Noel Lake Fishing Guide, Sublette County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Within Sublette County, Wyoming, you have Noel Lake. It sits at 11,594 feet above sea level. Surface area is around 43 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Compared with other Wyoming water on our list, it sits high. Fort Washakie is the closest town at 24 miles. It is 198 miles to Salt Lake City, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Noel Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Sublette County list brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Work Noel Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 49°F and January at 12°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Once it clears, about mid June, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near mid June and comes back about early November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Noel Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Shelia Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Noel Lake carry more weight than any list.