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Blue Lake — North Creek Lakes

Garfield County · Southern region

Fairconditions
41°todayMostly Sunny

Today’s report

Blue Lake — North Creek Lakes is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (53 fish) on July 15. This Afternoon's forecast: mostly sunny, 41°F, 4% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 15, 2026 — tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (53 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 15, 2026tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)532.87"
Aug 7, 2024tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)593.38"
Aug 1, 2023tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)523.31"
Aug 16, 2022tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)523.39"
Jul 13, 2021tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)1933.09"

Best time to fish Blue Lake — North Creek Lakes

The DWR has stocked Blue Lake — North Creek Lakes 5 times over the last 3 seasons, and 100% of those plants landed in July, August — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)

Location

38.08420, -111.57000 · Garfield County · 51 mi from Panguitch

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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
41°F
Mostly Sunny
Tonight
33°F
Chance Light Rain
31% precip
Wednesday
38°F
Rain And Snow Likely then Slight Chance T-storms
96% precip
Wednesday Night
35°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
91% precip
Thursday
38°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
100% precip
Thursday Night
27°F
Slight Chance T-storms
96% precip
Friday
32°F
Chance Light Snow
29% precip
Friday Night
24°F
Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Cloudy
19% precip
Saturday
31°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Snow
21% precip
Saturday Night
23°F
Partly Cloudy