Conditions Right Now
Your Loadout
Tackle + Bait Slots
Trolling: dodger + pink squid, corn-tipped.
How To Fish It
Best rigs: Kayak-troll small dodger + squid; cast spoons at ice-off
Bait and lures: Squids, Kastmasters
Best time: Early morning. Season: May-September
Local tip: No-wake gem up Ogden Canyon - paddle-in kokanee.
Species Playbook
Kokanee Salmon
Rig: Troll pink/orange squid behind a dodger, 25-60 ft down
Bait: Pink squids tipped with white shoepeg corn
When: Crack of dawn - bite dies mid-morning
CLOSED to harvest during fall spawn (check dates). Turn bright red in September.
Cutthroat Trout
Rig: Strawberry: white tube jig 15-30 ft; Bear Lake: troll minnow-profile lures
Bait: Tube jigs, dead minnows (where legal), dry flies in creeks
When: Morning bite is king; ice-off is legendary
The Bonneville cutthroat is Utah's state fish. Strawberry slot: release cutts 15-22 in.
Tiger Trout
Rig: Casting spoons or worm on slip-sinker
Bait: Jake's Spin-a-lure, Kastmaster, nightcrawlers
When: Early morning; excellent through the ice
Brown × brook hybrid - mean, striped, and hard-fighting.
Getting There + Nearby
Nearby adventures: Perception Park Campground (Camping, 4 mi) · Monte Cristo Campground (Camping, 12 mi) · Lost Creek State Park (State Park, 13 mi) · Lost Creek Reservoir (Fishing, 13 mi)
Quick Answers
- What fish are in Causey Reservoir?
- Kokanee Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Tiger Trout.
- What is the best bait at Causey Reservoir?
- Squids, Kastmasters
- When is the best time to fish Causey Reservoir?
- Early morning. Season: May-September.