Recapture Reservoir is a reservoir in Utah, near San Juan 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.
Recapture Reservoir is a reservoir in San Juan County, Utah and covers about 221.2 acres, reaches about 43.5 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 8,820 acre-feet.
There is enough room for fish to move at Recapture Reservoir, so compare a protected side with a windblown bank before settling on one depth.
Fish listed for Recapture Reservoir include Black Bullhead, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, and Smallmouth Bass.
While looking for northern pike on this water, cover weeds, shallow points, and flat edges with a spoon or sturdy minnow lure.
At Recapture Reservoir, try this for bluegill: use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
At Recapture Reservoir, try this for smallmouth bass: drag a tube or Ned rig across rock and the hard edge of a point.
At Recapture 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, Black Bullhead, and Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig.
Black Crappie 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 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; begin where shallow cover meets depth, then try a natural color before a loud pattern.
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 a small bottom change, then note the exact cover that gives a bite.
A medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs and small casting baits; add a stronger outfit and a proper leader when northern pike are the target.
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 pass close to structure, then keep line light around small clear-water fish.
Soak a worm or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water after sunset; check the first shelf outside shallow cover.
Treat 43.5 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
It confirms that black crappie were released, but it does not prove that fish are now common or easy to catch; use a slow bait after the search lure, then fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
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