Cleveland Reservoir is a reservoir in Utah, near Emery County.
Cleveland Reservoir is a reservoir in Emery County, Utah and covers about 138.6 acres, reaches about 57 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 5,340 acre-feet.
Cleveland Reservoir is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns. Deep water at Cleveland Reservoir gives fish room to move away from shore as summer heat and bright light build.
Fish listed for Cleveland Reservoir include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Cutthroat Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Utah Chub, and Utah Sucker.
Start the black crappie search on this water by trying to fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
Start the bluegill search on this water by trying to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
For smallmouth bass on this water, drag a tube or Ned rig across rock and the hard edge of a point.
At Cleveland Reservoir, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
Other targets listed here include Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, and Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
Use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket; work an old channel turn, then keep one slow bait ready.
Early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again; look for a clean edge beside cover, then match the hook and line to the named target.
A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; look along a shallow shelf, then separate open water from cover.
Record the wind, water color, productive depth, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; check the clean side of wind, then compare shallow and deeper water.
Fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops; fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
Treat 57 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite; check rock and weeds as separate patterns, then save the heaviest tackle for deep cover.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.