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Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes

Garfield County · Southern region

Fairconditions
46°todayPartly Sunny

Today’s report

Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes is a fair bet today. The DWR last stocked tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (53 fish) on July 13. This Afternoon's forecast: partly sunny, 46°F, 3% chance of precip.

Current conditions

Stocking

Last stocked Jul 13, 2026 — tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid) (53 fish).

DateSpeciesQuantityAvg length
Jul 13, 2026tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)532.87"
Jul 13, 2026brook trout802.93"
Jun 23, 2025tiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)452.81"
Jun 23, 2025brook trout772.97"
Jun 25, 2024brook trout692.62"
Jul 11, 2023brook trout742.57"
Jul 7, 2022brook trout902.82"
Jul 6, 2021brook trout1552.76"

Best time to fish Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes

The DWR has stocked Yellow Lake — North Creek Lakes 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

brook trouttiger trout (brown × brook hybrid)

Location

37.93440, -111.82340 · Garfield County · 34 mi from Panguitch

Nearby waters (within ~25 mi):

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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

This Afternoon
46°F
Partly Sunny
Tonight
34°F
Partly Cloudy
Monday
45°F
Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
33% precip
Monday Night
35°F
Partly Cloudy
27% precip
Tuesday
46°F
Chance Light Rain then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
40% precip
Tuesday Night
36°F
Slight Chance Light Rain
18% precip
Wednesday
45°F
Chance Light Rain then Showers And Thunderstorms
84% precip
Wednesday Night
39°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
97% precip
Thursday
41°F
Showers And Thunderstorms
99% precip
Thursday Night
31°F
Slight Chance T-storms then Rain And Snow Likely
87% precip