Strom Reservoir Fishing in Carbon County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Strom Reservoir is one of the Carbon County listings for Wyoming. The country here is sage and rock. This is a pocket water of some 3 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Carbon County are larger. The town to know is Craig, 42 miles out. Hayden lies 49 miles off, Rawlins another 54 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Strom Reservoir

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Open biodiversity records for Carbon County list brown trout, brook trout and rainbow trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Strom Reservoir the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 19°F in January and 68°F in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early April. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Strom Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records show it does not hold water year-round. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Red Creek Reservoir, 0.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Strom Reservoir may have changed since it was mapped.