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Winter loadout: auger, ice cleats, short jig rod, insulated bibs.
Why Fish Here
Lost Creek is a state park in name and almost nothing else. It sits about ten miles northeast of Croydon in Morgan County, and what you get is a boat ramp, a primitive campground and vault toilets. No hookups and no store. The reservoir is designated wakeless, so nobody is pulling a skier past your line, and that quiet is most of the reason to make the drive for cutthroat and rainbows.
How To Fish It
Best rigs: Cast spoons or slip bobber + worm
Bait and lures: Worms, spoons, tube jigs
Best time: Morning. Season: May-October; good ice
Local tip: Quiet state-park water - cutts smash spoons at ice-off.
Species Playbook
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.
Rainbow Trout
Rig: Slip-bobber or sliding sinker rig, 4 lb mono line, size 8-10 baitholder
Bait: PowerBait (rainbow/garlic), nightcrawler, small spinners (Panther Martin, Jake's)
When: Early morning & last 2 hours before dark
Utah's #1 fish. If a pond got stocked this week, cast anything shiny. Perfect first fish for kids.
Getting There + Nearby
Nearby adventures: Lost Creek State Park (State Park, 0 mi) · Causey Reservoir (Fishing, 13 mi) · Echo State Park (State Park, 15 mi) · Perception Park Campground (Camping, 16 mi)
Quick Answers
- What fish are in Lost Creek Reservoir?
- Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout.
- What is the best bait at Lost Creek Reservoir?
- Worms, spoons, tube jigs
- When is the best time to fish Lost Creek Reservoir?
- Morning. Season: May-October; good ice.
- Why fish Lost Creek Reservoir?
- Lost Creek is the trade you make when you want a reservoir mostly to yourself. Plan on packing in everything, because the park is still close to undeveloped. Cutthroat and rainbows hit spoons hard right after ice-off, and the ice fishing later in the year holds up well enough to justify the drive.