Fishing at Lake Marie, Carbon County, Wyoming

• Overview

  The Carbon County end of Wyoming holds Lake Marie. The water sits 10,489 feet up. At roughly 21 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is high ground by Wyoming standards. Saratoga sits 26 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Fort Collins sits 83 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lake Marie

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Carbon County names brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, white sucker and walleye. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The near bank of Lake Marie is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 17°F in January and 50°F in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. After early June the shallows warm and the fish move up. The water is typically free of ice between early June and early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lake Marie that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. You can park half a mile away and walk in from there. Public data records a pier about half a mile out. There is a recorded fishing site some half a mile from here. There are toilets half a mile off. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Mirror Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Lake Marie in what we hold.