Help me wet a line in Moab

thebrandon

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Me and my friends take a few small trips every year to some secluded and beautiful places around Arizona.

One place we want to go that is on all of our bucket lists is Moab. We want to go there not just for great offroading and scenery, but to fish as well. Fishing plays a huge role in the trips we take, and is almost essential to therapeutic process that so many people miss out on these days of "going outside".

Part of the inspiration for this trip was an accident my friend was involved in, and a hit in run I was involved in. Both situations destroyed our cars. My friend ended up in the hospital with several broken bones and can't walk, but if all goes well should be fully recovered by next year. My accident left us stranded on the side of the road with a totaled vehicle watching as tail lights from a careless, probably inebriated person drove away into the dark with a crippled vehicle, and no care for the lives they could have potentially just ended. Things in the city suck, but we still have our lives and are yearning to get out.

I understand that there is fishing around Moab, but I am completely unfamiliar with the area and the regulations around fishing here and if the fishing opportunities are actually in the Moab area.

We like to camp near the water, fish in the water, and eat some of our catch.

Mill Creek and the Colorado river are some of the places that have come up on my searches.

Any information you have will be extremely helpful, so thank you!
 
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I wouldn't want to fish the Colorado at Moab. It's brown water. So is the Green. Ken's Lake is a little reservoir south of town that gets stocked, but it isn't much to look at. Mill Creek runs right through town but doesn't have a huge amount of flow even during spring runoff, I doubt there's much in the way of proper fish in there.

If you're willing to go north a ways, the Price and Green rivers have some great fishing spots, and if you actually get up into the Uintah Mountains there's rivers and lakes everywhere. But amazingly enough, it's hard to find good fishing in the desert. :)

Now that's all Utah-side, I don't know about Colorado. Maybe if you get up to Fruita/Grand Junction there's fishing that way?
 
I wouldn't want to fish the Colorado at Moab. It's brown water. So is the Green. But amazingly enough, it's hard to find good fishing in the desert. :)

Now that's all Utah-side, I don't know about Colorado. Maybe if you get up to Fruita/Grand Junction there's fishing that way?

Same is true of then Colorado desert (Fruita/Grand Junction) sure you can fish, but it's not going to very exciting.
 
Thanks for the info :). Fishing doesn't have to be good. Where I am at it can be difficult sometimes, so I am always up for a challenge.

I've heard parts of Mill are good for fly fishing, and Kens is on the radar since it would be on our way into Moab.

I've read there is somewhere up there where you can catch pike in the mountains. Does anyone have info on where that might be, and accessibility? I need to look into that one more though. I would love to get into some of those.
 
I don't know about fishing holes, but these trips sound great. Can I go? :)

We have some fishing up here in Prescott.
 
Thank you! This is very helpful.

You may want to try the La Sal mountains for fishing.

Fishing in the area surrounding Moab, Utah.

I believe that you can buy 3 or 7 day non resident licenses online at the Utah Division of Wildlife website

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

We could probably always use another 4runner!

I don't know about fishing holes, but these trips sound great. Can I go? :)

We have some fishing up here in Prescott.
 
Let me know, sounds like fun. Few others up north here who may be interested... jeepers and 4runners
 

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