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Utah · Tailwater · Rockies

Ogden River — below Pineview

Tailwater below Pineview Reservoir; verify releases and access.

Utah · public-access reaches. This page is what the desk knows about the water itself. What it is doing today — flow, water temperature, weather, and the hazards those produce — is a reading with a date on it, and it lives in Trip Prep.

Plan a trip on Ogden River — below Pineview

Who manages it

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

These links were checked against the live agency site on 2026-09-01. Rules for a water change inside a season, so the agency’s own page on the day you go is the only current answer — this desk does not hold one.

Directory review

Review provenance unavailable

No unique fleet-directory record matched this operational water by name and state, so the desk will not borrow another water’s review date. The agency links on this page were checked on 2026-09-01; check the agency’s own page the day you go.

How access works here

Access concentrated below the dam

On a tailwater, public access clusters below the dam and thins downstream. The outlet reach is usually the busiest water on the river and the most exposed to a release.

Launch · There is usually a ramp near the outlet. Launching and taking out on a tailwater is a timing problem as much as a facilities problem — know the generation schedule first.

Parking · Outlet parking fills early on weekends and holidays. Have a second access point in mind before you leave home.

Utah's Fish Utah map lists waters with public access. Utah's stream-access rules are narrower than Montana's — public access generally means a public parcel or an easement, not the whole streambed.

Gauge

A public gauge is mapped

Flow and water temperature for this water are read from USGS site 10140100, Ogden River below Pineview Reservoir near Huntsville, UT. It is an official public gauge, not a fishing pin: it describes the river at one point, and the reach you stand in may be doing something else.

Species · derived

4 plausible here

Derived from water class (tailwater) and Rockies range — not a stocking record. Confirm species, seasons and any closures with Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

  • Brown trout

    5467°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

  • Rainbow trout

    5264°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

  • Cutthroat trout

    4862°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 66°F

  • Mountain whitefish

    4664°F published preference · handling becomes a conservation problem at 68°F

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