcreek and beaver dam area... They are doing road construction on the main gravel road, it was a mess, 

Also there was 5 to 6 inches of snow on the trail up to the lake making access by vehicle difficult, we made it as far as the last steep hill before it was just to slick.

The lakes close  on the 1st of November... This is the final two days, for the season on the boulders.

BROWNS! BROWNS! BROWNS!

Made it up to the river today with a couple friends, the fishing was incredible, October caddis, glow bugs, and October P.T.'s...

FISHING REPORT SOUTHERN UTAH

Fish lake.
   Reports have been coming in for good fishing for rainbow trout and Splake in the 10 to 14 inch range by trolling on the east side of the lake, we have been fishing small buggers trailed with baetis nymphs in the twin creeks area and doing well.

Millmeadow / Forsyth
 Millmeadow is currently being drained for adjustments to the release gate,
access has been difficult with the low water.  Forsyth water levels are really good this fall fish were restocked and have been growing well.

Upper Fremont River.
flows are down and the fishing has been good for small browns, using glow bugs and October caddis nymphs and dries, there has been a few hatches in the afternoon of midges and tricos.

Bicknell bottoms.
Fishing has been fair some days and slow on others, there have been a good number of duck hunters in the bottoms so be careful.

Lower Bowns:
fishing has been good using silver and white buggers, fish have been in the 8 to 12 inch range.
the lake is very low making access difficult.

Boulder Mtn.
Fishing remains good in the Beaver dam and Fishcreek area, the splake and brook trout are stacked up in the inlets, getting the right presentation and flies can be tricky, patience will pay off, we suggest cream and light olive scuds, we also use purple prince nymphs, and October Pheasant tail nymphs,
calibaetis  nymphs crawled slow on the bottom have also been working well for us. there has been ice on some of the smaller lakes and on the edges of the bigger lakes in the morning hours, fishing has been best in the afternoons.


Thousand Lakes Mtn.
Fishing remains good in the Solomon basin area as well as round lake, there has been ice on grassy and deep creek in the mornings making fishing there difficult. small olive buggers and copper buggers have been fishing the best, also Zug bugs and lightning body prince nymph.