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East Lake — Boulder Top South

Garfield County · Southern region

Fairconditions
40°todayMostly Sunny

Today’s report

East Lake — Boulder Top South is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked brook trout (249 fish) on July 13. This Afternoon's forecast: mostly sunny, 40°F, 3% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 13, 2026 — brook trout (249 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 13, 2026brook trout2492.93"
Jun 23, 2025brook trout2492.97"
Jun 24, 2024brook trout2492.62"
Jul 10, 2023brook trout2512.57"
Jul 7, 2022brook trout2512.96"
Jul 6, 2021brook trout2512.76"

Best time to fish East Lake — Boulder Top South

The DWR has stocked East Lake — Boulder Top South 6 times over the last 4 seasons, and 100% of those plants landed in June, July — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

brook trout

Location

38.08470, -111.46960 · Garfield County · 56 mi from Panguitch

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Guides & shops for this water

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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
40°F
Mostly Sunny
Tonight
34°F
Chance Light Rain
32% precip
Wednesday
38°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
98% precip
Wednesday Night
36°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
94% precip
Thursday
38°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
100% precip
Thursday Night
27°F
Slight Chance T-storms
95% precip
Friday
32°F
Chance Light Snow
26% precip
Friday Night
24°F
Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Cloudy
16% precip
Saturday
31°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Snow
21% precip
Saturday Night
24°F
Partly Cloudy