Lake Minnehaha in Laramie County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lake Minnehaha is a Laramie County water, Wyoming side. Land around it is open valley. It covers about 7 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Cheyenne sits 0.9 miles out. Fox Farm-College follows at 2.1 miles, then South Greeley at 2.9 miles. Water in the same corner: Sloan Lake about 1.9 miles, Kiwanis Lake some 2.4 miles off, Lake Absarraca about 2.5 miles, Lake Terry some 3 miles off and Lake Pearson about 3.4 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lake Minnehaha

  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. Reported across Laramie County: white sucker, brook trout and longnose sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Lake Minnehaha in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 68°F and January reads 27°F. Whether it freezes depends on the year. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. That is the shape of the year on Lake Minnehaha.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. A car park sits roughly 90 yards away. Mapping records toilets within half a mile. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Sloan Lake, 1.9 miles out. Ask locally about Lake Minnehaha if anything is unclear.