Soap Holes Fishing Guide, Albany County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Soap Holes lies within the bounds of Albany County, Wyoming. This is pine and birch country. At about 105 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The form is near circular, and the shelter is limited when it blows. Few waters listed in Albany County are bigger. You are 9 miles from Laramie. After that come Ranchettes at 48 miles and Cheyenne at 49 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Soap Holes

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Albany County include brown trout, brook trout and rainbow trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Soap Holes decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 64°F in July and bottom out at 21°F in January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Soap Holes.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Hailey Lake, 1.1 miles away. For Soap Holes in particular, ask before you travel.