Rainbow Trout fishing in Central Utah
81 waters in the DWR Central region hold rainbow trout — 64 with live data, 5 rated Prime or Good right now.
Quick tactics for rainbow trout
Rainbows are opportunistic mid-column feeders that cruise open water and hold in moderate current seams. Freshly stocked fish stay shallow and gullible for a week or two; holdovers get bigger, deeper, and pickier. They're the most catchable trout in Utah — which is exactly why the DWR plants them everywhere.
Insects, zooplankton, minnows, and — for stocked fish — anything resembling hatchery pellets. Scents and flash both work.
- Small spinners or spoons countedown to cruising depth
- PowerBait or a worm off the bottom for stocked fish
- Woolly bugger stripped slow on a sinking line
- Chironomid or balanced leech under an indicator on stillwaters
Full seasonal guide to rainbow trout →
Fishing best right now
- Middle Provo RiverPrime
- American Fork RiverGood
- Lower Provo RiverGood
- Riverton PondGood
- Willow Park PondGood
All 81 rainbow trout waters in central Utah
| Water | Right now | Flow / level | Water temp | Stocked | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Provo RiverBlue Ribbon | Prime | 146 cfs | 52°F | — | brown trout, rainbow trout, mountain whitefish |
| American Fork River | Good | 13 cfs | — | — | brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout |
| Lower Provo RiverBlue Ribbon | Good | 74 cfs | — | — | brown trout, rainbow trout, mountain whitefish |
| Riverton Pond | Good | — | stocked 3w ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, … | |
| Willow Park PondCommunity | Good | — | stocked 13d ago | rainbow trout, channel catfish | |
| American Fork Creek | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Bartholomew Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3w ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Boulger Pond | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Box Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 16mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Burraston Ponds | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Chalk Creek | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Corn Creek | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Deep Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 6w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Emerald Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 6w ago | brook trout, arctic grayling, rainbow trout | |
| Fairmont Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3w ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | |
| Fairview Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Ferron Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 6w ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Grantsville Reservoir | Fair | 36% full | — | stocked 13d ago | rainbow trout, brown trout |
| Grassy Lake Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Iron Mine Lake — Uintas South Slope | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Jordanelle ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Fair | 56% full | — | stocked 3mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, … |
| Kidney Pond | Fair | — | stocked 2w ago | brook trout, channel catfish, rainbow trout, … | |
| Manila Creek Park PondCommunity | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | rainbow trout, channel catfish | |
| Maple Grove Springs | Fair | — | stocked 4w ago | rainbow trout | |
| Maple Lake | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | |
| Marys Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Mcclellan Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Midas Pond | Fair | — | stocked 2w ago | largemouth bass, brook trout, channel catfish, … | |
| Millers Flat Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Mount Pleasant Pond | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| New Canyon Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 13mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Nine Mile Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 6mo ago | cutbow (cutthroat × rainbow hybrid), rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| North Fork American Fork Creek | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Oak Creek — Millard County | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Payson Reservoir (Big East) | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Penny Springs Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 2w ago | rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | |
| Petes Hole | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Provo Delta Community Fishery | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, … | |
| Salt Creek | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | brown trout, rainbow trout | |
| Santaquin Creek | Fair | — | stocked 5w ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | |
| Shingle Mill Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Silver Lake Flat Reservoir — American Fork Cyn | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, arctic grayling, … | |
| Six Mile Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Snow Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Soup Bowl Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Spanish Oaks PondCommunity | Fair | — | stocked 4w ago | rainbow trout, channel catfish | |
| Spinners Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 15mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Spring Hill Pond #1 | Fair | — | stocked 2w ago | brook trout, rainbow trout | |
| Spring LakeCommunity | Fair | — | stocked 2mo ago | rainbow trout, channel catfish | |
| Tibble Fork Reservoir | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout | |
| Towne Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 5mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Twin Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Vernon Reservoir — Tooele | Fair | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Vivian Park Pond | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout | |
| Willow Lake — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Yearns Reservoir — Wasatch Plateau | Fair | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | |
| Settlement Canyon Reservoir | Fair | 18% full | — | stocked 3w ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) |
| Yuba Reservoir (Sevier Bridge) | Tough | 3% full | — | stocked 4mo ago | channel catfish, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), rainbow trout, … |
| Benchs Pond | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Camp Kostopaulus | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Community Lake | — | stocked 3mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) | ||
| Cove Pond | — | stocked 2mo ago | largemouth bass, brown trout, channel catfish, … | ||
| Gooseberry Reservoir | — | stocked 6w ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Millrace Park Pond | — | stocked 6mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, bluegill, … | ||
| Pole Canyon Park Pond | — | stocked 4mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid), … | ||
| Rainbow Reservoir | — | stocked 4mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | ||
| Riverfront Pond | — | stocked 6mo ago | channel catfish, rainbow trout, wiper (white × striped bass hybrid) | ||
| Salt Creek Reservoir | — | stocked 6mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Sandy Community Fishery | — | stocked 4w ago | largemouth bass, channel catfish, cutthroat trout, … | ||
| Silver Lake — Big Cottonwood Cyn | — | stocked 3mo ago | brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | ||
| State Mental Hospital Pond | — | stocked 5mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Sunset Pond | — | stocked 5mo ago | largemouth bass, channel catfish, rainbow trout, … | ||
| Wasatch Mountain State Park Pond | — | stocked 4mo ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout | ||
| Willow Creek Pond | — | stocked 3mo ago | largemouth bass, channel catfish, rainbow trout, … | ||
| Wpa Pond, Upper | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout | ||
| Deer Creek Reservoir | Warning | 49% full | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass, … |
| Highland Glen Park PondCommunity | Warning | — | stocked 12d ago | rainbow trout, channel catfish | |
| Salem PondCommunity | Warning | — | stocked 12d ago | rainbow trout, channel catfish, bluegill | |
| Strawberry ReservoirBlue Ribbon | Warning | 76% full | — | stocked 2w ago | cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, kokanee salmon |
| Canyon View Park Pond | Drained | — | stocked 5mo ago | channel catfish, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, … | |
| Palisade Reservoir | Drained | — | stocked 4mo ago | rainbow trout, tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) |