03-16-2020, 04:18 PM
This is an excerpt from the 2020 Fishing Guidebook: "Dead mountain sucker, white sucker, Utah sucker, redside shiner, speckled dace, mottled sculpin, flathead minnow (all varieties) Utah chub and common carp may be used as bait in any water where bait is permitted."
Utah Lake specific regulations out of the guidebook: "Limit 6 largemouth or smallmouthbass (a combined total), only one may be over 12 inches.
No limit on northern pike. Anglers must not release any northern pike they catch. All northern pike must be immediately killed.
All suckers must be immediately released."
The only known change to this is if you catch a red tagged northern pike. Which you should release and report to the DWR. This was a press release back in February from the DWR.
No mention of sucker not being legal to use as bait. You just can't catch it there and use it. You have to bring your own.
Utah Lake specific regulations out of the guidebook: "Limit 6 largemouth or smallmouthbass (a combined total), only one may be over 12 inches.
No limit on northern pike. Anglers must not release any northern pike they catch. All northern pike must be immediately killed.
All suckers must be immediately released."
The only known change to this is if you catch a red tagged northern pike. Which you should release and report to the DWR. This was a press release back in February from the DWR.
No mention of sucker not being legal to use as bait. You just can't catch it there and use it. You have to bring your own.