Last modified: Thursday, July 10, 2008

Recent fishing news

• Check our news release page for recent press releases regarding fishing and other wildlife.
• 2008 Fishing Essay Contest: If you are a student in grades 7 through 12, you could win a tackle package and an all-inclusive fishing trip at Flaming Gorge.

Buy a license

• Buy a fishing license online — Licenses may be printed and used immediately
• Licensing agents — A list of our agents that sell fishing licenses
• License fees — The price of Utah fishing & hunting licenses

Fishing guidebook

• Current Utah fishing and hunting guidebooks

Fishing reports

• Weekly fishing report — Statewide fishing conditions
• Fishing hotspots — An interactive rundown of the hottest places to fish in Utah.
• 2008 fish stocking reports — Latest information on where the DWR has stocked fish

Blue Ribbon Fishery

• Utah's Blue Ribbon Fisheries
• Donation of Protected Wildlife Pursuant to U.C.A. § 23-20-9 — Protected Wildlife Donation Form — (PDF format)

Record catches

• Angling, catch & release, spear fishing, setline and archery
  • Record catch & release application — (PDF format)
  • Record catch & keep application — (PDF format)

Catch and release

• Catch & release fishing — Information and techniques
• Tiger Muskie release tips

Popular Utah destinations

• Bear Lake information and tips
• Flaming Gorge information
• Fishing access for disabled persons
• Fish Lake yellow perch fishing
• Lake Powell: Wayne's Words
• Strawberry Reservoir information
• Season-by-season tips for fishing Scofield Reservoir
• Panguitch Lake: 2006 rotenone treatment and subsequent restocking

Walk-In Access

• The Walk-In Access Program compensates landowners for opening their property to hunting, fishing and trapping. This is a three-year pilot program that is currently confined to northern Utah.

Utah fishing environmental contaminants advisories

• Fish consumption advisories: This information is maintained by the Utah Dept. of Health's Environmental Epidemiology Program to inform anglers about health risks associated with eating certain species of fish caught at various locations in Utah that might contain high levels of mercury, PCBs or other chemical contaminants.

Provo River restoration project

• Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conservation Comm.: Provo River Restoration Project

Community fishing

• Community Fishing Program
• Volunteers needed to teach young people fishing skills

Other fishing information

• Private fish ponds — A guide to regulations and management for Utah landowners
• Utah fish hatcheries — Get information on Utah's fishing stocking hatcheries
• Youth organization fishing license exemption form — Some youth organizations may hold fishing events where participants may fish without a license. — (PDF format)
• Utah State Parks & Recreation — Many of Utah's state parks are built around great fishing. Visit the State Parks site for information on facilities, reservations and regulations.
• Aquatic nuisance species in Utah — These species pose major threats to Utah's water resources and fisheries.
• Quagga and zebra mussels — These aggressive mollusks pose a huge threat to Utah's waterways that could severely compromise fisheries and damage water management facilities. Although not yet in Utah, these mussels were found recently in Lake Mead and the lower Colorado River.
• A partial list of Utah lakes and reservoirs — Information on bodies of water in Utah.
• A Simple 4-step Method to Manage for Quality Fishing — (PDF format, 1.2 MB)
• Catch & keep record fish certification form — (PDF format)
• Fish of Utah —Species Identification
• Genetic Considerations Associated with Cutthroat Trout Management — (PDF format)
• Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program — a partnership of public and private organizations working to recover endangered species while allowing continued and future water development.
• Colorado River Cutthroat Conservation — a tri-state effort between Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
• Ichthyogram: The Fisheries Experiment Station's quarterly newsletter
• A Study of The Lake Trout Population of Fish Lake During 1989–2002 — (PDF format, 750 KB)
• Fisheries Experiment Station
• Whirling Disease information
• Whirling Disease in Utah
• Trespass laws of specific interest to hunters and anglers
  — Landowner permission card
• Aquatic resource education
• Guides & outfitters: Search for fishing & hunting guide services at Utah.com.
• Crayfishing for fun and food
• Southern Utah's wild trout streams
• Bass waters of Utah
• Upper Sevier River Community Watershed Project — addressing restoration needs, management challenges and research opportunities for rangeland, forestlands and aquatic ecosystems in the upper Sevier River watershed
• Teaming with Wildlife — a national initiative proposing to raise funds for state wildlife conservation, recreation and education programs.