Fishing Baby Reservoir in Carbon County, Wyoming

• Overview

  This water sits in Carbon County, Wyoming. The surface lies 7,448 feet up. The water measures roughly 9 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Supplies mean a trip to Saratoga, 21 miles off. Then Steamboat Springs, 48 miles, and Rawlins, 52 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. The country round the bank is quiet, with little traffic on the road in.

• Where to Fish on Baby Reservoir

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Records held for Carbon County cover brown trout, brook trout and rainbow trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Baby Reservoir gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 62°F in July and bottoms out near 21°F in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Baby Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Gunst Reservoir, 0.4 miles away. What applies at Baby Reservoir may have changed since it was mapped.