WHAT FISH ARE IN MOON LAKE?
The lake has native populations and is also annually stocked by Utah DWR. The fish in and around the lake are: 1) Pan-fry RAINBOW TROUT stocked yearly (6-10 inches we’ve seen grow to 27). 2) Fingerling to 10+ pound SPLAKE (a sterile Lake and Brook trout hatchery hybrid). Fingerlings have been stocked yearly for a while and this fish is now becoming the dominant lake predator, though very tricky to catch as it gets larger. Big ones are only active at night, according to DWR experts. 3) KOKANEE SALMON about 6-16 inches, mostly active in Spring and Fall. 4) BROOK TROUT, CUTTHROAT TROUT and ARCTIC GREYLING. 5) TIGER TROUT were introduced in 2004. 6) MOUNTAIN WHITEFISH and other “sucker” varieties, rarely caught and usually considered “trash” fish. 7) The mystery “monster” fish scoped at 80 to 120 foot depths near the ledges near the deepest part of the “natural” lake. They might possibly be big Lake or Brown Trout, according to old-timers, Moon Lake devotees and other Fish-Story tellers. 8
