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Wednesday, Jun 18 2025
Utah Lake:Fishing forecast (June through July): Bullhead and channel catfish: Catch rates are fair to good fishing for black bullhead and channel catfish all throughout the lake during these summer months. Rocky shoreline areas, areas with some sort of structure and the outer edges of weed lines are all great spots to target catfish. Midday catch rates are typically fair, with increased success fishing early mornings, later evenings and nights. Summer is here and so are the midges and mosquitos. The dusk swarms can be overwhelming along the shorelines. If you plan to night fish for catfish, we recommend going out after sunset or twilight hours (about 1010:30 p.m.) when insect activity has died down. Nightcrawler, shrimp, fresh white bass and carp cut-bait all work well for summer catfish. Fresh white bass meat seems to be working best for a lot of anglers right now. Fishing the bait suspended off of the bottom using a float rig, slip-float rig or Santee-Cooper rig is producing fish. However, fishing bait on the bottom using a weightless rig (no weight added, just a hook and a piece of cut-bait) or a classic slip-sinker rig also works well. When it comes to channel catfish, we recommend using a larger bait holder hook or circle/octopus hooks paired with a heavy test line, because the average Utah Lake channel catfish is 5 to 8 pounds. We recommend using a swivel to create a 6-to-15-inch leader section of line between the hook and your main line. When attaching the hook to the leader, try snelling your hook to give you a better hook set. And, when baiting the hook, try to keep the hook point exposed and make sure the hook gap remains open (meaning, don't fill or load the entire hook with bait). Having too much bait in the hook gap often prevents the hook from anchoring properly inside the fish's mouth when setting the hook. Reminder: Northern pike are invasive to Utah Lake, so special fishing regulations are in effect. For current conditions, see the Utah Lake State Park webcams. (May 30, 2025)

Wednesday, Jun 18 2025



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RECEIVE FISHING REPORT UPDATES!


Rating - Fair

Utah Lake:Fishing forecast (June through July): Bullhead and channel catfish: Catch rates are fair to good fishing for black bullhead and channel catfish all throughout the lake during these summer months. Rocky shoreline areas, areas with some sort of structure and the outer edges of weed lines are all great spots to target catfish. Midday catch rates are typically fair, with increased success fishing early mornings, later evenings and nights. Summer is here and so are the midges and mosquitos. The dusk swarms can be overwhelming along the shorelines. If you plan to night fish for catfish, we recommend going out after sunset or twilight hours (about 1010:30 p.m.) when insect activity has died down. Nightcrawler, shrimp, fresh white bass and carp cut-bait all work well for summer catfish. Fresh white bass meat seems to be working best for a lot of anglers right now. Fishing the bait suspended off of the bottom using a float rig, slip-float rig or Santee-Cooper rig is producing fish. However, fishing bait on the bottom using a weightless rig (no weight added, just a hook and a piece of cut-bait) or a classic slip-sinker rig also works well. When it comes to channel catfish, we recommend using a larger bait holder hook or circle/octopus hooks paired with a heavy test line, because the average Utah Lake channel catfish is 5 to 8 pounds. We recommend using a swivel to create a 6-to-15-inch leader section of line between the hook and your main line. When attaching the hook to the leader, try snelling your hook to give you a better hook set. And, when baiting the hook, try to keep the hook point exposed and make sure the hook gap remains open (meaning, don't fill or load the entire hook with bait). Having too much bait in the hook gap often prevents the hook from anchoring properly inside the fish's mouth when setting the hook. Reminder: Northern pike are invasive to Utah Lake, so special fishing regulations are in effect. For current conditions, see the Utah Lake State Park webcams. (May 30, 2025)


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