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Best lake trout lakes in Wyoming

39 Wyoming waters list lake trout (official records or labelled estimates), 3 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. Deep, cold and long-lived. Below 50°F water year-round — shallow at ice-out and on fall spawning reefs.

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. Boysen Reservoir — 107 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, SaugerWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
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. Desmet Lake — 120 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
7. Willow Lake — 279 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, KokaneeWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
8. Boulder Lake — 249 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
9. New Fork Lake, Upper — 203 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, KokaneeWhy #9: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
10. Beartooth Lake — 100 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #10: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
11. Trail Lake — 37 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, BurbotWhy #11: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site

…plus 28 more Wyoming waters holding lake trout.

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When to fish lake trout in Wyoming

• Spring 10–40 ft — The brief shallow window: post-ice-out lakers roam rock shoals and points where anyone can reach them.
• Summer 50–120 ft — Below the thermocline in sub-50°F water — deep humps and basin edges near bait (smelt, cisco, alewife).
• Fall 10–50 ft — Turnover puts lakers on shallow rock reefs to spawn — big fish shallow, best late in the day.
• Winter 20–80 ft — One of the best ice targets — cold water is their comfort zone; they roam basin edges and humps all winter.

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