Bobs Lake Fishing in Sublette County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Within Sublette County, Wyoming, you have Bobs Lake. This is lake country bush country. Surface area runs to about 17 acres — small enough to read in one session. Pinedale lies 22 miles from the water. After that come Fort Washakie at 29 miles and Ethete at 34 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Bobs Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Sublette County include brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Bobs Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 51°F in July and bottom out at 14°F in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early June. Break-up near early June, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Bobs Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Sandpoint Lake is 0.5 miles off. Nothing on Bobs Lake should be assumed from this page alone.