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

• Overview

  Laurel Lake falls in Teton County, part of Wyoming. What surrounds it is mixed forest. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is a small entry by Teton County standards. The nearest place of any size is Moose Wilson Road, 18 miles away. For a city, Billings is 176 miles off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Laurel Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Teton County names mountain whitefish, lake trout, Utah sucker, brown trout and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Laurel Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 14°F to 59°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Laurel Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. A pier or jetty stands half a mile away, which helps on a crowded bank. Picnic facilities are recorded some half a mile out. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. String Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Laurel Lake before loading the car.