Santa Clara River, Washington County
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Santa Clara River, Washington County, as the state words them
Washington County · River · UT
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Utah has a year-round fishing season for most waterbodies. It runs from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025.Statewide
- Gear
- No line may have attached to it more than three baited hooks, three artificial flies or three artificial lures.Statewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- you can fish with two poles at any water in the state during its open fishing seasonStatewide
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Black crappie and white crappie | 50 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Bluegill and green sunfish | 50 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Bonneville cisco | 30 | - | Statewide |
Bullhead | 24 | - | Statewide |
Burbot | No limit | - | Statewide |
Channel catfish | 8 | - | Statewide |
Crayfish | No limit | - | Statewide |
Kokanee salmon | See trout limit next column | - | Statewide |
Largemouth and smallmouth bass | 6 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Nongame species | No Limit | - | Statewide |
Northern pike | 20, only 1 over 36 inches | min. only 1 over 36 inches | Statewide |
Roundtail chub Varies by water: limit 2 (Most Utah fisheries) | The statewide limit for roundtail chub is 2 fish unless otherwise specified in the Rules for specific waters . | - | Statewide |
Sacramento perch | 10 | - | Statewide |
Striped bass | No limit | - | Statewide |
Tiger muskellunge | 1 over 40 inches | min. over 40 inches | Statewide |
Trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic grayling | 4 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Walleye | 10, only 1 over 24 inches | min. only 1 over 24 inches | Statewide |
Whitefish | 10 | - | Statewide |
White bass | No limit | - | Statewide |
Wiper | 3 | - | Statewide |
Yellow perch | 50 | - | Statewide |
nongame fish | Nongame fish that are legal to take must either be released or killed immediately after you remove them from the water. You may not leave them on the shoreline. | - | Statewide |
game fish or crayfish | a legal limit | - | Statewide |
smallmouth bass | No limit on smallmouth bass | - | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from UT's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- smallmouth bassDaily limit No limit on smallmouth bass
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 4.46 cfs at santa clara river near pine valley, ut (2026-07-29 01:15)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Santa Clara River, Washington County's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Santa Clara River, Washington County
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