Cold Spring Lakes is a lake in Utah, near Box Elder County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Cold Spring Lakes is a lake in Box Elder County, Utah and covers about 4.5 acres, reaches about 9.6 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 17.1 acre-feet.
One weed edge or deeper pocket can hold much of the day’s activity; match lure size to the fish. With little deep water in Cold Spring Lakes, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Cold Spring Lakes include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, and Largemouth Bass.
While looking for bluegill on Cold Spring Lakes, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
At Cold Spring Lakes, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
For channel catfish on Cold Spring Lakes, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
Start the common carp search on Cold Spring Lakes by trying to place corn or a dough bait on the bottom along a shallow flat.
Rainbow Trout have also been stocked here; that proves fish were released, but it does not promise that they are still common or easy to catch; move only after checking the nearby drop.
Start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it; work from shallow to deep, then give shaded water a separate pass.
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; fish one point at two depths, then check both sides of the point.
A medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle; start where bait gathers, then let a light jig fall beside the break.
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; start with the cover closest to deep water, then note the exact cover that gives a bite.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.