Trial Lake fishing

Trial Lake fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout, Brook Trout, Arctic Grayling, and Cutthroat Trout on a high alpine lake. It is stocked about 17 times a year since 2016, most often in July and August. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout and dawn, day, and dusk for Brook Trout.

Trial Lake
Photo: Clayton B. Fraser, Historic American Engineering Record, Public domain
Last stocked
September 22, 2026
· Arctic Grayling
Plants on record
187
Since 2016
Species recorded
5
Average size
9.3 in
Elevation
9,826 ft

Fish at Trial Lake

5 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Around the dates Trial Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 55.7°F in July, 53.7°F in August, 46.1°F in June, 45.8°F in September. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout Stocked · 100 plants · last August 10, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked August 10, 2026 · avg 10.4 in · 100 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide
Tiger Trout Stocked · 62 plants · last July 14, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked July 14, 2026 · avg 9.8 in · 62 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Tiger Trout species guide
Brook Trout Stocked · 15 plants · last June 24, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked June 24, 2026 · avg 2.9 in · 15 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide
Arctic Grayling Stocked · 8 plants · last September 22, 2026

Last stocked September 22, 2026 · avg 2.7 in · 8 plants

Arctic Grayling species guide

How Trial Lake is stocked

Source: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Fish stocked in 2016

19,765

Fish stocked in 2017

20,779

Fish stocked in 2018

12,609

Fish stocked in 2019

20,867

Fish stocked in 2020

29,784

Fish stocked in 2021

19,040

Fish stocked in 2022

17,658

Fish stocked in 2023

16,552

Fish stocked in 2024

15,426

Fish stocked in 2025

12,876

Fish stocked in 2026

17,716

Stocking history

Source: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 22, 2026Tiger Trout49512.01 inreport
September 22, 2026Arctic Grayling5,0012.37 inreport
August 10, 2026Rainbow Trout1,50010.77 inreport
July 29, 2026Rainbow Trout1,50110.98 inreport
July 15, 2026Rainbow Trout1,50010.77 inreport
July 14, 2026Tiger Trout50411.67 inreport
June 29, 2026Rainbow Trout1,49910.5 inreport
June 24, 2026Brook Trout2,0012.99 inreport
June 16, 2026Rainbow Trout1,5029.75 inreport
June 3, 2026Tiger Trout1,0039.89 inreport
June 1, 2026Rainbow Trout67710.14 inreport
June 1, 2026Rainbow Trout1,02810.14 inreport
August 11, 2025Rainbow Trout54612.44 inreport
August 11, 2025Rainbow Trout1,05312.44 inreport
August 6, 2025Tiger Trout50011.26 inreport
July 30, 2025Tiger Trout50011.26 inreport
July 28, 2025Rainbow Trout74812.44 inreport
July 28, 2025Rainbow Trout74812.44 inreport
July 23, 2025Brook Trout9163.19 inreport
July 21, 2025Rainbow Trout1,25410.44 inreport
July 21, 2025Rainbow Trout24210.44 inreport
July 11, 2025Brook Trout7593.6 inreport
July 10, 2025Tiger Trout50011.08 inreport
July 7, 2025Rainbow Trout75010.77 inreport
July 7, 2025Rainbow Trout75010.77 inreport
July 1, 2025Rainbow Trout1,50010.14 inreport
June 23, 2025Tiger Trout50411.08 inreport
June 23, 2025Rainbow Trout1,60610.44 inreport
October 21, 2024Tiger Trout36412.13 inreport
August 28, 2024Rainbow Trout50511.02 inreport
August 19, 2024Tiger Trout91610.55 inreport
