Fishing at Blue Lake, Sublette County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Blue Lake lies within the bounds of Sublette County, Wyoming. The surroundings are pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 9 acres — small enough to read in one session. Our Sublette County list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Fort Washakie, 25 miles away, for anything you forgot. Salt Lake City sits 194 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Blue Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Sublette County records list brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout and white sucker among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The near bank of Blue Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 51°F in July and bottoms out near 15°F in January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early June. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early June until roughly early November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Blue Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Big Sandy Lake at 0.9 miles is the nearest alternative. What applies at Blue Lake may have changed since it was mapped.