Fishing near Escalante, UT

Escalante sits in Garfield County amid the canyon country of southern Utah, surrounded by Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Boulder Mountain, and the Aquarius Plateau. The area draws fly fishers to the Escalante River and its tributary streams, as well as to the over 50 fishable lakes and streams on Boulder Mountain. Wild trout in remote canyon creeks and reservoir fishing on the plateau define the local scene.

Top waters to fish near Escalante

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Rainbow Trout

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Northern Pike

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

Walleye

Sander vitreus

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