Southern Utah Fishing

Fishing Streams

The Sevier River paralleling Hwy 89 is known for German Brown and rainbow trout fishing. In the southern part of the basin, Panguitch Creek below Panguitch Lake, and the Beaver River near Beaver are popular. Huntington Creek below Electric Lake is good for catching browns on flies. Southwestern Utah has many good fishing streams. Among them are: Virgin River east of Zion National Park and north of Glendale, Mammoth Creek south of Hatch, Parowan Creek east of Parowan, and the Sevier River along Hwy 89 near Bryce Canyon. In southeastern Utah, Catfish are taken in the Colorado, Green, and San Juan Rivers after the spring runoff.

Fishing Lakes

Lakes are plentiful in Southern Utah. Forty miles southeast of Richfield, Fish Lake has long been famous for Mackinaw, splake and rainbow trout. Johnson Reservoir, 7 miles northwest of Fish Lake, and Gooseberry Reservoir, 12 miles northeast of Fairview, on SR 31 have excellent trout fishing from the bank. Joe's Valley Reservoir, 18 miles northwest of Orangeville on SR 29, and Electric Lake, about 26 miles northwest of Huntington, are popular for relaxed fishing.

Boaters regularly go to Otter Creek Reservoir for trout, or Yuba Reservoir for walleye or yellow perch. In the southern end of the basin, Panguitch Lake, southwest of Panguitch, is famous for trout. It also is excellent for ice fishing. Puffer Lake and Kents Lake, in the Tushar Mountains east of Beaver, are favorite areas for casual fishing. Trout-fishing reservoirs include Minersville (west of Beaver), Paragonah Reservoir (east of Paragonah), and Newcastle Reservoir (east of Newcastle).

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