Lower Hackett Creek Reservoir Fishing Guide, Natrona County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Lower Hackett Creek Reservoir sits within Natrona County in Wyoming. The setting is lake country bush. The water measures roughly 9 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 41 miles from Bar Nunn. Further out sit Mills (45 miles) and Casper (45 miles). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lower Hackett Creek Reservoir

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Records held for Natrona County cover rainbow trout, brown trout and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Lower Hackett Creek Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 22°F to 68°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early April. The season between ice runs from about early April to early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. On Lower Hackett Creek Reservoir that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records show it does not hold water year-round. 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 the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Big Cheif Reservoir, 9.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lower Hackett Creek Reservoir is worth confirming on the day.