Conditions Right Now
Your Loadout
Tackle + Bait Slots
Trolling: dodger + pink squid, corn-tipped.
How To Fish It
Best rigs: Troll squids for kokes; spinners off the inlet
Bait and lures: Squids, worms, spinners
Best time: Dawn. Season: June-September
Local tip: High Uintas base camp with a lodge - canoe at sunrise.
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.
Brook Trout
Rig: Ultralight spinner or bubble-and-fly rig
Bait: Small spinners, worms, ants/attractor dry flies
When: All day at altitude; evenings best in summer
Aggressive and gorgeous. Boulder Mountain grows Utah's biggest brookies.
Getting There + Nearby
Nearby adventures: Moon Lake Campground (Camping, 0 mi) · Duchesne River (Fishing, 7 mi) · Uinta Backcountry Lakes (Fishing, 14 mi) · Amethyst Lake (Hike, 16 mi)
Quick Answers
- What fish are in Moon Lake?
- Kokanee Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout.
- What is the best bait at Moon Lake?
- Squids, worms, spinners
- When is the best time to fish Moon Lake?
- Dawn. Season: June-September.