East Canyon Reservoir fishing
East Canyon Reservoir was last stocked on Oct. 5, 2026 with 4,120 rainbow trout (11.6 in. average), according to the Utah DWR fish stocking report. It is a reservoir in Morgan County, Utah, listed by DWR as a Blue Ribbon Fishery. From 2021 to 2026, DWR stocked 410,850 fish here, the most of 3 stocked waters in Morgan County.
Recent stockings at East Canyon Reservoir
- Oct. 5, 20264,120 rainbow trout, 11.6 in. average
- Sept. 30, 20263,200 rainbow trout, 11.6 in. average
- April 8, 20262,000 rainbow trout, 10.1 in. average
- March 25, 202634,303 kokanee salmon, 3.0 in. average
- March 20, 202633,009 kokanee salmon, 2.9 in. average
- Sept. 24, 20255,863 rainbow trout, 11.9 in. average
Newest first, from the Utah DWR stocking report. Full stocking history.
East Canyon Reservoir facts
- Last stocked
- Oct. 5, 2026 (36 days ago): 4,120 rainbow trout
- Stockings in 2026
- 6 (76,632 fish): 67,312 kokanee salmon and 9,320 rainbow trout
- County
- Morgan County
- DWR program
- Blue Ribbon Fishery
- Stocked since 2021
- rainbow trout, kokanee salmon and wiper
- Likely catch (DWR)
- rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and wiper
- Average size stocked
- 5.0 in. (2021 to 2026)
- County rank
- Most fish of 3 stocked waters in Morgan County since 2021
- Name in DWR report
- EAST CYN RES
- Nearest water
- Mt Dell Creek, 7.8 mi
- Rules
- Statewide rules (no water-specific entry in the 2026 guidebook)
Latest fishing report
Fall outlook: cooling water draws trout toward the shallows, while warmwater fish (smallmouth bass and wiper here) move deeper. For rainbow trout, shore anglers can fish a worm or dough bait on the bottom in the shallows, and boaters can troll crankbaits, pop gear with a worm, or a dodger paired with a squid, at any depth from just below the surface to 40 feet down. Smallmouth bass eat mainly crayfish: cast spinnerbaits, crankbaits, twist tail grubs or tube jigs straight out from shore, or suspend a worm-tipped jig a couple of feet below a bobber around rocks or submerged brush. For wiper, the most productive method at East Canyon is a bottom-fished worm, either in the East Arm or in the stretch from Taylor Hollow to the inlet.
Keeping kokanee is prohibited statewide, starting Sept. 10 and running through Nov. 30; the closure protects them during their spawn.
Our summary of the Utah DWR fishing report dated Sept. 17, 2026, in our own words. Read the original on DWR Fish Utah.
East Canyon Reservoir stocking report, last 12 months
| Oct. 5, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 960 | 11.6 in. |
| Oct. 5, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 3,160 | 11.6 in. |
| Sept. 30, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 3,200 | 11.6 in. |
| April 8, 2026 | Rainbow trout | 2,000 | 10.1 in. |
| March 25, 2026 | Kokanee salmon | 34,303 | 3.0 in. |
| March 20, 2026 | Kokanee salmon | 33,009 | 2.9 in. |
Source: Utah DWR fish stocking report. Stocking data fetched Nov. 10, 2026; newest record dated Nov. 19, 2026. DWR posts stockings after they happen and does not publish schedules.
East Canyon Reservoir stocking profile
- First record in the DWR report: Oct. 15, 2002. Since then DWR has logged 408 stockings here in 25 different years, 2,339,555 fish in all.
- Species stocked 2021 to 2026, by share of fish: kokanee salmon 53% (217,001 fish), rainbow trout 29% (117,607 fish) and wiper 19% (76,242 fish).
- Busiest months in the record: September (34% of records) and October (28% of records).
- Stocked fish averaged 5.0 in. from 2021 to 2026 (per-record averages ranged from 1.9 to 12.6 in.). The yearly average was 6.4 in. in 2021 and 4.3 in. in 2025.
- Fish stocked 2021 to 2026: 410,850, the most of 3 stocked waters in Morgan County and 19th of 1,076 statewide.
- Nearest other water with a page: Mt Dell Creek, 7.8 mi away.
Computed from Utah DWR stocking records (fish counts and average lengths as DWR reports them). Past stocking is history, not a schedule.
When is East Canyon Reservoir stocked?
Based on DWR stocking records, 2021 to 2025. Stocked in 5 of those 5 years.
2025 stocking: 14 records, first on April 9, last on Sept. 24.
DWR does not publish stocking schedules. This is past stocking, not a promise. How we read patterns.
