Junction Lake Fishing in Sublette County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Out in Sublette County, Wyoming, sits Junction Lake. It stands 9,603 feet above sea level. At about 56 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 1.9 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Some 21 miles away sits Pinedale, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Salt Lake City, 193 miles distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Junction Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Sublette County include brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Junction Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 14°F in January and 51°F in July. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Winter locks it down, and early June brings it back. The season between ice runs from about early June to early November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Junction Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Full Moon Lake, 0.9 miles away. None of that is settled for Junction Lake in what we hold.