August 12, 2024Rainbow Trout1,15010.28 inreport
August 12, 2024Tiger Trout62810.55 inreport
August 5, 2024Rainbow Trout50610.28 inreport
July 31, 2024Tiger Trout72110.56 inreport
July 29, 2024Rainbow Trout1,01210.28 inreport
July 16, 2024Brook Trout1,6203.78 inreport
July 15, 2024Tiger Trout30610.21 inreport
July 15, 2024Rainbow Trout1,31110.28 inreport
July 3, 2024Tiger Trout1,00010 inreport
July 1, 2024Brook Trout3722.92 inreport
July 1, 2024Rainbow Trout1,53011.16 inreport
June 26, 2024Rainbow Trout1,26011.16 inreport
June 20, 2024Tiger Trout1,0019.87 inreport
June 17, 2024Rainbow Trout1,22412.25 inreport
September 13, 2023Tiger Trout77010.44 inreport
August 28, 2023Rainbow Trout51812.13 inreport
August 22, 2023Tiger Trout1,2009.41 inreport
August 21, 2023Rainbow Trout77812.13 inreport
August 14, 2023Tiger Trout6009.41 inreport
August 8, 2023Rainbow Trout1,00011.65 inreport
August 2, 2023Rainbow Trout1,07112.13 inreport
August 1, 2023Rainbow Trout5029.52 inreport
July 18, 2023Tiger Trout9929.21 inreport
July 17, 2023Rainbow Trout1,00111.26 inreport
July 17, 2023Brook Trout2,0022.68 inreport
July 10, 2023Rainbow Trout1,20411.16 inreport
July 5, 2023Tiger Trout1,0089.21 inreport
July 3, 2023Rainbow Trout1,40011.26 inreport
June 29, 2023Tiger Trout1,0029.41 inreport
June 29, 2023Rainbow Trout1,50411.6 inreport
August 29, 2022Rainbow Trout1,00010.28 inreport
August 23, 2022Rainbow Trout30110.28 inreport
August 16, 2022Tiger Trout1,0029.63 inreport
August 15, 2022Rainbow Trout1,00010 inreport
August 1, 2022Rainbow Trout1,00010 inreport
July 21, 2022Rainbow Trout1,80010 inreport
July 19, 2022Rainbow Trout1,00010.07 inreport
July 18, 2022Tiger Trout1,0029.41 inreport
July 6, 2022Tiger Trout9989.52 inreport
July 5, 2022Rainbow Trout1,50710.07 inreport
July 4, 2022Brook Trout2,0002.92 inreport
June 22, 2022Tiger Trout1,0009.36 inreport
June 21, 2022Rainbow Trout1,5049.21 inreport
June 17, 2022Tiger Trout1,3449.21 inreport
June 14, 2022Rainbow Trout1,2009.41 inreport
September 28, 2021Arctic Grayling4,9502.99 inreport
August 17, 2021Rainbow Trout72812.13 inreport
August 2, 2021Rainbow Trout1,00110.14 inreport
August 2, 2021Tiger Trout8519.26 inreport
July 27, 2021Cutthroat Trout18215.22 inreport
July 20, 2021Tiger Trout5079.63 inreport
July 20, 2021Tiger Trout5109.03 inreport
July 19, 2021Rainbow Trout1,0209.32 inreport
July 6, 2021Rainbow Trout1,4999.32 inreport
July 6, 2021Tiger Trout9999.41 inreport
July 1, 2021Brook Trout2,0012.79 inreport
June 23, 2021Tiger Trout1,0029.41 inreport
June 21, 2021Rainbow Trout1,5309.32 inreport
June 10, 2021Tiger Trout1,0599.41 inreport
June 10, 2021Rainbow Trout1,2019.29 inreport
September 29, 2020Arctic Grayling5,4002.81 inreport
September 21, 2020Arctic Grayling1,9982.81 inreport
September 9, 2020Tiger Trout1,0018.66 inreport
September 8, 2020Rainbow Trout1,0018.94 inreport
September 1, 2020Rainbow Trout2,0009.31 inreport
August 31, 2020Tiger Trout7509.31 inreport
August 24, 2020Tiger Trout1,0379.03 inreport
August 24, 2020Rainbow Trout1,5029.12 inreport
August 17, 2020Rainbow Trout8519.12 inreport
August 10, 2020Tiger Trout1,0008.31 inreport
August 10, 2020Rainbow Trout9988.94 inreport
August 3, 2020Brook Trout4973.66 inreport
August 3, 2020Rainbow Trout9988.94 inreport
July 28, 2020Tiger Trout1,0008.31 inreport
July 27, 2020Rainbow Trout1,00111.99 inreport
July 27, 2020Brook Trout2,4952.49 inreport
July 23, 2020Tiger Trout1,0018.31 inreport
