Monroe Lake Fishing near Pinedale, Wyoming

• Overview

  The Sublette County end of Wyoming holds Monroe Lake. This is rolling bush ground. The water measures roughly 16 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Nearest place of any size is Pinedale, 20 miles away. For a city, Salt Lake City is 189 miles off. What else is close: Divide Lake some 1 mile off, 1.1 miles away is Star Lake, Scab Lake some 1.3 miles off, 1.4 miles away is Moose Lake and Knob Lakes some 1.4 miles off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Monroe Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Sublette County cover brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Monroe Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 53°F and January at 15°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late May. The open-water window runs from around late May to about early November in an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Monroe Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Divide Lake, 1 mile away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Monroe Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.