North Creek
Fishing and stocking
Cutthroat trout and dace water; 3 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to August. One of 59 stocked waters on the Garfield County record.
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The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Cutthroat trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8 | Dace (forage) | fry | 200 | completed |
| Aug 18 | Cutthroat trout | fry | 2,480 | completed |
| Aug 18 | Cutthroat trout | fry | 2,748 | completed |
When to fish North Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 10:08 am-12:08 pm and 10:31 pm-12:31 am | 4:27-5:27 am and 4:40-5:40 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:54 am-12:54 pm | 5:33-6:33 am and 5:06-6:06 pm |
Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Mountain Time (MDT).
What the record actually says
- Last stocked Aug 18
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Utah fishing forecast
Gear for this water
It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.
For the trout (cutthroat trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, moving water)
| Light spinning rod | 5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches |
| Inline spinners | 1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams |
| Drifted bait | single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom |
Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.
Nearby stocked waters
The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.
| Water | Distance | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| North Creek Reservoir | 1.5 mi | Jul 27 |
| Wide Hollow Reservoir | 6.3 mi | Oct 2 |
| Tule Lake | 7.7 mi | Jul 13 |
| Round Willow Bottom | 7.8 mi | Jul 13 |
| Long Willow Bottoms | 8.0 mi | Jul 13 |
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