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Medicine Lake — La Sal Mtns

San Juan County · Southeastern region

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Today’s report

Medicine Lake — La Sal Mtns is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked rainbow trout (506 fish) on July 6. Overnight's forecast: clear, 26°F.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 6, 2026 — rainbow trout (506 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 6, 2026rainbow trout50610.54"
Jun 1, 2026rainbow trout53310.44"
Jul 28, 2025rainbow trout59910.67"
Jun 18, 2025rainbow trout41110.28"
Jun 11, 2024rainbow trout1,0259.95"
Jul 6, 2022rainbow trout1,0019.64"
Jun 28, 2022rainbow trout1,00510.15"
Jul 8, 2021rainbow trout50410.5"

Best time to fish Medicine Lake — La Sal Mtns

The DWR has stocked Medicine Lake — La Sal Mtns 8 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

rainbow trout

Location

38.41520, -109.24820 · San Juan County · 20 mi from Moab

Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):

Dark Canyon Lake — La Sal MtnsSan Juan CountyFairBlue Lake — La Sal MtnsSan Juan CountyFairOowah Lake — La Sal MtnsGrand CountyFairLa Sal CreekSan Juan CountyFairWarner Lake — La Sal MtnsGrand CountyFairTwomile CreekSan Juan CountyFairDons Lake — La Sal MtnsGrand CountyFairKens LakeSan Juan CountyTough

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
26°F
Clear
Friday
43°F
Sunny
Friday Night
30°F
Mostly Clear
Saturday
44°F
Sunny
Saturday Night
33°F
Partly Cloudy
Sunday
40°F
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday Night
32°F
Mostly Cloudy
Monday
42°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers
22% precip
Monday Night
35°F
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
35% precip
Tuesday
42°F
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
62% precip