Locations
Fish species in Utah
72 species have two or more US observation records in Utah. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
72 species have two or more US observation records in Utah. ITIS calls 19 of them native to the United States, 45 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 8 introduced.
- Species
- 72
- Freshwater
- 72
- Saltwater
- 11
- Survey list
- 32
Two counts, two questions. 72 is the number of species observed in Utah and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 32 is the number the USGS stream survey caught, which samples flowing fresh water only. Neither is the other, so the site never adds them.
The statute
The official state fish of Utah
A state fish is a statute, not a survey. It says which fish the legislature chose, not which fish is most common. The list above links each row to the state's own record.
Record fish
Utah state records
The heaviest fish of each species certified by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, catch-and-keep; the agency also files catch-and-release, spearfishing, setline, and archery tables that this ingest does not read. Heaviest first. Every figure is the agency’s own.
| Species | Weight | Length | Water | Date | Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TROUT, Lake | 53 lbs. 15 oz. | 44 ⅛" | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | 2020 | Chance Scott |
 BASS, Striped | 48 lbs. 11 oz. | 45" | Lake Powell | 1991 | Travis T. Jenson |
 TROUT, Brown | 33 lbs. 10 oz. | 40" | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | 1977 | Robert Bringhurst |
| MUSKELLUNGE, Tiger | 33 lbs. 9 oz. | 49" | Pineview Reservoir | 2006 | Kelly Parry |
 CATFISH, Channel | 32 lbs. 8 oz. | 39 ¾" | Utah Lake | 1978 | LeRoy Mortensen |
| CARP | 32 lbs. 0 oz. | Lake Powell | 1993 | Couger Elfervig | |
| TROUT, Nonnative Cutthroat | 26 lbs. 12 oz. | Strawberry Reservoir | 1930 | Mrs. E. Smith | |
 TROUT, Rainbow | 26 lbs. 2 oz. | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | 1979 | Del Canty | |
 PIKE, Northern | 26 lbs. 1 oz. | 45 ½" | Yuba Reservoir | 2013 | Vlad Zoranovic |
| WIPER | 20 lbs. 12.16 oz. | 31.5" | Otter Creek Reservoir | 2026 | Mark Brazzeal |
| TROUT, Tiger | 19 lbs. 2 oz. | 37 ½" | Scofield Reservoir | 2013 | Jake Trane |
| TROUT, Splake | 17 lbs. 4 oz. | 36 ½" | Fish Lake | 2006 | Stacy S. Willden |
 WALLEYE | 15 lbs. 9 oz. | 31 ¾" | Provo River | 1991 | Jeffery Tanner |
| TROUT, Bonneville Cutthroat | 10 lbs. 2.24 oz. | 28" | Lost Creek Reservoir | 2022 | Willie G. Carollo |
 BASS, Largemouth | 10 lbs. 2 oz. | 24 ¼" | Lake Powell | 1974 | Sam LaManna |
| TROUT, Albino | 9 lbs. 2 oz. | 24 ¾" | Joes Valley Reservoir | 1989 | Nick Manning |
 TROUT, Brook | 7 lbs. 8 oz. | Boulder Mountain | 1971 | Milton Taft | |
 BASS, Smallmouth | 7 lbs. 6 oz. | 22" | Midview Reservoir (Lake Borham) | 1996 | Alan Iorg |
 SUCKER, Utah | 6 lbs. 6 oz. | 25 ½" | Weber River | 2003 | Jamin C. Buttars |
 SALMON, Kokanee | 6 lbs. 5 oz. | 25 ¼" | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | 2015 | George Sharman |
 WHITEFISH, Mountain | 4 lbs. 12 oz. | 21 ½" | Deer Creek Reservoir | 1997 | Roy L. Montoya |
 WHITEFISH, Bonneville | 4 lbs. 8.96 oz. | 21 ⅞" | Bear Lake | 2018 | Nathan VanderLinden |
 PERCH, Sacramento | 4 lbs. 5 oz. | 17" | Garrison Res. (Pruess Lake) | 1993 | Harlan G. Thomas |
 BASS, White | 4 lbs. 1 oz. | Utah Lake | 1970 | John R. Welcker | |
 CRAPPIE, Black | 3 lbs. 5 oz. | 18 ½" | Lake Powell | 2009 | James Maack |
 BULLHEAD, Black | 3 lbs. 4 oz. | 16" | Cutler Reservoir | 1999 | Jack Gilgen |
 PERCH, Yellow | 2 lbs. 11 oz. | 15 ⅛" | Yuba Reservoir | 1984 | Ray Johnson |
 BLUEGILL | 2 lbs. 8 oz. | 12 ¼" | Quail Creek Reservoir | 2024 | Scott Gubler |
 SUCKER, White | 2 lbs. 8 oz. | 19 ¼" | Flaming Gorge Reservoir | 1992 | Ray Johnson |
 CHUB, Utah | 1 lb. 15 oz. | 13" | Starvation Reservoir | 2009 | Krystal Rasmussen |
| TROUT, Colorado River Cutthroat | 1 lb. 12.6 oz. | 17" | Currant Creek Reservoir | 2024 | Bryan Olsen |
 GRAYLING, Arctic | 1 lb. 12 oz. | 17 ¼" | Big Dog Lake — South Slope Uintas | 1998 | Terry J. Fieldsted |
 TROUT, Golden | 1 lb. 2.88 oz. | 14 ⅞" | Marsh Lake | 2019 | Isaac Vance |
| SUNFISH, Hybrid | 1 lb. 1 oz. | 12 ⅝" | Sand Hollow Reservoir | 2025 | Chris Anderson |
| TROUT, Brownbow | 1 lb. | 15" | Mill Meadow Reservoir | 2000 | Benjamin Spencer Harward |
 SUNFISH, Green | 15.5 oz. | 10 ¼" | Glassman Pond | 2003 | Sean Buchanan |
 CISCO, Bonneville | 3.2 oz. | 9" | Bear Lake | 2026 | Rod Thompson |
Source: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. A row with no link is a name the site holds no species page for, which is usually a hybrid.
Most recorded
The fish of Utah
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Groups
Types of fish in Utah
Species
All 72 species, A–Z
A
B
- Bear Lake Sculpin Cottus extensus
- Bear Lake Whitefish Prosopium abyssicola
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluehead Sucker Pantosteus discobolus
- Bonneville Cisco Prosopium gemmifer
- Bonneville Whitefish Prosopium spilonotus
- Bonytail Chub Gila elegans
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
One record only
10 more with a single record
One observation can be a stray, an aquarium release, or a mis-keyed locality, so these are kept out of the count above and listed here instead. The first 10 are shown.
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