Lower Medicine Lodge Lake Fishing in Big Horn County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Set in Big Horn County, Lower Medicine Lodge Lake is a Wyoming water. Elevation runs to 9,134 feet. It runs to roughly 42 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 1.1 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. On our Big Horn County list it sits near the top for size. Basin is the closest place, 31 miles off. For a city, Billings is 109 miles off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lower Medicine Lodge Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Big Horn County names brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, white sucker and common carp. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Lower Medicine Lodge Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 54°F, the coldest about 16°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Once it clears, about late May, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around late May until roughly early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Lower Medicine Lodge Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Upper Medicine Lodge Lake is 0.6 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Lower Medicine Lodge Lake for certain.