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Best brook trout lakes in Wyoming

184 Wyoming waters hold brook trout. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — 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 Trout
2. Wheatland Reservoir 3 — 50 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
3. Willow Lake — 279 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
4. Boulder Lake — 249 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
5. New Fork Lake, Upper — 203 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
6. Halfmoon Lake — 282 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
7. Rob Roy Reservoir — 130 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
8. Burnt Lake — 150 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
9. Two Ocean Lake — 23 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
10. Jenny Lake — 423 ft max · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
11. Hog Park Reservoir — 80 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
12. High Savery Reservoir — 131 ft max · Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
13. Deep Lake — 472 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
14. Goldeneye Reservoir — 20 ft max · Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
15. Soda Lake — 55 ft max · Brown Trout, Brook Trout
16. Granite Lake — 163 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
17. Diamond Lake — 46 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
18. Beartooth Lake — 100 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
19. Chain Lake 2 — 5 ft max · Brook Trout
20. Long Lake — 53 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
21. Louis Lake — 38 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
22. Becker Lake — 86 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
23. Sawtooth Lake — 90 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
24. Sand Lake — 15 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
25. Island Lake — 148 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout

…plus 159 more Wyoming waters holding brook trout.

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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