Beauty Lake, Wyoming: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Beauty Lake sits in Park County, out in Wyoming. This is pine and birch ground. It measures about 96 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Bank access stretches around 1.6 miles in total. Size puts it in the front rank of our Park County list. You are 22 miles from Red Lodge. It is 76 miles to Billings, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Beauty Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Park County list brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and cutthroat trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The shape of Beauty Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 49°F in August and bottoms out near 14°F in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early June. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early June until roughly early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Beauty Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Crane Lake, 0.6 miles out. Ask locally about Beauty Lake if anything is unclear.