Lake Solitude in Teton County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lake Solitude sits in Teton County, out in Wyoming. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. Surface area is around 36 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Driggs at 14 miles is the nearest place to stop. Then Moose Wilson Road, 18 miles, and Victor, 19 miles. This one is safely inside the county line. The approach is plain, and a car park is not always part of it.

• Where to Fish on Lake Solitude

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Teton County names mountain whitefish, lake trout, Utah sucker and brown trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Lake Solitude the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 51°F and December about 14°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually goes in late May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about late May and return around early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Lake Solitude rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Mica Lake is 0.6 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Lake Solitude for certain.