Reservoir Lake in Albany County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Reservoir Lake is listed under Albany County, Wyoming. It lies 10,771 feet above sea level. At about 29 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 1.0 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It sits higher than most water we list in Wyoming. Saratoga is the closest town at 26 miles. It is 85 miles to Fort Collins, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Reservoir Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Albany County records list brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, longnose sucker and white sucker among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Reservoir Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 50°F in July and bottom out at 17°F in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early June. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early June and starts locking again about early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Reservoir Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Crescent Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. For Reservoir Lake in particular, ask before you travel.