Fishing at Trail Lake, Fremont County, Wyoming

• Overview

  Trail Lake falls in Fremont County, part of Wyoming. The bank is 7,431 feet above sea level. Surface area is around 137 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The bank runs about 1.5 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Fremont County list. Pinedale sits 43 miles from the bank. Billings sits 170 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Trail Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Fremont County include brown trout, rainbow trout, white sucker, brook trout and common carp. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Trail Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 58°F and December at 22°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Trail Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. Parking is close: a car park sits half a mile from the bank. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Ring Lake sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. Treat access at Trail Lake as something to verify.