Adelaide Lake Fishing Guide, Sheridan County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Adelaide Lake lies in Sheridan County, in Wyoming. Pine and birch runs right down to the water. The water covers some 93 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 2.0 miles keeps the choices simple. Size puts it in the front rank of our Sheridan County list. 29 miles away sits Sheridan, the nearest town. Greybull follows at 32 miles, then Basin at 33 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Adelaide Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Sheridan County cover rainbow trout, brown trout and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Adelaide Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 13°F in January up to 51°F in August. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early June. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early June until roughly early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Adelaide Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Shell Reservoir at 0.8 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Adelaide Lake as something to verify.