Dutch Oven Lake Fishing in Sublette County, Wyoming

• Overview

  The Sublette County entry here is Dutch Oven Lake, in Wyoming. Everything around it is pine and birch. It covers about 13 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wyoming listings. Fort Washakie lies 19 miles from the water. Then Lander, 23 miles, and Ethete, 25 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Dutch Oven 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. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Sublette County list brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and lake trout. The county list is broader than any single water. Take Dutch Oven Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 15°F in January and 50°F in July. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Once it clears, about early June, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running early June to early November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Dutch Oven Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Little Valentine Lake, 0.8 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Dutch Oven Lake as something to verify.