East Canyon Reservoir stocking history by year
| Year | Records | Fish | Avg. length | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 76,632 | 4.0 in. | Rainbow trout, Kokanee salmon |
| 2025 | 14 | 87,195 | 4.3 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper, Kokanee salmon |
| 2024 | 6 | 86,398 | 4.5 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper, Kokanee salmon |
| 2023 | 5 | 32,212 | 6.4 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper |
| 2022 | 6 | 47,767 | 5.0 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper, Kokanee salmon |
| 2021 | 13 | 80,646 | 6.4 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper, Kokanee salmon |
| 2020 | 14 | 83,382 | 6.2 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper, Kokanee salmon |
| 2019 | 10 | 91,222 | 6.9 in. | Wiper, Rainbow trout, Kokanee salmon |
| 2018 | 10 | 72,023 | 7.9 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper |
| 2017 | 10 | 70,296 | 7.8 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper |
| 2016 | 9 | 80,842 | 7.4 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper |
| 2015 | 6 | 58,048 | 8.7 in. | Rainbow trout |
| 2014 | 19 | 64,054 | 6.9 in. | Rainbow trout, Wiper |
| 2013 | 20 | 59,903 | 8.0 in. | Rainbow trout |
| 2012 | 44 | 336,851 | 5.3 in. | Rainbow trout, Splake, Cutthroat trout |
| 2011 | 17 | 61,708 | 7.8 in. | Rainbow trout |
| 2010 | 41 | 178,209 | 7.4 in. | Rainbow trout |
| 2009 | 22 | 82,988 | 8.1 in. | Rainbow trout, Trout (mixed) |
| 2008 | 44 | 144,617 | 8.2 in. | Rainbow trout, Tiger trout |
| 2007 | 24 | 121,699 | 5.9 in. | Rainbow trout, Tiger trout |
| 2006 | 17 | 101,644 | 6.0 in. | Rainbow trout, Tiger trout |
| 2005 | 13 | 105,183 | 4.8 in. | Rainbow trout, Tiger trout |
| 2004 | 19 | 99,296 | 6.0 in. | Rainbow trout, Tiger trout |
| 2003 | 13 | 50,000 | 7.2 in. | Rainbow trout |
| 2002 | 6 | 66,740 | 6.3 in. | Rainbow trout |
All stocking records 2021 to Nov. 10, 2025 (44)
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 977 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 977 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 977 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 977 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 977 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 800 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 178 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 23, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 1,332 | 11.9 in. |
| Sept. 23, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 1,332 | 11.9 in. |
| July 31, 2025 | Wiper | 10,883 | 2.0 in. |
| May 22, 2025 | Kokanee salmon | 59,784 | 2.7 in. |
| April 29, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 521 | 12.5 in. |
| April 29, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 4,480 | 12.5 in. |
| April 9, 2025 | Rainbow trout | 3,000 | 10.1 in. |
| Nov. 8, 2024 | Rainbow trout | 1,944 | 10.5 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2024 | Rainbow trout | 6,192 | 11.3 in. |
| Sept. 24, 2024 | Rainbow trout | 2,322 | 11.3 in. |
| July 18, 2024 | Wiper | 15,120 | 2.0 in. |
| May 2, 2024 | Kokanee salmon | 55,820 | 3.3 in. |
| April 18, 2024 | Rainbow trout | 5,000 | 10.9 in. |
| Sept. 26, 2023 | Rainbow trout | 3,950 | 12.6 in. |
| Sept. 26, 2023 | Rainbow trout | 4,782 | 12.6 in. |
| Aug. 17, 2023 | Wiper | 18,480 | 2.3 in. |
| May 9, 2023 | Rainbow trout | 3,332 | 11.2 in. |
| May 9, 2023 | Rainbow trout | 1,668 | 10.8 in. |
| Sept. 27, 2022 | Rainbow trout | 4,480 | 12.1 in. |
| Sept. 27, 2022 | Rainbow trout | 4,060 | 12.1 in. |
| July 28, 2022 | Wiper | 15,200 | 1.9 in. |
| April 4, 2022 | Kokanee salmon | 19,024 | 2.6 in. |
| March 30, 2022 | Rainbow trout | 4,020 | 11.9 in. |
| March 30, 2022 | Rainbow trout | 983 | 11.9 in. |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 1,500 | 11.2 in. |
| Nov. 3, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 1,000 | 10.2 in. |
| Sept. 28, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 5,658 | 8.8 in. |
| Sept. 28, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 9,855 | 8.8 in. |
| Sept. 27, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 5,475 | 8.8 in. |
| Sept. 27, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 3,650 | 8.8 in. |
| Sept. 27, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 11,680 | 8.8 in. |
| Sept. 16, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 150 | 9.9 in. |
| Sept. 14, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 2,000 | 11.6 in. |
| Aug. 12, 2021 | Wiper | 16,559 | 2.1 in. |
| April 5, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 3,998 | 9.0 in. |
| April 2, 2021 | Kokanee salmon | 15,061 | 2.7 in. |
| March 30, 2021 | Rainbow trout | 4,060 | 8.6 in. |
Fishing rules
No water-specific entry for East Canyon Reservoir in the 2026 guidebook: statewide limits apply unless a group entry (such as a drainage) covers it.
From the 2026 Utah Fishing Guidebook, in our own words. Rules can change mid-year: check wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks before fishing.
Access and facilities
- Boating
- Boat ramp
- Camping
- Cabins, Camp host, Primitive tent camping, RV camping
- Facilities
- Covered picnic area, Drinking water, Electrical hookups, Fire rings, Fish cleaning station, Gray water disposal, Restrooms, Showers
- Accessible
- Docks, Picnic tables, Restrooms, Sidewalk, Wheelchair access
- Other activities
- Swimming, Waterskiing, Wildlife watching
Facility list from DWR Fish Utah. Check with the land manager before you go; facilities close seasonally.
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East Canyon Reservoir questions
When is East Canyon Reservoir stocked?
DWR does not publish stocking schedules. Past records show East Canyon Reservoir was stocked in early April (3 of the last 5 years), late April to early May (3 of the last 5 years), mid to late July (3 of the last 5 years) and late September (5 of the last 5 years). The most recent stocking in the DWR report is dated Oct. 5, 2026.
What fish are in East Canyon Reservoir?
DWR lists rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and wiper as likely catches and black crappie, brown trout, kokanee salmon, splake and tiger trout as possible. Since 2021 DWR has stocked rainbow trout, kokanee salmon and wiper.
Stocking: Utah DWR fish stocking report, fetched Nov. 10, 2026. Size, program, species and facilities: DWR Fish Utah. Location: Utah DWR, USGS NHD. Rules: 2026 Utah Fishing Guidebook. Page built Nov. 10, 2026. Found an error? Tell us. Verify rules with DWR before fishing.