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Best channel catfish lakes in Wyoming

14 Wyoming waters hold channel catfish, 3 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. 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. Scent-driven bottom feeder. Holes, channels and inflows — best after dark.

1. Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 436 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common Carp
2. Boysen Reservoir — 107 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger
3. Keyhole Reservoir — 74 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
4. Glendo Reservoir — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Bass & Hybrids
5. Grayrocks Reservoir — 74 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
6. Eden Valley Reservoir — 13 ft max · Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
7. Hawk Springs Reservoir — 34 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
8. Bump Sullivan Res — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
9. Packers Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
10. Guernsey Slough — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
11. Rock Lake — 15 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
12. Big Muddy Pond — 8 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish
13. Bryan Stock Trail Pond (Lake Makenzie) — 24 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Kleenburn Pond 2 — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout

When to fish channel catfish in Wyoming

• Spring 3–12 ft — Warm inflows and shallow mud flats after rain.
• Summer 8–25 ft — Deep holes by day; cats roam shallow flats to feed at night.
• Fall 10–30 ft — Fish concentrate in river/creek channels and deeper holes.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Stacked in the deepest holes; slow natural baits.

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