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How To Fish It
Best rigs: Cast spoons at ice-off; wooly buggers from a tube
Bait and lures: Spoons, buggers (check tackle regs)
Best time: Ice-off frenzy. Season: June-October
Local tip: On the Skyline Drive at 9,000 ft - former state-record tiger trout water.
Species Playbook
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.
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.
Getting There + Nearby
Nearby adventures: Forks of Huntington Campground (Camping, 5 mi) · Electric Lake (Fishing, 8 mi) · Joes Valley Campground (Camping, 14 mi) · Joes Valley Reservoir (Fishing, 14 mi)
Quick Answers
- What fish are in Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth)?
- Tiger Trout, Cutthroat Trout.
- What is the best bait at Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth)?
- Spoons, buggers (check tackle regs)
- When is the best time to fish Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth)?
- Ice-off frenzy. Season: June-October.