Utah Best Fishing Times Today
Solunar major and minor periods, sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and the moon phase for every Utah county, today and for the next 7 days.
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All 29 counties in Utah are in the list. Choose one and the times below switch to that county, in its own local clock time.
Today’s solunar periods, sunrise, sunset and the moon for Salt Lake County, Utah load here.
Utah times are worked out in your browser with SunCalc for each county’s internal point in the Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer, shown in that county’s local time. Check any Utah day against the US Naval Observatory sun and moon tables.
What the Utah fishing times mean
The idea behind these Utah times goes back to John Alden Knight’s solunar tables of 1926. A major period runs about 2 hours around the moment the moon crosses overhead or passes underfoot, and a minor period about 1 hour around moonrise or moonset. Treat them as a traditional guide rather than a promise; on Utah water a cold front or muddy runoff matters more.
Over Utah, moon times shift about 50 minutes later each day, so a major period that falls at dawn this week lands mid-morning next week. The 7-day row shows when one lines up with sunrise or sunset, the hours many Utah anglers already favour.
Traditional tables give their best ratings to days near a new or full moon, so each Utah card also carries the phase and how much of the moon is lit.
All 29 counties keep Mountain time. On the June solstice the first Utah sunrise comes in Daggett County at 5:47 a.m. and the last in Washington County at 6:15 a.m., a 28 minute spread on the clock.
In Salt Lake County, the county around Salt Lake City, the longest day of the year is 15 hours 5 minutes and the shortest 9 hours 15 minutes. From Cache County in the north to Washington County in the south the county centres are 4.5 degrees of latitude apart; on June 21 that is 15 hours 13 minutes of daylight against 14 hours 44 minutes.
Utah sunrise, sunset and day lengths above are computed for the 29 Census 2023 Gazetteer county internal points with the same SunCalc formulas the widget uses.
Utah fish to plan around today's times
Seasons, size limits and where each fish is caught in Utah.
- Arctic grayling
- Bear Lake cutthroat trout
- Bear Lake whitefish
- Black crappie
- Bluegill
- Bonneville cisco
- Bonneville cutthroat trout
- Bonneville whitefish
- Brook trout
- Brown trout
- Bullhead
- Burbot
- Channel catfish
- Colorado River cutthroat trout
- Common carp
- Flannelmouth sucker
- Golden trout
- Green sunfish
- Kokanee salmon
- Lake trout
- Largemouth bass
- Mountain whitefish
- Northern pike
- Rainbow trout
- Roundtail chub
- Smallmouth bass
- Splake
- Striped bass
- Tiger muskellunge
- Tiger trout
- Utah chub
- Utah sucker
- Walleye
- White bass
- White crappie
- Wiper
- Yellow perch
- Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Lakes in Utah to fish in the next period
Utah lake pages carry ramps, species, records and live levels where a gauge exists; each one links back here.
- Bear Lake
- Cutler Reservoir
- Deer Creek Reservoir
- East Canyon Reservoir
- Echo Reservoir
- Fish Lake
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Joes Valley Reservoir
- Johnson Reservoir
- Jordanelle Reservoir
- Lake Powell
- Mantua Reservoir
- Minersville Reservoir
- Mona Reservoir
- Moon Lake
- Navajo Lake
- Otter Creek Reservoir
- Panguitch Lake
- Pelican Lake
- Pineview Reservoir
- Sand Hollow Reservoir
- Scofield Reservoir
- Strawberry Reservoir
- Utah Lake
Questions on Utah fishing times
What are the best fishing times today in Utah?
In Utah, the major periods: about 2 hours around the moon overhead and underfoot, then the minor periods around moonrise and moonset. Pick your county above; the list starts on Salt Lake County.
How many Utah counties does the list cover?
All 29 Utah counties, each with its Census 2023 Gazetteer internal point and its own time zone.
Does Utah have more than one time zone?
No. All 29 counties keep Mountain time. The widget still uses each county centre, so Utah times shift a few minutes from east to west.
How much does sunrise differ across Utah?
On June 21 the earliest sunrise is 5:47 a.m. in Daggett County and the latest 6:15 a.m. in Washington County, a 28 minute spread.
How long is the longest day around Salt Lake City?
15 hours 5 minutes on the June solstice in Salt Lake County; the December solstice gives 9 hours 15 minutes.
Is a major period better than a minor one in Utah?
For Utah anglers, solunar theory rates major periods (moon overhead or underfoot, about 2 hours) above minor ones (about 1 hour at moonrise and moonset). It is a traditional guide; Utah weather and water conditions matter as much.
Why is there no major period on some Utah days?
Over Utah the moon passes overhead or underfoot about 50 minutes later each day, so roughly once a month one of the two falls just past midnight and that county day card shows a single major period.
Do solunar times change Utah fishing rules?
No. Seasons, limits and hours come from the Utah regulations; see the license and regulations page for Utah.
Can I check the Utah times against an official source?
Yes. The US Naval Observatory publishes sun and moon rise, set and transit times for any place and date; enter the county centre coordinates for a Utah day.