Pelican Lake is a lake in Utah, near Uintah 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.
The 1,119.1-acre Pelican Lake in Uintah County is a lake in Utah and covers about 1,119.1 acres, reaches about 30.3 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 13,564 acre-feet.
There is enough room for fish to move at Pelican Lake, so compare a protected side with a windblown bank before settling on one depth.
Pelican Lake is a shallow, productive Uintah Basin lake known for bluegill and largemouth bass. Weeds, warm flats, channels, and open pockets matter far more than deep-water trolling.
Use small jigs and worms around weed holes for bluegill, soft plastics for largemouth, and a bottom rig for bullheads or carp. Keep stocked trout and muskie notes separate.
Utah’s catch-and-release bluegill record came from Pelican Lake. Its food-rich shallows can grow exceptional panfish when weeds, water quality, and predator balance line up.
The lake has gone through major fishery repair work aimed at unwanted carp and restoring its bluegill-bass balance. A current weed edge is more useful than an old map of vegetation.
Channel catfish, tiger muskie, and wiper appear in stocking history. Those releases can shape the fish community, but the core plan remains bluegill in weeds and largemouth on the outside edge.
Fish listed for Pelican Lake include Black Bullhead, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Common Carp, Cutthroat Trout, Largemouth Bass, and Rainbow Trout.
At the 1,119.1-acre Pelican Lake in Uintah County, try this for black crappie: fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
At the 1,119.1-acre Pelican Lake in Uintah County, try this for bluegill: use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
At the 1,119.1-acre Pelican Lake in Uintah County, try this for largemouth bass: work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
A useful black bullhead plan on this water is to soak a worm or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water after sunset.
Other targets listed here include Rainbow Trout, and Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; separate open water from cover.
Channel Catfish, Tiger Muskie, and Wiper have also been stocked here; that proves fish were released, but it does not promise that they are still common or easy to catch.
Start here: 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.
In spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace; match lure size to the visible food, then let a light jig fall beside the break.
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; keep the lure near the depth that produced, then let two bites set the useful depth.
At the 1,119.1-acre Pelican Lake in Uintah County, 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.
Keep the first hour simple: use one moving bait to find active fish, slow down with a jig or natural bait on the best edge, and repeat the same setup when two bites come from matching depth and bottom during that part of the trip; use stronger line beside wood and sharp rock.
The key difference is that this water is a shallow, productive Uintah Basin lake known for bluegill and largemouth bass.
For a first trip, use small jigs and worms around weed holes for bluegill, soft plastics for largemouth, and a bottom rig for bullheads or carp.
Do not let the largest depth or an old stocking note replace current water conditions, food, and the confirmed fish list; check the first shelf outside shallow cover.
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