Pole Creek Lakes Fishing near Pinedale, Wyoming

• Overview

  Pole Creek Lakes stands in Sublette County, Wyoming. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Around 51 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. It sits round rather than ragged, so structure comes from depth, not shape. The nearest place of any size is Pinedale, 15 miles away. Beyond it, Fort Washakie at 38 miles and Marbleton at 40 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Pole Creek Lakes

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Sublette County include brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Pole Creek Lakes to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 13°F and July at about 48°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid June. The lid tends to go about mid June and return around late October. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Pole Creek Lakes runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. 1000 Island Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Rules at Pole Creek Lakes are worth checking on the day.