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Best crappie lakes in Wyoming

18 Wyoming waters hold crappie, 4 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. Schooling panfish that suspends around timber, brush and creek channels.

1. Boysen Reservoir — 107 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Sauger
2. Keyhole Reservoir — 74 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
3. Glendo Reservoir — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Bass & Hybrids
4. Grayrocks Reservoir — 74 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
5. Pilot Butte Reservoir — 81 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Burbot
6. Springer Res — 20 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Yellow Perch
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. Goldeneye Reservoir — 20 ft max · Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
10. Packers Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
11. Guernsey Slough — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
12. Lak Reservoir — 41 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Muskellunge
13. Rock Lake — 15 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish
14. Black Hills Power and Light Reservoir — 20 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
15. Sheepherders Reservoir — 8 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
16. Bryan Stock Trail Pond (Lake Makenzie) — 24 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
17. Kleenburn Pond 2 — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout
18. Upton Centennial 2 — 11 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch

When to fish crappie in Wyoming

• Spring 2–8 ft — The famous spring bite: brush, timber and docks in protected shallow pockets.
• Summer 10–25 ft — Find suspended schools over channel-edge brush piles and deep timber.
• Fall 8–20 ft — Schools follow shad into creeks; fish channel bends with cover.
• Winter 15–35 ft — Tight schools in deep holes and channel bends; slow presentations.

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