Great Salt Lake water level today 4189.9 ft, falling

Questions people ask about Great Salt Lake

Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Great Salt Lake.

Is it worth fishing Great Salt Lake today?

6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 3:33 AM–5:33 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.

What time should you fish Great Salt Lake?

Today's major windows run 3:33 AM–5:33 AM and 3:57 PM–5:57 PM, with minor windows at 11:41 AM–12:41 PM and 9:07 PM–10:07 PM. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset 7:37 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.

What is the water temperature at Great Salt Lake?

No gauge on Great Salt Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 72°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KTVY (Bolinder Field-Tooele Valley Airport). Checked against the lakes that do have a thermometer, that method lands within about 4.5°F of the real reading and was off by 8.3°F at worst. Treat it as a ballpark, not a measurement — and note the bite index above ignores it entirely, because an error that size would move the verdict as often as it would fix it.

What is the water level at Great Salt Lake right now?

4189.9 ft, read at 5:45 AM from USGS station 10010000. Over 24 hours it is down 0.10 ft.

Are water levels rising or falling at Great Salt Lake?

Falling. The lake is down 0.10 ft in 24 hours and down 0.10 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 4189.4 and 4190.5 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.

Can you eat the fish you catch in Great Salt Lake?

That is a health question, and it is answered officially rather than by us. Utah Department of Environmental Quality publishes the fish consumption advisory covering these waters, where organised by contaminant and applying to named species and waters, with most Utah waters carrying no advisory at all. Read it before you keep a meal — we give no eating advice.

Utah DEQ fish consumption advisory

Do you need a licence to fish Great Salt Lake?

Yes. A Utah fishing license covers this water, required from age 12. DWR sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Utah license costs, and who is exempt

What size fish can you keep in Utah?

It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: trout, kokanee salmon and arctic grayling (a combined total), largemouth and smallmouth bass, black and white crappie (a combined total), channel catfish. Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.

Trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic grayling (a combined total) limits · Largemouth and smallmouth bass limits · Black and white crappie (a combined total) limits · Channel catfish limits · Check a length against the rules