Scofield Reservoir
Toxic algae bloom at Scofield
- Keep dogs out of the water — blooms can be deadly for them
- Don’t swim, and steer clear of scum when wading or boating
- Don’t drink the water
- Keeping fish? Discard the guts and rinse fillets in clean water
- Fish Creek Boat RampWarning
- Price River Below Scofield ReservoirWarning
- Eastern Angler Access (SR-96)Warning
- Southwest BeachWarning
- Mountain ViewWarning
- Madsen BayWarning
Today’s report
Scofield Reservoir is under a Warning advisory today. The advisory is for a harmful algal bloom at 6 monitored sites and replaces the fishing rating until it’s lifted — keep dogs out of the water and check habs.utah.gov before you go. The reservoir is 34% full, about normal for the date, and drawing down over the last month. The DWR last stocked cutthroat trout (1,135 fish) on October 19. This Afternoon's forecast: mostly sunny, 50°F, 4% chance of precip.
- Warning advisory posted (algal bloom) — it replaces the fishing rating until it’s lifted
- pool is low (~34% of capacity)
- stocked 1 days ago — fresh fish in the water
- calm, fishable weather
Fishing Scofield Reservoir: what to know
Scofield is a 2,800-acre reservoir at 7,600 feet in Carbon County, an hour and a half southeast of Provo, with a state park, campgrounds, and easy shore access along its whole west side. It's managed as a cutthroat and tiger trout fishery to control an infamous Utah chub population, with rainbows stocked on top — and the tigers and cutts have grown big on all those chubs.
Ice-out in late April or May is excellent from shore: big tiger trout and cutthroat patrol the flooded edges. Summer fishing is early and late, and algae can bloom in hot years — check the advisory on this page. Fall is the other peak, October through freeze-up, for the biggest tigers. Scofield ices over by December and is one of the most dependable ice-fishing lakes in the state through March.
From shore or through the ice, a jig or a fly tipped with a piece of chub or a nightcrawler is deadly — these fish eat minnows. Trolling pop gear and a worm or a small crankbait covers water in summer. Scofield has a protective slot for cutthroat and tiger trout and encourages harvest of the small rainbows; the specific rules are in the regulations section below and matter here more than most places.
Current conditions
Stocking
Last stocked Oct 19, 2026 — cutthroat trout (1,135 fish).
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 630 | 9.82" |
| Oct 19, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 1,135 | 10.96" |
| Oct 8, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 3,853 | 9.62" |
| Oct 8, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 1,108 | 9.21" |
| Oct 8, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 450 | 9.98" |
| Oct 7, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 5,040 | 9.82" |
| Oct 5, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 266 | 10.34" |
| Oct 5, 2026 | cutthroat trout | 2,528 | 9.73" |
Best time to fish Scofield Reservoir
The DWR has stocked Scofield Reservoir 136 times over the last 6 seasons, and 67% of those plants landed in May, June, October — the freshest fish and the easiest bite usually follow within a week or two of a stocking.
Species
Location
Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):
Regulations
- Limit 4 trout (a combined total).
- No more than 2 may be cutthroat or tiger trout under 15 inches, and no more than 1 may be a cutthroat or tiger trout over 22 inches.
- All cutthroat and tiger trout from 15 to 22 inches must be immediately released.
- Trout may not be filleted, and the heads or tails may not be removed in the field or in transit.
- Any trout with cutthroat markings is considered to be a cutthroat trout. To learn how to identify cutthroat trout in this water, see the graphic on page 49. Sanpete and Utah counties Including Gooseberry Creek.
- CLOSED Jan. 1 through 6 a.m. on the second Saturday of July.
Special rules from the 2026 Utah Fishing Guidebook. Statewide daily limits apply to anything not listed. Rules change — always verify in the current guidebook before you fish.