Fishing Ramshead Lake in Teton County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Ramshead Lake falls in Teton County, part of Wyoming. Everything around it is pine and birch. This is a pocket water of some 3 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by Teton County standards. Head to Driggs, 18 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 178 miles to Billings, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Ramshead Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Teton County: mountain whitefish, lake trout and Utah sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Ramshead Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 51°F, while December sits near 15°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late May. Average temperatures cross freezing around late May in spring and again near early November in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. That is the shape of the year on Ramshead Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Lake of the Crags is 0.3 miles distant. None of that is settled for Ramshead Lake in what we hold.