Suicide Lake in Sublette County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Suicide Lake is one of the Sublette County listings for Wyoming. Height above sea level is 8,773 feet. Surface area runs to about 9 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Sublette County. Some 15 miles away sits Pinedale, the nearest settlement. Salt Lake City is the closest city, 194 miles away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Suicide Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Sublette County include brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and lake trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Suicide Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 14°F to 51°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late May. In an average year the thaw lands around late May and the freeze near early November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Suicide Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Sapphire Lake is 0.6 miles off. Treat Suicide Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.