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Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South

Garfield County · Southern region

Fairconditions
29°todaySlight Chance Light Snow

Today’s report

Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked brook trout (498 fish) on July 13. Overnight's forecast: slight chance light snow, 29°F, 24% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 13, 2026 — brook trout (498 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 13, 2026brook trout4982.93"
Jun 23, 2025brook trout4972.97"
Jun 24, 2024brook trout4992.62"
Jul 10, 2023brook trout5032.57"
Jul 7, 2022brook trout5012.96"
Jul 6, 2021brook trout5012.76"

Best time to fish Half Moon Lake — Boulder Top South

The DWR has stocked Half Moon 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

38.08010, -111.47450 · Garfield County · 55 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

Overnight
29°F
Slight Chance Light Snow
24% precip
Sunday
39°F
Chance Light Snow
27% precip
Sunday Night
30°F
Partly Cloudy
Monday
39°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance T-storms
Monday Night
31°F
Partly Cloudy then Chance Light Rain
31% precip
Tuesday
37°F
Chance Rain And Snow
37% precip
Tuesday Night
32°F
Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain
19% precip
Wednesday
38°F
Chance Light Rain then Showers And Thunderstorms
79% precip
Wednesday Night
35°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
95% precip
Thursday
36°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
98% precip