Otter Lake Fishing in Big Horn County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Otter Lake is one of the Big Horn County listings for Wyoming. The setting is lake country bush. Buffalo lies 18 miles from the water. The big place round here is Billings, 127 miles distant. Nearest other option: Rainy Lake within 0.4 miles, Old Crow Lake 0.6 miles away, Her Lake within 0.7 miles, Long Lake 0.7 miles away and Romeo Lake within 0.8 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Otter Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Big Horn County: brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Otter Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 53°F and January about 16°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually late May. The season between ice runs from about late May to early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Otter Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Rainy Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Check the position on Otter Lake before loading the car.