Marten Lake, Wyoming: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Marten Lake in Sublette County, Wyoming. It sits in pine and birch. The water covers some 48 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 1.2 miles keeps the choices simple. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Wyoming listings. For supplies, Pinedale is 23 miles out. The big place round here is Billings, 190 miles distant. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Marten Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Sublette County: brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Marten Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 14°F in January to roughly 49°F in July. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early June. Ice clears near early June and comes back about early November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Marten Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. 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. Should this one be busy, Kenny Lake is 0.7 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Marten Lake.