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Strawberry Reservoir contains four major fishing areas. The largest, at 64 percent of the reservoir's volume, is the Strawberry Basin, which includes the original 8,400-acre (34 km 2) Reservoir. The Meadows, located at the southern end of the reservoir south of the Indian Creek Dike, fills a valley of the lower Indian Creek Drainage.
The river flows south into Strawberry Reservoir, then through Soldier Creek Dam. The first 8 miles (13 km) below Soldier Creek Dam is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and is one of Utah's most productive brown and cutthroat trout fisheries, and was one of the first waters in Utah to be designated a Quality Fishing Stream. [3]
Fishing report, Nov. 1-7: Courtright and Wishon trout action excellent, good bites at Delta and New Melones Roger George and Dave Hurley October 31, 2023 at 4:00 PM
The capacity of Strawberry Reservoir was enlarged from 273,000 acre-feet (337,000,000 m 3) to 1,106,500 acre-feet (1.3648 × 10 9 m 3) by the construction of Soldier Creek Dam on the Strawberry River. Some of the water stored in the reservoir is released to the Strawberry River to provide fishery flows, but most of the stored water is for trans ...
Fishing report, Dec. 27-Jan. 2: 6,500 pound of trout released at McSwain Reservoir, surf perch fishing outstanding at Santa Cruz. Roger George and Dave Hurley. December 26, 2023 at 4:52 PM.
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Constructed between 1970 and 1974, the dam replaced the earlier Strawberry Dam, built slightly upstream of the current site from 1911 to 1913. The new dam increased the storage capacity of Strawberry Reservoir from 283,000 acre-feet (0.349 km 3) to more than 1,120,000 acre-feet (1.38 km 3). [4]
The reservoir it creates, Pinecrest Lake, has a normal water surface of 300 acres (120 ha) and has a normal capacity of 18,312 acre-feet (22,588,000 m 3). [3] Recreation includes boating, fishing, camping, and winter sports. [4] Pinecrest Lake hosts the Pinecrest Recreation Area, part of the Stanislaus National Forest. [5]