Why Target Them
This is the one Utah fish where the rule and the fishing are the same story. The statewide limit is a single tiger muskie over 40 inches, so nearly every fish you touch goes back, and at Pineview the water is closed to keeping them year-round. The upside is size, and the state record of 33 pounds 9 ounces and 49 inches came from Pineview in 2006. Bring long pliers and a net big enough to hold the fish in the water while you work.
How To Catch Them
Where: Pineview, Newton, Fish Lake
Go-to rig: Heavy rod, steel leader, big bucktails & glide baits, figure-8 at the boat
Best bait and lures: 10 in swimbaits, bucktails, big spoons
Best time: Dawn/dusk; overcast summer days
The 'fish of 10,000 casts.' Pineview is famous for 50-inchers. Handle with care & release.
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Also works: bucktails · big spoons
The big-fish kit: heavy rod, steel leader, tools that keep your fingers.
Where To Catch Them (4 waters)
Fish Lake · Pineview Reservoir · Newton Reservoir · Joes Valley Reservoir
Quick Answers
- How do you catch Tiger Muskie in Utah?
- Go-to rig: Heavy rod, steel leader, big bucktails & glide baits, figure-8 at the boat Best bait: 10 in swimbaits, bucktails, big spoons
- Where can I catch Tiger Muskie in Utah?
- Fish Lake, Pineview Reservoir, Newton Reservoir, Joes Valley Reservoir.
- When do Tiger Muskie bite best?
- Dawn/dusk; overcast summer days
- Why fish for Tiger Muskie in Utah?
- Because Utah grows genuinely large tiger muskie and asks you to give almost all of them back. The statewide limit is one fish over 40 inches, and Pineview Reservoir is closed year-round to keeping them, so this is a photograph fishery. Expect long days between bites and a fish worth the wait.