Fishing Mistymoon Lake in Big Horn County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Mistymoon Lake sits within Big Horn County in Wyoming. The bank gives way to lake country bush. Roughly 39 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The nearest town is Buffalo, 25 miles away. Then Sheridan, 34 miles, and Basin, 41 miles. Within a short drive: Lake Marion just 0.6 miles, Fortress Lakes near enough 0.7 miles, Gunboat Lake just 1 mile, Lake Helen near enough 1.4 miles and Florence Lake just 1.6 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mistymoon Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Big Horn County include brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Take Mistymoon Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 48°F; the cold one sits at 12°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid June. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid June in spring and again near late October in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Anyone fishing Mistymoon Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Lake Marion, 0.6 miles out. None of that is settled for Mistymoon Lake in what we hold.