lake

Blanche Lake — Big Cottonwood Cyn

Salt Lake County · Central region

Fairconditions
56°todayMostly Sunny

Today’s report

Blanche Lake — Big Cottonwood Cyn is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked cutthroat trout (4,016 fish) on July 22. This Afternoon's forecast: mostly sunny, 56°F, 2% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 22, 2026 — cutthroat trout (4,016 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 22, 2026cutthroat trout4,0162.04"
Jul 22, 2026brook trout9103.03"
Sep 17, 2025cutthroat trout4,0352.26"
Jun 25, 2025brook trout9093.01"
Sep 24, 2024cutthroat trout4,0402.31"
Jul 1, 2024brook trout9122.92"
Sep 19, 2023cutthroat trout4,0012.28"
Jul 14, 2023brook trout9102.68"

Best time to fish Blanche Lake — Big Cottonwood Cyn

The DWR has stocked Blanche Lake — Big Cottonwood Cyn 12 times over the last 5 seasons, and 100% of those plants landed in June, July, September — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

brook troutcutthroat trout

Location

40.60560, -111.69250 · Salt Lake County · 8 mi from Sandy

Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):

Florence Lake — Big Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFairRed Pine Lake — Little Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFairWhite Pine Lake — Little Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFairTwin Lake — Big Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFairPittsburgh Lake — American Fork CynUtah CountyFairUpper Bells Reservoir — Little Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFairCatherine Lake — Big Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFairMary Lake — Big Cottonwood CynSalt Lake CountyFair

Regulations

No water-specific rules listed for this water in the current Utah Fishing Guidebook — statewide general rules and daily limits apply (trout limit 4, combined). Verify in the current guidebook before you fish.

This week’s weather

This Afternoon
56°F
Mostly Sunny
Tonight
40°F
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
58°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
39% precip
Wednesday Night
41°F
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
23% precip
Thursday
56°F
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
58% precip
Thursday Night
37°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
99% precip
Friday
41°F
Slight Chance T-storms then Chance T-storms
93% precip
Friday Night
31°F
Snow Showers Likely then Chance Light Snow
69% precip
Saturday
41°F
Mostly Sunny
Saturday Night
30°F
Mostly Clear