Fishing Lake Gadsby in Fremont County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Fremont County, Wyoming, is where Lake Gadsby sits. The country here is lake country bush. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Start from Pinedale, 27 miles down the road. Hoback is 46 miles and Jackson 47 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it. Trees come down to the water on one side more than the other.

• Where to Fish on Lake Gadsby

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fremont County records list brown trout, rainbow trout, white sucker and brook trout among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Lake Gadsby where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 50°F at the top of summer and 15°F at the bottom of winter. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late May. Climate averages put the opening at about late May and the closing near early November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Lake Gadsby the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Valaite Lake, 0.6 miles out. For Lake Gadsby, the notice at the access point is the final word.