If anyone doesn’t mind sharing a good place to catch grayling, I will be up in the uintas this weekend and would really like to catch one. I don’t mind a good hike as long as the lake sounds promising.[;)] Feel free to PM if needed. Thanks
What general area of the Uintas are you headed?
We will be camped lower around the soapstone campgrounds, just past the pay station. I am willing to drive a fair distance if its worth getting to a good lake
Trial and Washington have grayling. They have been planting some in more recent years but I often caught grayling from Trial 25 years ago. I always caught them on flies.
And if you hike in from the Crystal Lake, Marjorie or Weir has them (I can’t remember which).
For a real long hike you can find tons of small ones in Carolyn near Rocky Sea Pass.
Hike into Round Lake, Sand Lake and Fish Lake at the headwaters of the Weber River. About five miles to Fish Lake, which typically has the biggest fish. My brothers, friends an I have caught many, many fish in all three lakes, which are probably overpopulated, so keep what you catch. They’re easy to cook, by the way. Don’t gut them, just thrown them in a fire and cover them with coals. Dig them out in five minutes, peel off the skin and eat the meat. Delicious.
Thanks for all the info I really appreciate it.
I also caught them at round lake, but another lake about 1 1/2 miles up from there, can’t remember the name. They’re easy to catch. Use pink size 14 flies. They hang around the shoreline and don’t fight at all, almost like catching a garfish. Go in thru the smith morehouse road till it ends. Within a 5 mile hike, you can hit both lakes from the car.
If you go up oakley canyon, there are 3 lakes with grayling. Round, Sand and Fish lakes. It’s a 3 1/2 mile hike starting at the fish lake trailhead and about a mile between the 3 lakes. I went up the end of august and used a mesquito behind a bubble and had one on almost every cast. Fish lake held the biggest (10-12") and there were cutts as well in Round lake. I hope this helps and good luck.
Thanks rctalbot, thats where I was going to try. I’m just a little worried about it being snowed in. I was looking on a map of the three lakes and they are pretty high in elevation at 10,000 ft. I will also have someone with me that is not the greatest hiker, what would you rate the hike, easy or difficult? It looks like it starts at 8,000 ft so your covering 2,000 feet in elevation.
It’s a moderate hike with a few steep spots. When I went, i thought it was going to be easier than it was. that said, a guy with his 5 year old son was up there. He said they went extra slow and made it fine. I pushed it for some exercise. The weather says 70 degrees and clear in the valley for saturday. good luck!
I recently hit Round lake a few weeks ago and slammed the grayling. If you can find my post titled “Grayling Galore w/ pics” or something like that you can see the pictures and read my report. It was my first time catching them. For me, they didn’t fight less than any of the smaller trout in the Uintas, in fact I thought they were rather spunky. It is a steep hike and about 4 miles in. You can go another 1/2 mile to Sand Lake, and another mile or so to Fish Lake.
The trail to these lakes starts at the end of a long dirt road with private property everywhere. Not far from Smith and Morehouse, but if you pass Smith and Morehouse, you went the wrong way. You have to go through Oakley. Go straight through the ranch gate and drive down the dirt road all the way to the end, you’ll then see the kamas ranger district sign and trail map.
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