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Best lake whitefish lakes in Wyoming

9 Wyoming waters hold lake whitefish. 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. Cold-water bottom feeder with a cult jigging following — soft bite, hard fight, best eating in the north.

1. Jackson Lake — 438 ft max · Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
2. New Fork Lake, Upper — 203 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Kokanee
3. Viva Naughton Reservoir — 60 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Whitefish, Splake
4. Halfmoon Lake — 282 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
5. Jenny Lake — 423 ft max · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
6. High Savery Reservoir — 131 ft max · Brook Trout, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
7. Elk Ranch Reservoir — 10 ft max · Lake Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout
8. Ring Lake — 28 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
9. Halfmoon Lake, Little — 60 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout

When to fish lake whitefish in Wyoming

• Spring 15–45 ft — Post-ice schools graze gravel shoals and hard-bottom flats for invertebrates — small jigs worked slowly.
• Summer 40–90 ft — Whitefish hold deep and cold — vertical blade baits or small spoons dragged near bottom on the deep humps.
• Fall 8–30 ft — The November spawn brings big schools onto shallow rock and gravel — the year's best shot at numbers.
• Winter 25–70 ft — An ice-jigging phenomenon — pound the bottom to raise silt, then hop a small spoon just above it.

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