Lewis Lake Fishing in Albany County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Lewis Lake sits in Albany County, out in Wyoming. The setting is lake country bush. It covers about 18 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is high ground by Wyoming standards. Saratoga lies 27 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Fort Collins, 83 miles away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lewis Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Albany County include brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout and longnose sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Lewis Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 50°F in July and bottoms out near 17°F in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early June. The lid tends to go about early June and return around early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Lewis Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. A picnic area is mapped about half a mile away. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Class Lake, 0.1 miles out. Rules at Lewis Lake are worth checking on the day.