Thistle Creek
Fishing and stocking
Stocked May to September in 2026: brown trout and cutthroat trout, 2 plants in all. One of 38 stocked waters on the Utah County record.
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The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Brown trout
Cutthroat trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21 | Brown trout | fingerling | 2,000 | completed |
| Sep 15 | Cutthroat trout | fingerling | 5,054 | completed |
When to fish Thistle Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 10:07 am-12:07 pm and 10:30 pm-12:30 am | 4:26-5:26 am and 4:38-5:38 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:53 am-12:53 pm | 5:34-6:34 am and 5:02-6:02 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 Sep 15
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Utah fishing forecast
Gear for this water
The last plant has had time to disperse; work outward from the obvious spots.
For the trout (brown trout stocked 1 time 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Fork River | 5.2 mi | Sep 28 |
| Bennie Creek | 5.5 mi | Sep 15 |
| Payson Res(Big East) | 6.2 mi | Jul 7 |
| Mcclellan Reservoir | 6.3 mi | Jun 29 |
| Spanish Oaks Pond | 8.7 mi | Sep 22 |
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