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Fishing in Wyoming

Click a region to explore top fishing spots, species, and local tips.

Wyoming offers world-class trout fishing in spectacular Rocky Mountain settings. Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks feature famous waters like the Madison, Snake, and Yellowstone Rivers — home to native cutthroat trout. The North Platte River below Grey Reef is a blue-ribbon trout stream, and the Bighorn Mountains offer hundreds of alpine lakes. Flaming Gorge Reservoir provides trophy lake trout and smallmouth bass.

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Yellowstone & Grand Teton

Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone River, Snake River, Madison River -- Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Trout

Wind River & Central

Wind River Range, Boysen Reservoir, Ocean Lake -- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Crappie

North Platte River & Southeast

North Platte River, Grey Reef, Glendo Reservoir -- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass

Bighorn Mountains & Northeast

Bighorn River, Shell Creek, Keyhole Reservoir -- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass

Green River & Southwest

Green River, Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Fontenelle -- Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Kokanee, Smallmouth Bass