July 23, 2020Rainbow Trout1,00111.99 inreport
July 21, 2020Rainbow Trout1,0019.52 inreport
July 6, 2020Rainbow Trout7499.21 inreport
June 29, 2020Rainbow Trout7529.21 inreport
June 17, 2020Rainbow Trout75010 inreport
June 12, 2020Rainbow Trout1,0019.52 inreport
October 1, 2019Arctic Grayling4,1162.39 inreport
October 1, 2019Arctic Grayling7062.39 inreport
September 3, 2019Rainbow Trout4999.87 inreport
August 26, 2019Rainbow Trout1,0019.87 inreport
August 19, 2019Tiger Trout8519.75 inreport
August 19, 2019Rainbow Trout75010.77 inreport
August 13, 2019Tiger Trout9999.75 inreport
August 12, 2019Rainbow Trout1,00010.52 inreport
August 5, 2019Rainbow Trout1,00010.52 inreport
July 30, 2019Rainbow Trout1,00010.52 inreport
July 30, 2019Tiger Trout1,0009.63 inreport
July 22, 2019Rainbow Trout1,1409.63 inreport
July 17, 2019Tiger Trout1,0018.94 inreport
July 16, 2019Brook Trout1,0012.68 inreport
July 15, 2019Rainbow Trout1,0019.87 inreport
July 8, 2019Tiger Trout4988.7 inreport
July 8, 2019Rainbow Trout74710.12 inreport
July 2, 2019Tiger Trout9998.28 inreport
July 1, 2019Rainbow Trout1,5589.75 inreport
August 13, 2018Rainbow Trout2,0029.61 inreport
July 23, 2018Rainbow Trout51710.21 inreport
July 11, 2018Tiger Trout99910.36 inreport
July 10, 2018Rainbow Trout1,2439.63 inreport
July 2, 2018Rainbow Trout1,5019.64 inreport
June 27, 2018Tiger Trout1,0009.63 inreport
June 25, 2018Rainbow Trout7489.64 inreport
June 11, 2018Tiger Trout4989.63 inreport
June 11, 2018Rainbow Trout1,5019.65 inreport
June 5, 2018Rainbow Trout5989.65 inreport
May 30, 2018Brook Trout2,0022.53 inreport
September 26, 2017Arctic Grayling1,9982.79 inreport
September 25, 2017Arctic Grayling5922.79 inreport
August 28, 2017Rainbow Trout1,29911.44 inreport
August 17, 2017Tiger Trout85910.63 inreport
August 14, 2017Rainbow Trout75011.02 inreport
August 14, 2017Tiger Trout1,00010.49 inreport
August 8, 2017Rainbow Trout75011.02 inreport
July 31, 2017Rainbow Trout75010.68 inreport
July 31, 2017Tiger Trout9989.92 inreport
July 25, 2017Rainbow Trout75010.77 inreport
July 18, 2017Rainbow Trout74810.98 inreport
July 17, 2017Tiger Trout9989.92 inreport
July 12, 2017Tiger Trout9989.92 inreport
July 12, 2017Brook Trout4,0022.29 inreport
July 10, 2017Rainbow Trout75010.6 inreport
July 3, 2017Rainbow Trout1,4999.75 inreport
June 27, 2017Rainbow Trout1,53810.03 inreport
June 27, 2017Tiger Trout5008.98 inreport
September 6, 2016Rainbow Trout64011.6 inreport
August 29, 2016Rainbow Trout35011.6 inreport
August 29, 2016Tiger Trout50110.28 inreport
August 24, 2016Tiger Trout49910.14 inreport
August 23, 2016Rainbow Trout59810.74 inreport
August 16, 2016Rainbow Trout9999.75 inreport
August 15, 2016Tiger Trout55010.14 inreport
August 10, 2016Rainbow Trout9999.75 inreport
August 10, 2016Tiger Trout25910.14 inreport
August 3, 2016Rainbow Trout9999.75 inreport
August 2, 2016Tiger Trout4999.87 inreport
July 28, 2016Rainbow Trout74910.63 inreport
July 26, 2016Tiger Trout4999.87 inreport
July 19, 2016Tiger Trout4999.87 inreport
July 18, 2016Rainbow Trout85010.86 inreport
July 14, 2016Rainbow Trout75110.86 inreport
July 12, 2016Tiger Trout4999.87 inreport
July 7, 2016Tiger Trout4999.87 inreport
July 6, 2016Brook Trout1,4182.45 inreport
July 6, 2016Brook Trout2,6082.48 inreport
July 5, 2016Rainbow Trout75011.86 inreport
June 29, 2016Tiger Trout4999.23 inreport
June 27, 2016Rainbow Trout1,00010.28 inreport
June 21, 2016Tiger Trout5019.22 inreport
June 20, 2016Rainbow Trout1,75011.16 inreport

Access and facts

Water type
high alpine
Nearest town
Kamas
Shore access
Yes
Fee required
Yes
Facilities
camping, restrooms

Trial Lake Campground on the Mirror Lake Highway (SR-150), about 25 miles east of Kamas, sits beside the lake with paved, no-hookup sites and vault toilets in season. Fishing here falls inside the fee-based Mirror Lake Scenic Corridor Recreation Area. Winter access is by snow machine.

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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources before you go.

About Trial Lake

Photo of Trial Lake
Clayton B. Fraser, Historic American Engineering Record, Public domain

Nearest lakes

Mirror Lake 3.8 mi last stocked August 31, 2026 Smith and Morehouse Reservoir 9.3 mi last stocked September 22, 2026 Whitney Reservoir 10.6 mi last stocked August 26, 2026 Mill Hollow Reservoir 15.5 mi last stocked September 14, 2026 Jordanelle Reservoir 24.2 mi last stocked July 9, 2026

Camping near Trial Lake

Campgrounds within 15 miles of Trial Lake's mapped point, nearest first: Moosehorn camping (3.4 miles), Lower Provo River camping (10.6 miles), and Stillwater camping (14.5 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.

Straight-line distances.

Public land at Trial Lake

Trial Lake is inside Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Trial Lake?

Fishing Trial Lake usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 100 of 186 plants on record, ahead of Tiger Trout and 3 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked August 10, 2026, averaging 10.4 in. Tiger Trout was last stocked July 14, 2026, averaging 9.8 in. Brook Trout was last stocked June 24, 2026, averaging 2.9 in. Arctic Grayling was last stocked September 22, 2026, averaging 2.7 in. 1 more species is on the stocking report.

When is Trial Lake stocked?

Last stocked September 22, 2026. It is stocked about 17 times a year since 2016, most often in July and August.

How big are the fish stocked at Trial Lake?

Stocked fish average 9.3 in. Rainbow Trout average 10.4 in. Tiger Trout average 9.8 in. Brook Trout average 2.9 in. Arctic Grayling average 2.7 in.

How do you get on Trial Lake?

Shore fishing is available and a fee is required. The nearest town is Kamas. Facilities include camping and restrooms. Trial Lake Campground on the Mirror Lake Highway (SR-150), about 25 miles east of Kamas, sits beside the lake with paved, no-hookup sites and vault toilets in season. Fishing here falls inside the fee-based Mirror Lake Scenic Corridor Recreation Area. Winter access is by snow machine.

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