Box Lake Fishing near Jackson, Wyoming

• Overview

  Wyoming holds Box Lake, in Teton County. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 8 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Teton County are larger. The town to know is Jackson, 14 miles out. Billings sits 190 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Box Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Teton County cover mountain whitefish, lake trout, Utah sucker, brown trout and brook trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Box Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between December at about 14°F and July at about 51°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late May. Climate averages put the opening at about late May and the closing near early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Box Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Turquoise Lake, 4.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Box Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.