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North Creek Reservoir

Garfield County · Southern region

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Today’s report

North Creek Reservoir is fishing tough today. The DWR last stocked tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (200 fish) on July 27. This Afternoon's forecast: showers and thunderstorms, 63°F, 91% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 27, 2026 — tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (200 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 27, 2026tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)2004.92"
Oct 21, 2025cutthroat trout1,2043.85"
Oct 23, 2024cutthroat trout1,0002.18"
Sep 13, 2023tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)2,50010"

Best time to fish North Creek Reservoir

The DWR has stocked North Creek Reservoir 4 times over the last 2 seasons, and 100% of those plants landed in July, September, October — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.

Species

cutthroat trouttiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)

Location

37.84370, -111.75860 · Garfield County · 37 mi from Panguitch

Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):

Barker Reservoir — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyToughLower Barker Reservoir — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyToughTall Four Reservoir — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyToughTule Lake — Escalante MtnGarfield CountyToughJoe Lay Lake — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyToughFlat Lake — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyToughYellow Lake — North Creek LakesGarfield CountyToughPosey Lake — Escalante MtnGarfield 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

This Afternoon
63°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
91% precip
Tonight
48°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
99% precip
Sunday
57°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
100% precip
Sunday Night
45°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
95% precip
Columbus Day
51°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
99% precip
Monday Night
40°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
94% precip
Tuesday
47°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
83% precip
Tuesday Night
33°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
17% precip
Wednesday
50°F
Mostly Sunny
Wednesday Night
34°F
Mostly Clear