Howard Lake Fishing near Pinedale, Wyoming

• Overview

  Sublette County, Wyoming, is where Howard Lake sits. The bank is 10,026 feet above sea level. At about 45 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 1.1 miles keeps the choices simple. The nearest town is Pinedale, 20 miles away. Salt Lake City is the closest city, 194 miles away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Howard Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Sublette County: brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Howard Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 51°F and January at 14°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually goes in early June, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. From about early June to around early November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Howard Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Pipestone Lakes, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Howard Lake as something to verify.