Bush Reservoir Fishing in Crook County, Wyoming

• Overview

  You will find Bush Reservoir in Crook County, Wyoming. The bank is 3,648 feet above sea level. At about 34 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 1.9 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It ranks high for size among our Crook County listings. Some 37 miles away sits Sundance, the nearest settlement. Billings is the closest city, 192 miles away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Bush Reservoir

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. County-wide records name brown trout, common carp and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Bush Reservoir before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 71°F; by January the average is down near 21°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Break-up comes around late March, and the run that follows is short and strong. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late March and starts locking again about early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. At Bush Reservoir the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Cedar Creek at 3.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Bush Reservoir as something to verify.