Bear Lake
Biologist Scott Tolentino reports that anglers are catching a few cisco from boats off the rockpile. Fishing is good for both cutthroat and lake trout with tube jigs tipped with cisco off the rockpile area in 40 to 60 feet of water. There are no cisco sightings along the shorelines. Beginning Jan. 18, we will check for cisco daily and update the answering machine report. Please call (435) 946-8501 after 5 p.m. for the latest report.
Bear Lake remains largely open water, although there is quite a bit of ice floating around on the surface in large sheets. Boat launching in not possible at the State Park marina at this time. De-icers are running at the marina, but they have not been able to keep up. You can launch a boat from the shore near the rockpile area and off the Cisco Beach boat ramp. Ice can stack up depending on the direction of the wind, which can make launching boats difficult and dangerous.
Birch Creek Reservoir
The ice is thick and fishing is fair for tiger trout.
Causey Reservoir
Anglers report slow fishing. There is light fishing activity.
East Canyon Reservoir & State Park
Conservation Officer Jonathan Moser reports slow fishing. A few anglers are catching nice 16-inch rainbow trout. Try using something white or glow in the dark (lead head jig, curly tail jig, ratfinki or similar) tipped with traditional bait. The ice is between eight and 10 inches thick and fish are around 15 feet deep.
Echo Reservoir
Conservation Officer Rustin Nielsen reports slow fishing. Anglers are having limited success for rainbow trout using jigs tipped with PowerBait or worms. Fishing is extremely slow for perch. The ice is approximately six inches thick. The ice is thin at the edges, so use caution.
Holmes Creek Reservoir
The last report erroneously indicated that rainbow trout would no longer be stocked in Holmes Creek. This reservoir will in fact be stocked with 5,000 rainbow trout in 2010. Stocking, however, will not start until the ice is off the reservoir.
Hyrum Reservoir & State Park
Park Ranger Steve Bullock reports good fishing. There are a lot of anglers out on the ice, with many bringing snowmobiles to get around the lake. Rainbow trout fishing is still strong, and anglers are still seeing an increase in yellow perch activity. The ice depth is greater than nine inches in most areas.
Jensen Nature Park Pond
One angler reportedly fell through the ice at the pond. The community fisheries aren't stocked until after the ice melts in the spring, so it's probably not worth the risk of falling through the ice. If you want to try a community fishery in the winter, call the city office in charge of the water for ice and access conditions, and to make sure the water is open (some cities close access to the waters during the winter).
Mantua Reservoir
Conservation Officer Mike Kinghorn reports that the ice is between nine and 12 inches thick. Fishing is slow, but anglers have been able to catch a few trout. There have been quite a few anglers fishing.
Mirror Lake
Access is by snowmobile only to most of the lakes along Highway 150. Visit our YouTube channel to see a video about ice fishing in the Uintas.
Newton Reservoir
Conservation Officer Matt Burgess reports slow success for perch and bass with jigs and meal worms.
Pineview Reservoir
Biologist Kent Sorenson reports good fishing for smaller-sized perch. Anglers report that they have their best success with meal worms or perch meat. The parking lot at Cemetery Point has been plowed.
Porcupine Reservoir
Anglers report slow fishing and very little fishing pressure.
Rockport Reservoir
Joseph Donnell reports that the reservoir is completely iced over and that the ice is between eight and 12 inches thick. Fishing is good for large rainbows but slow for perch. You can catch rainbows in a variety of locations but should have the best luck around the marina and in the south end. The perch are in deeper water. Try fishing 40 to 50 feet deep.
Willard Bay Reservoir
Conservation Officer Cory Inglet reports that Willard Bay is frozen over and fishing is slow.
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