Conditions Right Now
Your Loadout
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Winter loadout: auger, ice cleats, short jig rod, insulated bibs.
How To Fish It
Best rigs: Casting spoons from shore; chironomids under indicator from a tube; jigs+wax worm through ice
Bait and lures: Jake's lures, Kastmasters, crawlers
Best time: Early morning & evening. Season: All year - premier ice fishery
Local tip: Tigers & cutts have a protected slot - check the sign. Madsen Bay in the evenings when the midges pop.
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.
Rainbow Trout
Rig: Slip-bobber or sliding sinker rig, 4 lb line, size 8-10 baitholder hook
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: Scofield State Park (State Park, 1 mi) · Lower Fish Creek (Fishing, 4 mi) · Electric Lake (Fishing, 13 mi) · Huntington Reservoir (Mammoth) (Fishing, 22 mi)
Quick Answers
- What fish are in Scofield Reservoir?
- Tiger Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout.
- What is the best bait at Scofield Reservoir?
- Jake's lures, Kastmasters, crawlers
- When is the best time to fish Scofield Reservoir?
- Early morning & evening. Season: All year - premier ice fishery.