A half-century ago, when Utah’s Fish Lake became a hot destination, most anglers relied on 12- to 15-foot aluminum boats with small outboard motors.
Now, there are more visitors bringing their fishing rods, and they tend to prefer larger, more powerful boats that don’t easily fit into the aging marinas serving southern Utah’s most popular alpine lake.
The U.S. Forest Service recently greenlighted major overhauls to these three privately owned marinas, which operate by permit on Fishlake National Forest land, as well as new amenities to improve access from the weed-choked shore and to view fall salmon spawning runs now underway on the lake’s tributaries.