Strawberry River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water, stocked 2 times in 2026, all in June; 1,000 fish reported. One of 106 stocked waters on the Duchesne County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Duchesne County · Utah · see it on the national map

last stocked Jun 26 119 days ago

flow 131% of seasonal normal

best window 10:27 pm-12:27 am solunar major today

Water right now 5.79 ft gage height flow 109 cfs, 131% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 09288180 (STRAWBERRY RIVER NEAR DUCHESNE, UT) · read 7:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

1,000 fish reported

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Jun 1	Rainbow trout	adult	500	completed
Jun 26	Rainbow trout	adult	500	completed

When to fish Strawberry River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:04 am-12:04 pm and 10:27 pm-12:27 am	4:22-5:22 am and 4:35-5:35 pm
Tomorrow	10:50 am-12:50 pm	5:31-6:31 am and 4:59-5:59 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 Jun 26
Flow 131% of the seasonal median

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 (rainbow 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
Lake Canyon Lake	8.1 mi	May 28
Lake Cyn	8.1 mi	Jun 24
Currant Creek	14 mi	Jun 5
Starvation Reservoir	16 mi	Sep 20
Duchesne River	17 mi	Jul 1

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Records from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Utah fishing regulations.