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North Creek

Garfield County · Southern region

Fairconditions
42°todayMostly Cloudy

Today’s report

North Creek is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked cutthroat trout (2,480 fish) on August 18. Overnight's forecast: mostly cloudy, 42°F, 3% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Aug 18, 2026 — cutthroat trout (2,480 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Aug 18, 2026cutthroat trout2,4801.99"
Aug 18, 2026cutthroat trout2,7482.37"
Apr 8, 2026dace2002.32"
Aug 5, 2025cutthroat trout1,5862.33"
Aug 5, 2025cutthroat trout3,4212.27"
May 28, 2025cutthroat trout27314.24"
May 28, 2025cutthroat trout29714.24"
Aug 21, 2024cutthroat trout1,8932.9"

Best time to fish North Creek

The DWR has stocked North Creek 15 times over the last 3 seasons, and 73% of those plants landed in May, July, August — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

cutthroat troutdace

Location

37.61170, -112.05960 · Garfield County · 25 mi from Panguitch

Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):

Tropic Reservoir — Paunsaugunt PlateauGarfield CountyFairPine Lake — Paunsaugunt PlateauGarfield CountyFairUpper Sevier RiverGarfield CountyGoodAsay CreekGarfield CountyFairRound Willow Bottom — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyFairNorth Creek ReservoirGarfield CountyFairTall Four Reservoir — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyFairBarker Reservoir — North Creek LakesGarfield 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

Overnight
42°F
Mostly Cloudy
Tuesday
65°F
Mostly Sunny
Tuesday Night
44°F
Chance Light Rain
35% precip
Wednesday
61°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
97% precip
Wednesday Night
46°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
88% precip
Thursday
59°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
100% precip
Thursday Night
39°F
Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Light Rain
82% precip
Friday
54°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain
22% precip
Friday Night
33°F
Slight Chance Light Rain then Partly Cloudy
16% precip
Saturday
55°F
Sunny