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Best kokanee lakes in Wyoming

10 Wyoming waters hold kokanee. 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. Landlocked sockeye. A plankton-eating school fish glued to its preferred temperature band — find the school, catch a limit.

1. Flaming Gorge Reservoir — 436 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Common Carp
2. Fremont Lake — 608 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
3. Desmet Lake — 120 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
4. Willow Lake — 279 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
5. Hattie, Lake — 74 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Kokanee
6. Boulder Lake — 249 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
7. New Fork Lake, Upper — 203 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
8. Rob Roy Reservoir — 130 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
9. High Savery Reservoir — 131 ft max · Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
10. Louis Lake — 38 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee

When to fish kokanee in Wyoming

• Spring 10–30 ft — Schools roam the upper column over open water while it's cool — short leaders, slow trolls.
• Summer 30–70 ft — Kokanee compress into the 50-55°F band at the thermocline over the deepest basins — precise depth is everything.
• Fall 5–40 ft — Spawners turn crimson and gang up off tributary mouths and gravel shorelines; remaining fish scatter with turnover.
• Winter 20–80 ft — Deep suspended schools — an electronics game through the ice.

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