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Best brook trout lakes in Wyoming

190 Wyoming waters list brook trout (official records or labelled estimates). Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The native char of cold ponds and streams. Needs the coldest, cleanest water in the lake.

1. Fremont Lake — 608 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
2. Wheatland Reservoir 3 — 50 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #2: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
3. Willow Lake — 279 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, KokaneeWhy #3: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
4. Boulder Lake — 249 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
5. New Fork Lake, Upper — 203 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, KokaneeWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
6. Hog Park Reservoir — 80 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
7. Soda Lake — 55 ft max · Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
8. Diamond Lake — 46 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
9. Beartooth Lake — 100 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
10. Becker Lake — 86 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
11. Island Lake — 148 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
12. Little Bear Lake — 19 ft max · Brook TroutWhy #12: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
13. Fiddlers Lake — 5 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook TroutWhy #13: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
14. Snow Lake — 85 ft max · Brook TroutWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
15. R Park Pond — 15 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #15: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site

…plus 175 more Wyoming waters holding brook trout.

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When to fish brook trout in Wyoming

• Spring 2–15 ft — Ice-out scatters brookies along shorelines and inflow mouths, feeding on the first insect activity.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Brookies hold where the coldest water is — spring holes, deep basin edges and inflow plumes.
• Fall 2–15 ft — Fall is the show: brilliant spawning colors on gravel shoals and inflow gravel.
• Winter 3–20 ft — A classic ice-fishing target — active all winter in shallow to mid-depth water.

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