Late Spring Wasatch Pattern: Smallmouth at Jordanelle, Trout Stockings, and Prime Evening Bite

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This episode provides a detailed fishing report for the Salt Lake City area, focusing on smallmouth bass at Jordanelle and trout stockings.

This is Artificial Lure with your Salt Lake City area fishing report. We’re sitting under a classic Wasatch late‑spring pattern this morning: cool start in the low 50s around the valley, climbing into the upper 70s to low 80s by afternoon with mostly sunny skies, just a few high clouds riding over the peaks. Light winds early, then an afternoon breeze 8–15 mph out of the northwest pushing a little chop onto the lakes. No tides to worry about on our freshwater, so you can focus on wind drift and sun angle instead. Sunrise hit just before 6 a.m., and sunset will be a little after 9 p.m., giving you a long window to work the low‑light bite. Prime times today are that first couple hours after sunrise and the last two before dark. Midday is still fishable, but you’ll want to go deeper or find shade. Water temps in the valley reservoirs are running mid‑60s to low‑70s, which has the warm‑water species pretty active. Up in the canyons, streams and high country lakes are still cooler, with snowmelt keeping flows up and water slightly off‑color in spots. Recent catches around the Salt Lake corridor have been solid: – **Jordanelle Reservoir**: Anglers have been reporting good smallmouth…

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Host: Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing report
• smallmouth bass
• trout stockings
• water temperature
• fishing techniques

Keywords

• fishing report
• smallmouth bass
• trout
• Jordanelle Reservoir
• water temperature
• Wasatch
• fishing techniques

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Places: Salt Lake City, Wasatch, Jordanelle Reservoir, Rockport, Echo, Utah

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