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Best brown trout lakes in Wyoming

41 Wyoming waters list brown trout (official records or labelled estimates), 1 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. 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. Wary, nocturnal-leaning predator. Shorelines and inflows in cold months; the thermocline in summer.

1. Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 436 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common CarpWhy #1: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 5 public access sites
2. Palisades Reservoir — 235 ft max · real survey depth contours · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, KokaneeWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
3. Wind River — 8 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat TroutWhy #3: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
4. Jackson Lake — 438 ft max · Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat TroutWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
5. Fremont Lake — 608 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
6. Wheatland Reservoir 3 — 50 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
7. Desmet Lake — 120 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
8. North Platte River (Grey Reef) — 10 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown TroutWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
9. Lake Hattie — 74 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, KokaneeWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
10. Boulder Lake — 249 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
11. Snake River (Jackson) — 10 ft max · Brown Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 5 public access sites
12. Twin Buttes Res — 30 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #12: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
13. Granite Res — 87 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, SplakeWhy #13: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
14. Saratoga Lake — 15 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown TroutWhy #14: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · no verified access record attached
15. Soda Lake — 55 ft max · Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #15: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 3 public access sites
16. Trail Lake — 37 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, BurbotWhy #16: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
17. Ring Lake — 28 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, BurbotWhy #17: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site

…plus 24 more Wyoming waters holding brown trout.

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When to fish brown trout in Wyoming

• Spring 3–25 ft — Cold-water browns hug shorelines, river mouths and mud lines — often in a few feet of water early and late.
• Summer 25–60 ft — Browns sit at the thermocline by day and slide shallow after dark — the night troll takes the giants.
• Fall 5–30 ft — Spawn-run browns stage off tributaries and gravel shorelines, aggressive and territorial.
• Winter 5–35 ft — Browns feed all winter — nearshore when bait is in, deeper breaks otherwise.

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