Best yellow perch lakes in Wyoming
26 Wyoming waters list yellow perch (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. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.
- Boysen Reservoir — 107 ft max · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, SaugerWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 6 public access sites
- Keyhole Reservoir — 74 ft max · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, CrappieWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Glendo Reservoir — 127 ft max · real survey depth contours · Walleye, Crappie, Channel Catfish, White Bass & HybridsWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
- Desmet Lake — 120 ft max · Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Lake TroutWhy #4: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 4 public access sites
- Lake Hattie — 74 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, KokaneeWhy #5: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Twin Buttes Res — 30 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Cutthroat TroutWhy #6: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 2 public access sites
- Granite Res — 87 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, SplakeWhy #7: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
- Packers Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Channel CatfishWhy #8: mapped size signal; contours are approximated · 1 public access site
…plus 18 more Wyoming waters holding yellow perch.
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
Compare maximum depth across 37,233 lake records · See Wyoming waters with public access data
When to fish yellow perch in Wyoming
- Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
- Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
- Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
- Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.
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