Utah · Trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic grayling (a combined total)
Trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic grayling (a combined total) size limit in Utah
You can keep one today — within these limits
Green River, Flaming Gorge Dam downstream to the Colorado state line in Browns Park ("A Section" tailwater)
Open year-round| Size limit | No size limit stated | total length |
|---|---|---|
| Daily bag | 3 | per person per day: no more than 2 trout under 15 inches and no more than 1 trout over 22 inches; all trout 15-22 inches must be immediately released |
| Possession | 6 | total you may hold |
Utah's flagship tailwater fishery, immediately below Flaming Gorge Dam - artificial flies and lures only, and closed to fishing from a boat with a motor between the Utah-Colorado state line and the dam. This same reach also carries a separate no-limit-but-must-not-release rule for channel catfish, burbot, northern pike, smallmouth bass and walleye; not modelled here since this site tracks trout at this water.
Provo River, Deer Creek Dam to Legacy Bridge on Midway Lane (SR-113)
Open year-round| Size limit | No size limit stated | total length |
|---|---|---|
| Daily bag | 4 | per person per day, trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic grayling combined; anglers may not possess kokanee salmon anywhere statewide from Sept. 10 through Nov. 30 |
| Possession | 8 | total you may hold |
The site's tracked coordinate falls in this stretch (near Charleston/Midway), which carries no Provo-specific override and runs on the plain statewide default - a confirmed finding, since both neighboring reaches (Olmstead Diversion Dam to Deer Creek Dam downstream, and Legacy Bridge to Jordanelle Dam upstream) do carry their own stricter 2-trout-under-15-inches, artificial-flies-only rule.
What we left out on purpose
- Great Salt Lake's bass/crappie/catfish numbers are the plain statewide defaults, not a water-specific table - none exists for this lake in the guidebook. If UDWR ever publishes a dedicated Great Salt Lake fishery rule (e.g. for the marina, causeway borrow pits or nearby bays), this entry should be revisited.
- Utah's statewide 'possession limit' definition (two daily limits, fish stored anywhere except a permanent residence) is applied uniformly as the 2x multiplier for possessionLimit across all four species here; no water-specific possession override was found for either tracked stretch.
- The Green River's much longer 'Flaming Gorge Dam downriver to the confluence of the Colorado River' segment (no-limit-but-must-kill catfish/burbot/pike/bass/walleye) is not modelled - this site tracks the dam-adjacent A Section trout tailwater specifically, not the general river reach further downstream.
- Utah's community-fishery waters (2-fish combined limit, largemouth bass release encouraged) are a separate, smaller-water category and not modelled - neither Green River, Provo River nor Great Salt Lake is a community fishery.
- Lake Powell also carries no-limit rules for striped bass and walleye, and channel catfish there may be used live as bait for striped bass - none of this is modelled, since neither species is a tracked target for this water on this site.
Other species limits in Utah
Where to try today
- Deer Creek Reservoir 7/10 · Biting
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir 7/10 · Biting
- Great Salt Lake 8/10 · On fire
- Green River 8/10 · On fire
- Jordanelle Reservoir 7/10 · Biting