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Fishing regulations in Utah can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Common carp as of April 1st, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
Common carp
Seasons
Open
No bag limit. No size limit. No closed season.
You may use a variety of techniques to take common carp—including angling, traps, archery, dipnets, cast nets, liftnets, seines, crossbow, a handheld spear from above the surface of the water, or underwater spearfishing—to take common carp in any water during its open fishing season.
You may also use artificial lights while bowfishing for carp. Carp are the only nongame fish you may take in the following waters:
Ash Creek
Beaver Dam Wash
Colorado River
Diamond Fork
Duchesne River (from the Myton SR-40 bridge to the confluence with the Green River)
Fort Pierce Wash
Green River (from the Colorado state line in Browns Park upstream to Flaming Gorge Dam, including Gorge Creek, a tributary that enters the Green River at Little Hole)
Green River (from the confluence with the Colorado River upstream to the Colorado state line in Dinosaur National Monument)
Hobble Creek
La Verkin Creek
Main Canyon Creek (tributary to Wallsburg Creek)
Provo River (below Deer Creek Dam)
Raft River (from the Idaho state line, including all tributaries)
San Juan River
Santa Clara River (from Pine Valley Reservoir downstream to the confluence with the Virgin River)
Snake Valley waters (west and north of US-6 and the part of US-6 and US-50 in Millard and Juab counties)
Spanish Fork River
Thistle Creek
Virgin River (main stem and the north and east forks)
Gunnison Fayette Canal is a canal located in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. Its coordinates are:
39°13′14.1″N 111°51′20.3″W
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Find the best fishing spots on Gunnison Fayette Canal by looking at where other anglers have caught fish. This can easily be done in the where it is also possible to see big fish potential and how good fishing is right now along with Garmin® depth maps.
The most common species in Gunnison Fayette Canal are:
Common carp - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
Mirror carp - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
White sucker - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
The latest Gunnison Fayette Canal fishing reports are: