Fishing Forum

going to be camping around that area over labor day. Just curious what spots would be on your list to fish? I will have my big canoe and trolling motor with me. Thanks for any info or tips!
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Miller Flat
Cleveland
Electric Lake
Huntington
Perhaps Fairview
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Kent named the most important ones to try.

There is also Gooseberry Reservoir. It's usually good for stocked rainbows and cutthroats.

There is also Potters Ponds, Benches Pond and Boulger Reservoir which are all small put and take fisheries that are great for kids fishing from shore.

The problem with Electric Lake is to launch your canoe you have to drive to the north end of the reservoir where the boat ramp is to launch.[:/] PacifiCorp will not let you launch any watercraft down near the dam. They want all watercraft inspected before launching because of AIS worries.

Good luck fishing![fishin]
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how productive is the fishing at huntington?
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Don't even try Rolfson Reservoir, which is between Huntington and Miller Flat. Literally the only thing living beneath the surface is salamanders.
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Huntington can be very good; however, my experience has been that the fish will be concentrated in a few smaller areas. Locate those areas and you will catch plenty of fish. Don't locate them and it will be much slower.
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appreciate the info! I've fished miller flat from shore and caught a few but never tried it in my canoe. I guess I'll try miller and huntington. If nothing else, the scenery will be nice!
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One thing I'd check on. My boys were there last weekend and UDOT had a project going and there were 2 hour delays. They waited 1 hour and 45 minutes up on the skyline before they could get down. Hopefully they are finished.
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are you talking fairview canyon construction? They aren't closing it down on weekends are they?
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It was up Fairview Canyon and I can't remember if they came home Friday or Saturday afternoon. If I can get one of them to answer his phone I'll pm you.
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They're doing construction up there M-F, and the road closures are intermittent. On Fridays, I believe it's closed all day until around 6:30, but I could be wrong on that. There's a flyer in the Chevron in Fairview that has the closure times on it.

Traffic going up the canyon has preference, but coming home you may have to wait a while, they've got a traffic light system set up that lets westbound traffic through every 20ish minutes, I think. I came home from Gooseberry Res the other night and had to wait about 15 minutes at the light. Wasn't terrible.
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Since you said that you have a canoe you should be able to pick up some fish. My experience up there is flies and lures work pretty well and if you use bait, just keep it moving. The tigers don't seem to be very interested in anything that's not moving. From the middle of the reservoir to where the stream comes in has been the most productive.

The construction is in Fairview canyon so if it is still going on you might have to come over from Scofield or go through Price, depending on where you are coming from.
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there are tiger trout in huntington?
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There are some nice tigers in Huntington. Sure haven't been easy for me to catch though.
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There are a few cutthroats, but they have to be released if you catch them. I haven't caught any of them this year but there are some nice tiger trout in there. On my last trip up there my friend caught one that was 2 lbs. 5 oz. and another that was 3 lbs. 5 oz. dragging a fly in his tube.
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there are tiger trout in huntington?

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Huntington was one of the first, if not the first reservoir in Utah that they planted tiger trout. As has also been mentioned there are a few cutthroats in there that must be released.
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appreciate all the info. I throw everything back, so if I catch a tiger trout, it will be swimming for the next guy.
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If you were ever going to eat a fish I would recommend a tiger trout from Huntington. It must be what they eat in there but they are delicious.
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[quote kentofnsl]If you were ever going to eat a fish I would recommend a tiger trout from Huntington. It must be what they eat in there but they are delicious.[/quote]

+1!

Pulled a bunch out of there through the ice and they were fantastic. They also swarmed the hole like moths according to my fish finder. The weird thing is that Huntington's reports have been bad all year, though if you sit by it long enough for clouds to come over you'll see that it's far from empty. That really seems to be the key, those tigers start feeding the minute a cloud casts a shadow on the surface.
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I love that area up there! One area that hasn't been mentioned is Cleveland reservoir. There are some monsters in there, and it may take some patience, but I believe that the fish in there are bigger then in most lakes.
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