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Best cutthroat trout lakes in Wyoming

121 Wyoming waters hold cutthroat 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 trout of the West, named for the orange slash under its jaw. A shoreline cruiser that hunts drop-offs, inlets and rocky points for baitfish and insects.

1. Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 436 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common Carp
2. Jackson Lake — 438 ft max · Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
3. Fremont Lake — 608 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
4. Wheatland Reservoir 3 — 50 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
5. Desmet Lake — 120 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
6. Willow Lake — 279 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
7. Hattie, Lake — 74 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Kokanee
8. Boulder Lake — 249 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
9. Snake River (Jackson) — 10 ft max · Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
10. Halfmoon Lake — 282 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
11. Burnt Lake — 150 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
12. Eden Valley Reservoir — 13 ft max · Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
13. Two Ocean Lake — 23 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
14. Jenny Lake — 423 ft max · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
15. High Savery Reservoir — 131 ft max · Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
16. Alice Lake — 174 ft max · Cutthroat Trout
17. Lower Ross Lake — 275 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout
18. Grassy Lake Reservoir — 103 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Cutthroat Trout
19. Deep Lake — 472 ft max · Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
20. Twin Buttes Res — 30 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
21. Goldeneye Reservoir — 20 ft max · Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
22. Granite Lake — 163 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
23. Upper Ross Lake — 178 ft max · Cutthroat Trout
24. Enos Lake — 90 ft max · Cutthroat Trout
25. Diamond Lake — 46 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout

…plus 96 more Wyoming waters holding cutthroat trout.

When to fish cutthroat trout in Wyoming

• Spring 3–15 ft — Pre- and post-spawn cutthroat gang up at tributary mouths and cruise gravel shorelines — swing a spinner or fly through the inlet current.
• Summer 10–35 ft — Summer cutthroat hold along the first shoreline drop and off rocky points, sliding deeper as the surface warms — troll or cast the 15-30 ft edge.
• Fall 5–25 ft — Cooling water brings cutthroat back onto rocky points and gravel shoals to feed hard before winter.
• Winter 10–40 ft — Cold-tolerant like all trout — cutthroat hang on the deep shoreline drops and basin edges through the cold months.

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