Long Lake in Sublette County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Long Lake falls in Sublette County, part of Wyoming. The land about it is rolling bush. Roughly 56 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 1.7 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wyoming listings. The nearest place of any size is Pinedale, 21 miles away. Salt Lake City is the closest city, 197 miles away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Sublette County include brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Treat Long Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 48°F, the coldest about 13°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Winter locks it down, and mid June brings it back. Open water usually runs from mid June until about late October. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Long Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Glacier Lake is 1.5 miles off. Check the position on Long Lake before loading the car.